Reflective Supervision is a relationship-based approach to supervision which intentionally seeks to model the nurturing relational qualities necessary to promote emotional development (compassion, insight, and perspective taking) within the clinical hour. It has long been established that the therapeutic alliance is the most helpful feature of treatment. A reflective supervision approach uses the moment-by-moment relationship interactions and cues to facilitate emotional safety, self-reflection, and the capacity to hold multiple perspectives. This training (part one of a two-day session) will introduce supervisors to the foundational skills embedded within reflective facilitation. The focus of day one will include skills and strategies such as: understanding and supporting regulation in the session, facilitating emotional safety for sensitive discussions, tangible skills to bring discussions of culture and diversity into the supervision hour, and foundational assumptions regarding the interactive impact of emotional exchanges; as foundational to the work. Small group discussion will be provided to enhance the learning.

Schedule: (participants are expected to attend both days)

Monday, August 28 – 9:00am – 12:30pm *PST

Tuesday, August 29 – 9:00am – 12:30pm *PST

(*Pacific Standard Time)

Presented By: Barbara Stroud, PhD

Barbara Stroud, PhD, is a licensed psychologist with over three decades worth of culturally informed clinical practice in early childhood development and mental health. She is a founding organizer and the inaugural president (2017-2019) of the California Association for Infant Mental Health, a ZERO TO THREE Fellow, and holds prestigious endorsements as an Infant and Family Mental Health Specialist/Reflective Practice Facilitator Mentor. In 2018 Dr. Stroud was honored with the Bruce D. Perry Spirit of the Child Award. Embedded in all of her trainings and consultations are the activities of reflective practice, demonstrating cultural attunement, and holding a social justice lens in the work. Dr. Stroud’s book “How to Measure a Relationship” [published 2012] is improving infant mental health practices around the globe and is now available in Spanish. Her second book, an Amazon best seller, “Intentional Living: finding the inner peace to create successful relationships” walks the reader through a deeper understanding of how their brain influences relationships. Both volumes are currently available on Amazon. Additionally, Dr. Stroud is a contributing author to the text “Infant and early childhood mental health: Core concepts and clinical practice” edited by Kristie Brandt, Bruce Perry, Steve Seligman, & Ed Tronick.

Dr. Stroud received her Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Psychology from Nova Southeastern University, and she has worked largely with children in urban communities with severe emotional disturbance. Dr. Stroud’s professional career path has allowed her to work across service delivery silos supporting professionals in mental health, early intervention (part c), child welfare, early care and education, family court staff, primary care, and other arenas. She is highly regarded and has been a key player in the inception and implementation of cutting-edge service delivery to children Prenatal to five and their families; her innovative approaches have won national awards. More specifically, Dr. Stroud is a former preschool director, a non-public school administrator, director of infant mental health services and agency training coordinator. She has held an adjunct faculty position at California State Long Beach and maintained a faculty position in the Infant-Parent Mental Health Fellowship for 12 years. Currently, Dr. Stroud’s primary focus is professional training and private consultation from an anti-racist lens, with a focus on social justice, in the field of infant mental health. Dr. Stroud remains steadfast in her mission to ‘changing the world – one relationship at a time’.

As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:

1. List 3 foundational values which support reflective supervision

2. Identify 2 developmental theorist that define relationship safety as foundational to successful relationships and emotional health

3. Recite 3 diversity questions supervisors can use to begin a discussion of various social or cultural differences present in the supervision relationship

4. Identity 2 forms of regulation

Logistics

Location: Virtual – once you’re registered you’ll receive the Zoom link one business day prior to the training

Pending Approval – Continuing Education Credits: up to 6 credits available for PSY, MFT, and LCSW’s

APA: Children’s Institute, Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Children’s Institute, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

The California Board of Behavioral Science (BBS) recognizes APA continuing education credit for license renewal.

CANCELLATION/REFUND POLICY:

By registering for this training the agency is liable for the registration fee, which is refundable up to August 21, 2023 @ 9am minus the ~6% Eventbrite charge.  Registration is transferable prior to the start of the training.  Once the training begins, fees are non-refundable/transferable and no partial refunds will be given.

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