Description
Reflective Supervision/Consultation (RSC) Learning Collaborative
October 2021 through June 2023
“Reflective supervision is a collaborative relationship for professional growth that improves program quality and practice by cherishing strengths and partnering around vulnerabilities.”
Rebecca Shahmoon-Shanok
Are you interested in learning more about providing RSC? Have you been considering becoming a provider of RSC but aren’t sure if you are ready? Are you a provider of RSC and are looking for more support and training to grow your practice? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, this 18-month learning collaborative is for you!
The learning collaborative will include:
- Small cohort-based learning (maximum of 10 participants)
- Four full days of training about RSC over the course of 18 months
- Two hours of group RSC a month via Zoom with reflective consultant for a total of 36 hours (RSC hours may be used for Endorsement® applications and/or renewal)
Objectives:
Participants will:
- Be able to describe the theoretical foundations underlying Reflective Supervision/Consultation (RSC)
- Be able to articulate the most common and important elements of RSC, while also exploring the unique ways in which it is carried out in each relationship
- Understand the impact of RSC on the infant/early childhood and family serving workforce
- Have opportunities to think about the intersection of roles when one is a program and reflective supervisor
- Explore the use of RSC as a strategy in furthering diversity, equity, and inclusion in direct practice and in systems
- Share their work with the group and consultant in order to experience the reflective process in action
- Practice listening, observation and reflective skills within the group reflective process
Introducing our Reflective Consultant:
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Faith Eidson is a licensed clinical social worker and an endorsed Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Mentor-Clinical. She has been serving in the field of infant mental health for over 15 years and is currently the Quality Assurance Director for the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health® (Alliance), a nationally and internationally recognized organization whose mission is to promote work force development through the competency-based MI-AIMH Endorsement for Culturally-Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health®. She began her career as an infant mental health therapist and moved on to various supervisory positions within home visiting and community mental health programs both in Michigan and in Arizona. Faith currently provides reflective supervision/consultation (RSC) to multiple individuals and groups from various scopes of practice, both in person and via distance technology.
IMPORTANT! A word about getting together in our post-Covid world. The first 2 days of training, to be held in October, will be conducted over Zoom. It is possible one of the future training dates will be held in-person. All group RSC sessions will be held via Zoom.
Note: Participants are expected to have video and audio working throughout the learning collaborative experience.
If you need assistance, or have any questions, please contact us at info@kaimh.org or 316.772.8891.
Registration rate: (KAIMH Membership required) This event is limited to 10 participants, but if there is enough interest we have options for more groups.
$1000.00 (this includes 36 hours of reflective supervision plus 4 days of training) Payment Plan Options are available, email beth@kaimh.org for more information if you are not able to make the full payment upfront.
Cancelation Policy
No refund can be made for cancellation seven or fewer working days before the event or for no-shows. Cancellations more than seven working days before a workshop will result in a refund, less a $20.00 cancellation fee. Requests for refunds must be received in writing.
All registered participants will be notified via email in case of training/workshop cancellation. Registered participants will receive a full refund.