The Eighth International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision is devoted to clinical supervision theory, practice, and research. The conference provides an opportunity for social workers, psychologists (school, counseling, clinical), nurses, marriage and family therapists, substance abuse counselors, counselor educators, speech therapists, occupational therapists, rehabilitation counselors, and other mental health professionals and educators to examine current issues in clinical supervision research and practice within and across professional disciplines.

Pre-conference workshops on Wednesday, June 13 are led by Susanne Bennett, Ph.D., on "The Interface of Attachment, Transference, and Countertransference: Implications for clinical supervisory relationships" and Michael Ellis, Ph.D., on "Advanced clinical supervision skills: Myths and realities." Wednesday's opening plenary features Clara Hill, Ph.D., with "What we know empirically about the effects of training and supervision: Implications for practice,"followed by a poster session and evening reception. Thursday morning's plenary features David Powell, Ph.D., and Scott Migdole, LCSW, ACSW, on "Can you hear me now? New frontiers in clinical supervision." The closing plenary on Friday features Carolyn Knight, Ph.D., on "Clinical Supervision in Group Work Practice."

During your stay in Garden City, we hope that you will enjoy the beautiful campus as a background for renewing friendships, strengthening professional ties, exchanging ideas and creating new opportunities for research and practice partnerships. We hope you have a wonderful conference.

Join us for plenary sessions, workshops, roundtable discussions, poster sessions and evening networking dining events.

Accommodations will be available both on campus (single rooms with baths), and at the Garden City Hotel.

We all look forward to seeing you in June.

Peter Chernack and Andrew Safyer, Co-Conveners
and the Conference Executive Committee