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Supervisor Ethics and Effective Supervision
Six hours for practicing supervisors: supervision frameworks and agreements, documentation that shows what you directed and verified, honest evaluation and the gatekeeping duty, remediation that protects clients first, and telesupervision. The last module compares the recurring supervisor education rules for Texas and California licenses; whether the hours count depends on your license, your board and the provider.
BySeph Fontane Pennock
Reviewed byMichael Callans, MSWCurriculum and outcomes
After this course you will be able to
- Select a supervision framework and observable learning targets suited to a supervisee’s development, and establish a written supervision agreement
- Create supervision records that distinguish attendance, observed competence, clinical direction and risk follow-through
- Conduct formative and summative evaluations from multiple evidence sources and identify when a concern engages the gatekeeping duty
- Implement a fair remediation process while taking immediate protective action for clients
- Evaluate a telesupervision arrangement for jurisdiction, privacy, direct observation, emergency coverage and the applicable recurring supervisor rule
What the course covers
- 01Supervision frameworks, competence and learning targets
- 02Power, roles and the written supervision agreement
- 03Supervision records: notes, directive trackers and risk logs
- 04Correcting, storing and transferring supervision records
- 05Formative and summative evaluation and evaluative bias
Who this course is for
- Current LPC, LCSW, LMFT, and psychologist supervisors
- Texas supervisors planning for the recurring 6-hour supervision requirement (acceptance depends on your license and the provider)
- Newly qualified supervisors who inherited supervisees without a system
- 06Gatekeeping, endorsement and reporting duties
- 07Remediation plans and due process
- 08Impairment, boundary drift and difficult conversations
- 09Telesupervision: format, privacy and remote emergencies
- 10Practice audit and recurring supervisor requirements
State rules that name this topic
These state rules name the topic this course teaches. Two things to check before you rely on it: this course is self-paced and asynchronous, so it cannot be used where a rule requires live or synchronous training, and it is not yet CE-approved for any license. Each requirement guide shows the current rule, the hours required, and the source.
California
Supervisor professional development
Texas
LPC supervisor continuing education
Florida
Qualified supervisor refresher training
How it works
This is a self-paced, asynchronous course (home study), not a live webinar or scheduled class. Reading with optional audio, case material worked in full, and short knowledge checks along the way. The course ends with a final exam (60 questions, retake allowed) and a course evaluation. Your certificate of completion issues immediately and stays downloadable from your private course link.
Common questions
Is this the initial 40-hour supervisor training?
No. This is an update course for people who already hold supervisor status: ethics, documentation, evaluation, gatekeeping, and telesupervision. It does not qualify anyone to begin supervising.
Does it include a supervision agreement?
Yes: the elements a written supervision agreement should cover, worked examples of supervision notes, a directive tracker and a remediation plan, and model language for difficult conversations. They are teaching examples to adapt with your own counsel, not ready-to-sign documents.
Which state rules does it cover?
The final module walks through the Texas counseling, social work, MFT and psychology supervision rules, the California BBS supervisor rules and the California Board of Psychology rule for primary supervisors. Whether the hours count toward your recurring requirement depends on your license, your board and the provider. The course does not claim board approval.
Our promise
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- Final exam and certificate of completion
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The exam
The final exam opens after you mark every reading module complete. Question and answer order are randomized for each attempt; retakes are allowed.
Sources and dates
The course reader includes a bibliography. Our state requirement guides identify board sources and show a last-verified date.
Credit
Our courses are not CE-approved and carry no license-renewal credit. Completion earns a certificate of completion.
Eligibility
This course is self-paced and asynchronous, so it does not satisfy any requirement for live or synchronous training. CE credit approvals for this course are in progress with our accreditation partners. Until an approval is confirmed for your license type and state, treat this course as professional development. This page will list the exact approvals the course carries; we do not claim approvals we do not have.
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