A Roadmap for Supervision Success
This course will provide the participant with the basic processes and principles of the practice of supervision for speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs), graduate SLP interns, and clinical fellows. Learners will become familiar with three key phases of supervision and how to support the supervisee during each stage of growth. Critical elements of supervision such as establishing expectations, providing feedback, observation, and strategic use of data collection will be discussed.
Learner Outcomes
● List the main purposes of supervision
● Describe Anderson’s continuum of supervision stages
● Explain the value of discussing expectations and supervisory roles with the supervisee
● Provide examples of how observation and data collection can be used in supervision to support the supervisee’s clinical growth
● Identify strategies for facilitating critical thinking in supervisees
● Identify state and ASHA supervision requirements for CFYs, RPEs and SLP Assistants
Virtual Online Webinar
Speaker Description:
Susan McDonald, M.S., CCC-SLP is a state-licensed and ASHA certified speech-language pathologist with over 25 years of combined experience working in speech-language pathology, higher education and teaching English as a foreign language. Susan currently serves as Program Director and faculty for the Speech-Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) Program at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California, where she teaches introductory and advanced clinical coursework, and coordinates internships for the SLPA students. She has presented several professional development workshops on topics such as supervision, ethics, appropriate assessment strategies for culturally and linguistically diverse children, and vocabulary development. She obtained a second master’s degree in instructional design and technology from California State University Fullerton in 2022.