What is Reflective Supervision?
Reflective supervision involves regular meetings between individuals or groups and a reflective supervisor, who facilitates thoughtful discussion focused on the emotional content of work in the infant-family field.
This specialized supervision goes beyond clinical or administrative supervision, to include shared exploration of the parallel process. Exploring the process as it relates to all relationships is critical as each of these relationships affects the others:
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Between practitioner and parent
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Between parent and infant/toddler
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Between practitioner and supervisor
Of additional importance, by focusing on the emotional content of the work and how reactions to the content affect the work, reflective supervision enhances professional and personal development within one’s discipline.
Finally, there is often greater emphasis on the supervisor’s ability to listen and wait, allowing the supervisee to discover solutions, concepts, and perceptions on their own without interruption from the supervisor.
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Requirements for Reflective Supervision / Consultation (RS/C)
Reflective Supervision hours are a requirement for Infant Family Specialist, Infant Mental Health Specialist, Infant Mental Health Mentor - Clinical and Endorsed Reflective Supervisor Endorsement applicants. Endorsement applicants must receive and document RS/C hours from a qualified provider of RS/C.
Reflective Supervision Trainings
​How To Be a Reflective Supervisee
Professionals often ask, what does it mean to participate in Reflective Supervision? While there is much training on how to provide reflective supervision, training on how to receive reflective supervision is limited. On April 4th we will spend the afternoon learning what it means to participate as an attendee in supervision. This training will provide reflective supervision recipients with the strategies needed to engage effectively in reflective supervision. Participants will learn how to prepare for, actively participate in, and apply insights from the reflection process. This training will help to develop skills in self-reflection, open communication, and an exploration of emotion language and regulation.​​
​April 4 - 1PM - 3PM
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Real Time Reflective Supervision Coaching
The second part of this series is limited to 12 participants. It will offer real-time, in-the-moment coaching for Reflective Supervision Providers. Join us on April 25th for an afternoon of practice in a safe environment with your peers. During the training, you will spend one hour observing a reflective group and one hour participating in a reflective group. During the observation hour, you will observe a practice supervision session by remaining on mute and witnessing the 'participation group' experience the practice. During the participation hour, you will be assigned the role of either a group facilitator or a supervisee. In those roles you will be participating the practice session either as a facilitator or as a supervisee. As a facilitator you would be the provider of reflection and offer the reflective practice through a question-based model. As a supervisee you will participate by discussing a work-related situation for the facilitator to reflect upon with you. The 'participation group' will experience real-time coaching from Natalie as the session is practiced. Each attendee will experience 1 hour of observation and 1 hour of 'participation.'​
April 25 - 12PM - 3PM
Cost
$120 per session
$200 bundle (includes both sessions)
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​Professional Growth Member Rates
$90 per session
$140 bundle (includes both sessions)
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Location
Participants will meet virtually via Zoom.
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Time Commitment
How To Be a Reflective Supervisee will take place from 1pm to 3pm CST on April 4.
Real Time Reflective Supervision Coaching will take place from 12pm to 3pm CST on April 25.
We invite you to participate in both sessions, but you can also choose to attend only one session based on your needs.