Supervision – Solution-Focused Skills and Practice for Agencies

The most effective way to learn solution-focused professional skills is to have intensive guided practice. This course provides participants with practice opportunities to demonstrate solution-focused supervision in transdisciplinary contexts. Participants will learn to apply solution-focused supervision within a variety of clinical contexts. Participants will learn to formulate solution-focused supervision questions to foster confidence and competence on the part of their supervisee that focuses on improving client outcomes. Participants will engage in video case discussions, break-out sessions, group exercises, and role-plays. Participants will be expected to provide a summary of written clinical practice exercises provided throughout the course. The course includes six bi-monthly group sessions (two hours each, 12 hours total) with live interactive teaching under the guidance of an expert solution-focused practitioner.  This course requires completion of BASIC – Solution-Focused Skills and Practice for Agencies. This course is limited to 25 participants per cohort to maximize interactive learning.

Last Updated: February 2025

Target Audience: Social workers, psychologists, mental health counselors, educators, and medical professionals;  appropriate for intermediate and advanced levels of knowledge. This course provides participants with practice opportunities to apply Solution-Focused supervision in transdisciplinary settings. This course provides opportunities for participants to observe video examples, engage in break-out sessions, group exercises, and role-plays and share successes and challenges in applying solution-focused practice.

After completing the course, you will be able to:

1. Explain solution-focused assumptions in the supervisory role by discussing case-based applications in live sessions.
2. Identify and analyze key solution-focused tasks in supervisory and consultant roles through structured discussions and real-world case reviews.
3. Apply the three phases of solution-focused supervision in role-plays and case-based exercises.
4. Demonstrate solution-focused skills to activate the supervisee’s sense of agency and use of professional resources in interactive exercises.
5. Utilize solution-focused techniques to help supervisees engage relationship resources within their professional and social contexts through scenario-based discussions.
6. Facilitate goal negotiation conversations with supervisees and consultants by practicing role-play scenarios.
7. Assess and discuss client-focused supervision strategies by analyzing case presentations and identifying client-based solutions.
8. Integrate solution-focused feedback methods during supervision and consultation through guided practice and instructor-evaluated exercises.
9. Adapt solution-focused supervision and consultation strategies to your specific work setting by completing case-based applications and structured reflection exercises.

Course Agenda

This course includes 12 hours of live instruction divided into six sections. The 12 hours can be scheduled to meet your organization’s needs. Each participant will receive an online course with materials for their reference. The live sessions are recorded and also included in your customized course. The six sections cover the following topics.

1. Orientation to Solution-Focused practices and tenets in the context of supervision
2. Phase One Supervision – an overview, video demonstration, role-plays, and breakout sessions
3. Phase Two Supervision – an overview, video demonstration, role-plays, and breakout sessions
4. Solution-focused scaling in supervision – an overview, video demonstrations, role-plays, and breakout sessions
5. Case-based supervision practice – video demonstration and role-plays
6. Supervision feedback and challenges

Participants will be assessed in the following manner:

• Class Participation: Participants are invited to clarify things they do not understand, pose questions, offer ideas, and broaden perspectives. 
• Produce a summary of written clinical practice exercises provided throughout the course
• Present an example of how solution-focused supervision practices are integrated into your area of practice. 

12 CE Credit/Clock Hours are available for this live course.

Participants should check with their professional licensing boards to ensure that a specific course will be accepted toward their continuing education requirements.

To receive continuing education hours, the participant must attend the entire online presentation, engage in all activities, and complete the course evaluation.

Upon successfully completing the course, participants will be given instructions on downloading and printing their Certificates of Completion.

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Pricing varies according to agency needs. Please contact us and consider scheduling a pre-training agency consultation.