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Preparing for Supervision

Module 13: Supervision, Coaching, and Team Practice · Lesson 1 of 3

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Story opener

Thursday, 4:40 p.m. A participant is sitting across from you, your supervisor wants three notes before you leave, and the answer you need is not in any binder on the shelf. This lesson is the part of the job nobody handed you in orientation.

Learning objectives

  • Be able to three prepared items every session
  • Be able to write down agreements and dates

Lesson

Bring an agenda or receive someone else's.

Arrive with three items: a case you are stuck on with a specific question, a skill you want coached, and any compliance or boundary issue. Vague supervision produces vague help.

Record agreements and due dates. Supervision decisions are part of your professional record and your protection.

Maryland guidance & authority labels

Every statement below is labeled so you know what is binding regulation, what is only proposed, what is professional guidance, and what is our house standard.

  • COMAR — current

    Supervision must occur at the required frequency and be documented, including the supervisor's qualifications.

  • Internal best practice

    Bring three items to every supervision: one case, one skill, one system problem.

Common mistakes

  • Describing what you did without describing what the participant did.

    Do this instead — Record the intervention and the participant's observable response to it.

  • Treating regulation as a filing chore separate from practice.

    Do this instead — Let the required elements shape the session itself, so documentation writes itself.

Practical examples

Practical example

Instead of 'met with participant to discuss goals,' write: 'Reviewed the transportation objective; participant identified the #22 route unassisted and named one back-up plan. Verbal prompt needed once. Next session: practice the transfer at Mondawmin.'

Key takeaways

  • Three prepared items every session
  • Write down agreements and dates

Reflection prompts

  1. 1Which part of this lesson describes something you are already doing differently in practice?
  2. 2What would an auditor see in your last five notes that contradicts this standard?

Bring your answers to supervision — the case-study workspace in this module saves written notes to your account.

Knowledge check

4 questions drawn from a bank of 7 · 75% to pass · instant feedback on every answer

1. Which additional point does "Preparing for Supervision" emphasize?

2. How should you treat this statement? "Bring three items to every supervision: one case, one skill, one system problem."

3. Which statement is a key takeaway from "Preparing for Supervision"?

4. A colleague does this: Treating regulation as a filing chore separate from practice. What should they do instead?