Chapter 10: Getting the Most from Your Fieldwork & Supervision
Key
1. The following is a recommended suggestion for deriving the maximum benefit from fieldwork and
supervision:
2. Sally has had little training in working with families, and she is asked to counsel a family. It would be best if
she would
3. Joe is an intern at an agency that serves chemically dependent adolescent clients. His supervisor believes that
harsh confrontation is the best way to cut through their stubborn defenses. Uncomfortable using this counseling
technique, it would be best if Joe would
4. If your goal is to maximize the profit you gain from field supervision, the following would be an ineffective
strategy that would hinder you from attaining that goal:
5. Ineffective counseling supervisors
6. Angie feels uneasy because she is in a field placement in which she is being minimally supervised. Her first
step in addressing this problem should be to
7. The following is a good suggestion for getting the most value out of your field placement:
8. Ann’s field placement involves working with victims of domestic abuse. Formerly an abuse victim herself,
Ann over-identifies with several clients and has told her field supervisor that she wants to help other victims as
she had been helped. It would be best if Ann
9. Which of the following is not a characteristic of effective supervisors?
10. If you have trouble with a supervisor, the answer to the problem generally lies in following which course of
action?
11. All of the following are listed in the text as ways to profit from your supervision except for:
12. Supervisors play multiple roles in the supervision, which means
13. Which of the following is a goal of fieldwork instruction programs?
14. When interviewing for a field placement, you should
15. If you plan to be an administrator of a human services program, self-awareness skills will be
16. When the Coreys asked practitioners about the skills they most need in their present jobs, which skills were
not mentioned?
17. Field supervisors are likely to expect trainees to possess which of the following skills and/or knowledge?
18. As part of the self-study conducted by California State University, Fullerton, the participating community
agencies anticipated which of the following trends in the future for the human services field?
19. The Coreys recommend that trainees keep a journal during their field placements
20. Most graduates of human services programs report wishing they had been able to
21. Paula completed her internship at an agency serving clients suffering from brain injuries and realized that
she did not have the temperament to work well with this population. One may conclude that
22. Antonio is a client who suffers from bipolar disorder. He will be most effectively counseled by a clinician
who
23. Lynn, a school counselor trainee mentioned to her supervisor that she has attended a number of Native
American cultural events in the community since a number of the students she counsels are Native American.
Lynn’s supervisor should
24. Making mistakes
25. Knowledge alone is a sufficient dimension of becoming an effective helper.
26. As a way to keep current, it is essential to discover ways of extending one’s education beyond graduation.
27. Students can meaningfully participate in fieldwork placements without theory courses and basic helping
skills.
28. One way to learn is to be willing to make mistakes and to talk openly with supervisors about difficulties
with clients.
29. Trainees who are assertive with supervisors will typically alienate them to the extent that their supervision
will suffer.
30. The Coreys place emphasis on direct teaching with supervisees by giving them information, rather than
helping them learn how to conceptualize a case.
31. The Coreys expect their supervisees to discover their own words and find their own voice as clinicians.
32. Although informed consent is essential in counseling relationships, it is not ethically mandated in
supervision.
33. Group supervision is a time-efficient and unique format that assists trainees in developing skills in
conceptualizing cases and in implementing a variety of treatment interventions.
34. Some authors believe that group supervision can lead to greater accountability, improve outcomes, and be
more cost-effective than individual supervision.
35. Your role as helper is not to provide answers or to tell people what to do but to teach them how to examine
options and apply problem-solving skills.
36. Being assertive with your supervisor essentially means the same thing as being aggressive with him or her.
37. A written supervisory contract typically addresses the number and frequency of supervision sessions, when
and how contact will be established, and guidelines for how both supervisor and supervisee should prepare for
each session.
38. Numerous studies have found that the quality of the supervisory relationship is a key component in
determining outcomes, much as it is for the client–therapist relationship.
39. It is now considered the standard of practice to incorporate clear informed consent material for supervisees,
both orally and in writing.
40. The primary role of clinical supervision is to inform trainees about the best way to serve their clients.