Evaluating Effective Supervision

This paper outlines the purposes, professional obligations, and key components to consider when providing effective evaluation in psychotherapy supervision. An overview of various methods for gathering supervision data for evaluation purposes is provided including self-reporting; process notes; video and audiotaping; live observation; co-therapy; and practices of reflectivity. A review is provided of research findings related to evaluation in supervision. The paper describes the creation of a Supervision Outcomes by Method Evaluation Matrix to help supervisors identify the kinds of outcomes they are trying to facilitate and the methods they may want to employ to evaluate those outcomes. A list of references to articles on evaluation in supervision and on instruments and formats for evaluation in supervision are provided. (JDM) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document