Adelphi's Postgraduate Certificate is an intensive training program designed to provide clinicians with tools to develop and improve their skills as supervisors. Some fundamental elements of this program include: the therapeutic use of self, choosing an effective model of supervision, supervision as a developmental process performing and using supervisory assessments, increasing supervisor self-awareness and effectively addressing transference and counter transference issues, difficulties and impasses in supervision and cultural awareness. This certificate program is part of the School of Social Work’s continued effort to provide current, cutting edge clinical skill building opportunities.
Program Objective
- Improve clinical practice of clinicians working with individuals, families and couples.
- Learn techniques for effective clinical supervision and the theories behind them
- Participants will focus on the challenges, issues, and dilemmas that shape their work as clinical supervisors
- Acquire a deeper understanding of the theories, values and principles that inform effective clinical supervision.
- Supervisors will refine their skills for developing capable practitioners and professional leaders.
Who Should Attend
- Human Service Professionals with an advanced degree in social work, psychology, counseling, or related field
- Clinicians who are currently supervising staff or interns
- Clinicians who are currently working in a related field and want to inform their practice with effective supervisory approaches
Why you Should Attend
- Gain skills that will affect the lives of every client you serve
- Gain insight and advanced skill base
- Add to your ‘tool’ bag
- Learn new techniques and understand the theory behind them.
- Leave with techniques that can be applied immediately
- Help supervisees improve their skills and avoid burnout from frustration and conflict.
Program Components
Participants must attend 18-seminars and 4 workshops
Core/Integrative Seminars: The Core/Integrative Seminar is an ongoing course that focuses on various concepts in supervision such as "use of self" and "parallel process" throughout the course. In addition, models of supervision will be examined and supervision as a developmental process will be explores. A variety of other aspects of supervision will be addressed throughout these sessions. The second component is an ongoing case conference/consultation where participants will bring case material from their own practice experience to help understand and synthesize the knowledge gained throughout the program.
The Core/Integrative Seminars will meet on Monday evenings for three hours approximately two–three times a month from September through June
These Seminars will meet 6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Garden City Campus location TBA.
Admission Requirements
- Proof of degree, i.e., copy of transcript or diploma from an advanced degree program in social work, mental health, or another human services discipline
- Current résumé
- Letter of recommendation from a supervisor or colleague who is familiar with your work
- Brief statement on what you hope to gain from the program
Certificate Requirements
The Certificate of Completion will be awarded at the end of the program. There are -18- three-hour evening sessions and -4-full-day trainings (6 hours each)
Core/Integrative Seminar Location
Workshop Location:Adelphi University, Garden City Campus, room location TBA
Total Required Hours – 78 hours
Core/Integrative Seminar Dates
Monday Evenings 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
October 5, 19 and 26, 2009
November 9 and 23, 2009
December 7 and 14, 2009
January 25, 2010
February 8 and 22, 2010
March 1, 15 and 29, 2010
April 5, 19 and 25, 2010
May 3, 17 and 24, 2010
Total Of 18 Seminar Sessions
Core/Integrative Seminar Curriculum
- Supervisory Models
- The Supervisory Relationship
- Supervision as a Developmental Process
- Techniques and Tools of Supervision
- The Uses of Parallel Process in Supervision and Clinical Work
- Difficulties and Impasses in Supervision Issues of Culture, Race, Class, Gender
- The "Teach/Treat" Issue
- Developing a "Diversity Self-Awareness:" and Sexual Orientation
- The Supervisor as a Teacher and Evaluator
- Supervisory Assessment
- Ethical and Legal Issues in Supervision
- Management of Crisis and Its Impact on Workers
- The Art and Responsibility of Developing Leaders and Capable Practitioners
- Supervision for Present-Day Realities
Required Workshops
Adelphi Alumni house, 154 Cambridge Ave., Garden City Campus
- Friday, September 25, 2009
- "Keeping the Clinical in Supervision" John Mooradian, Ph.D.
- Friday, November 13, 2009
- "Cultural Context of Clinical Supervision" Michael Moskowitz, Ph.D.
- February 26, 2010
- "Conflict and Supervision" Patricia O’Dell
- June 4, 2010
- "Vicarious Trauma, Vicarious Resiliency" Pilar Hernandez-Wolfe
About the Core/Integrative Seminar Faculty:
Gail Bragg, LCSW, received an M.S.W. from the NYU School of Social Work. She then trained as a psychoanalyst at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research in New York City. She is currently a clinical supervisor at the IPTAR Clinical Center and provides supervision for social work schools, social work agencies, and university , mental health centers. She has been in private practice as a psychoanalyst, psychotherapist and clinical supervisor in New York City for over 15 years.
David Steinman, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who received his Ph.D. from the Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies in 1994 and has supervised a broad range of graduate students and mental health professionals, including clinical social workers, sc hool and clinical psychologists He has designed internships and educational programs and worked with clinical supervisors and program directors to advance their supervisory practice. Dr. Steinman is also a CASAC and a private practitioner in Brooklyn, N.T.
Registration
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis, but class size is limited, so send in your application soon.
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Download the registration form (PDF 41KB) and fax to 516.877.4392 with a note indicating that the check will be received by day of workshop.
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Marlene Scheer
Adelphi University
School of Social Work
P.O. Box 701
One South Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530-0701
Please be sure to include:
- Application Fee
- Resume
- Brief Statement
- Proof of degree
- 2 Letters of Recommendation
Program Fees
Nonrefundable Application Fee: $15*
Please call for program cost.
Make checks payable to Adelphi University.
*Application fees are nonrefundable.
The University reserves the right to cancel this or any program due to insufficient enrollment. Registrants will be notified and full refunds
will be issued.
Checks can be mailed or given to Seminar Instructor on dates above.
Credentialing Information
This program has been submitted for approval for a total of 54 continuing education/training --hoursSeminar Hours and 24-Workshop Hours
Social Work CEU’s are given through the New York State Chapter of the NASW
CASAC Training Hours: Program information has been submitted for approval to the New York State Office of Addiction and Substance Abuse Services Education and Training for credits towards earning or recredentialing.
Nursing Contact Hours: Adelphi University School of Nursing is a provider of continuing nursing education approved by the New York State Nurses Association’s Council on Continuing Education in Nursing and by the American Nurses Credential Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Educators may receive education hours at t he discretion of their individual school. Visit: www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/researcheres/175
Certificate of Attendance will be issued at the end of each required workshop.
Directions to Adelphi
http://www.adelphi.edu/visitors/directions.php
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