Course Description

Your clinical supervision system needs to match the unique issues and contextual factors of your agency, and your agency needs to have a clear vision of what it wishes to accomplish with its clinical supervision system and actively determine and understand the processes by which it will get there. The tools reviewed in TIP 52, Chapter 2, Part 2 can be valuable resources and used by both clinical supervisors and administrators as part of a comprehensive clinical supervision system.  (SAMHSA, 2009).
This course is designed using the text “Clinical Supervision and Professional Development of the Substance Abuse Counselor (TIP 52).” The course includes four chapters: Pre-course requirement, course reading, application to practice discussion questions, and conclusion, and is detailed in the Course syllabus.

Objectives: Participants will
1. Identify how to develop and implement a clinical supervision program. 

2. Review key issues for administrators to consider, including assessing organizational structure and readiness. 

3. Review legal, ethical, and cultural competence issues. 

4. Explore providing professional development for clinical supervisors.
5. Complete Application to Practice Discussions

Course Modality: This is an independent home-study course. Students will take the course according to their own timeline. 

Course Completion: To receive the course certificate, each student is required to agree to Student Learning Contract, read all text-based materials, view any media posted, complete and pass course examination, and complete and submit course evaluation. 

Note: Posted materials are free from SAMHSA and other public domain sites. 

Course fee applies for continuing education hours and a certificate of completion.

Senior Instructor

Diane Sherman, PhD

Dr. Diane Sherman, Ph.D., a substance abuse profession since 1975, beginning her career while serving in the U.S. Army for in the capacity of Behavioral Science Specialist.  She holds the national advanced credential of Master Addiction Counselor, Certified Clinical Supervisor, Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor-II, and E-Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor. Diane earned her Doctorate in Industrial / Organizational Psychology from Capella University in 2007. Since 2008 she has taught and supervised students who are in pursuit of the certified addiction counselor credential. She is a national, regional and state presenter offering topics relevant to addiction professional, clinical, and ethical practices and clinical supervision. In 2015 was honored to receive the Georgia School of Addiction Studies, Bruce Hoopes Pioneer Award in Addiction Treatment, a personally meaningful award, for excellence in the addiction profession.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1. Introduction

  • 2

    Chapter 2. Developing and Implementing a Clinical Supervision System.

  • 3

    Chapter 3. Application to Practice

    • Instructional Video for Completing Application To Practice Discussion Questions

    • Discussion Question 1. Organization Assessment and Readiness

      FREE PREVIEW

    • Discussion Question 2. Goals for Supervision

    • Discussion Question 3. Evaluating Competency

    • Discussion Question 4. Substance Abuse Policy

    • Discussion Question 5. Supervision Contract

    • Discussion Question 6. Documentation and Record keeping

    • Discussion Question 7. Methods of Observation
  • 4

    Chapter 6. Conclusion.

    • Examination

    • Course Evaluation

    • Course Review