Advanced Supervision and Ethics

Presenter: Rosemary Simmons, PhD

Friday, May 20 | 9 AM - 4PM

6 CE hours - $120

Online via Zoom

Join us for a full-day presentation with Dr. Simmons, an experienced practitioner and supervisor with over 30 years combined experience practicing, teaching, and training new and ongoing professionals. This workshop will satisfy annual ethics requirements and additional hours for registered supervisors.

Abstract: Supervision is a life-long learning process. The learning journey helps us maintain our current knowledge and skills, update us on new developments, and continue to explore how we can learn from our colleagues as well as our trainees. The ongoing process of providing supervision can booster career satisfaction and benefits all parties in client-trainee-supervisor triad if done well.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to explain and apply professional ethics and state laws regarding clinical supervision responsibilities. This will include documentation, privacy vs. confidentiality, and personal growth while maintaining professional boundaries.
2. Participants will formulate and evaluate strategies for creating and maintaining productive supervision dyads. This will include professional expectations, power differentials, goal setting, and attending to cultural competence and identity development.
3. Participants will inventory their skill, self-awareness, and comfort in providing formative and summative feedback to trainees.
4. Participants will be able to formulate strategies for working with an impaired trainee.

*All presentations are applicable for specific disciplines of Counseling, Psychology, and Social Work. Check with your licensing board for your specific professions' requirements regarding registration and maintenance of supervisor status. Individuals who are not interested in obtaining CE credits are welcome to attend the workshops free of charge. 

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RESPOND: Partnering for Campus Mental Health

Mental health problems affect each of us. You can take action to RESPOND effectively. About 1 in 5 of us will experience a diagnosable mental illness this year. All of us experience emotional pain or distress at times in our lives. Most of us want to help yet often feel uncertain about what to do or say. RESPOND will empower you to offer effective support and useful referrals to a student or colleague. The course provides a basic overview of symptoms often associated with mental health problems and offers an action plan to help you RESPOND effectively. The course will address campus policies such as FERPA, as well as mental health resources.

Who should attend?

Any Idaho State University faculty, staff, or administrators who wish to learn more about how to RESPOND to students or colleagues who are in distress. Graduate and undergraduate students who work in student-assistance roles are also welcome to attend these trainings.

What is the cost?

In our commitment to improving campus mental health, the RESPOND training is offered free of charge to participants at this time. 

Upcoming Training Dates

 The next RESPOND training will be scheduled for Fall 2022. Check back for dates!

Counseling and Testing is happy to facilitate a RESPOND training for an established group. Please contact Susan MaComb at susanmacomb@isu.edu to request a RESPOND training. 

Talk Saves Lives is American Foundation for Suicide Preventions' standardized, 90 minute program that provides participants with a clear understanding of this leading cause of death, including the most up-to-date research on suicide prevention, and what they can do in their communities to save lives.

Participants will learn common risk factors and warning signs associated with suicide and how to keep themselves and others safe.

Topics covered include:

• Scope of the Problem: The latest data on suicide in the U.S., worldwide, and at ISU.
• Research: Information from research on what causes people to consider suicide, as well as health, historical, and environmental factors that put individuals at risk.
• Prevention: An understanding of the protective factors that lower suicide risk, and strategies for managing mental health and being proactive about self-care.
• What You Can Do: Guidance on warning signs and behaviors to look for, and how to get help for someone in a suicidal crisis.

Upcoming Training Dates

Our next workshops will be happening in Fall 2022. However, Counseling and Testing is happy to come present this workshop by request. For questions or to schedule a Talk Saves Lives for your department or group, please contact Susan MaComb at macosusa@isu.edu or call us at (208) 282-2130.

Losing a loved one to suicide can be a profoundly painful and isolating experience. The complexity of the emotions can feel overwhelming and often survivors struggle to know who to talk to for fear others won't understand. In this presentation we will discuss some of these factors, normalize reactions, and engage in a discussion designed to help participants gain greater understanding and support.

 There are no workshops scheduled at this time. Check back Fall 2022 for new dates!

Mindfulness meditation is a proven way to help manage stress, and while fairly simple, not always easy. Having a group to meditate with makes it a little easier, and if you are new to meditation, we will provide instruction and guidance in the process.

No experience necessary, it's free and all are welcome!

Mindfulness Meditation is taking a restful break for summer and will resume Fall 2022!

CATS Connections brings individuals together who may benefit from learning and supporting others with similar aspects of identity. Meetings are held weekly for one hour and are facilitated by a staff member from ISU's Counseling and Testing Service. 

Click here to view CATS Connections groups offered Spring 2022.