Clinical Supervision Foundations (2 day training)

registration deadline 9/21/26

Part 1: On Line Course (14 hours)
Part 2: Workshop (14 hours)
Part 3: Take Home Assignment:
2 hour Professional Development Plan
Contact Hours 30

Location: 77 Bank Street, M&T Bank Community Room (ground floor), Burlington, VT

FREE/limited to 20 participants

AUDIENCE: The Clinical Supervision Foundations course is especially suited for: Beginning
clinical supervisors; Clinical Supervisors who would like to enhance or review the fundamental
skills needed to be a successful clinical supervisor; Counselors who are being groomed to
become clinical supervisors; and Behavioral healthcare professionals who want to learn more
about clinical supervision.

Prerequisites and other course information 

• To attend this training, you must complete a pre-event 14-hour asynchronous online
  course through the Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) PRIOR to
  Monday, September 28th. The online course gives extensive background education on supervision and resources that will prepare attendees for the in-person training.
  Information about how to access the online course, which is provided at no cost as part of this program, will be provided after you register.

• You must register for this training by Monday 9/21 to ensure that you have sufficient time to complete the online course.
• The curriculum of this course is evidence-based and cumulative, and attendance for the entirety of the 14-hour in-person course is required. 
• This is an interactive course designed to help participants learn and practice the skills discussed. 
• Participants will earn a total of 30 hours, which includes 14-hour pre-event course, 14-hour in-person course, and 2-hour post-event coursework.
• Participants will need to bring “2 screens” (preferably laptop and tablet) to access the online material that we will be using throughout the course.  
• Participants will be offered an opportunity for 6 monthly one-hour follow-up sessions to further discuss material and practice the professional development plans. These are free and optional.

TRAINERS:

Margaret Hooker is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor with over 18 years of experience in trauma-informed care and addiction treatment. She has spent the past 12 years as a Mental Health and Addiction Therapist with the Veterans Health Administration, specializing in co-occurring disorder treatment using CBT, EMDR, and Clinical Hypnosis across residential, outpatient, and palliative care settings.

Earlier in her career, Maggie served as a Regional Clinical Supervisor and Risk Reduction Coordinator with the Phoenix House of New England, providing clinical supervision to treatment teams and coordinating risk reduction initiatives and intensive substance abuse programming across multiple program sites.

Since 2013, Maggie has served as a Clinical Supervision Foundations Trainer with the Addiction Technology Transfer Center, delivering multi-day training programs for mental health and addiction professionals throughout New England, including engagements with the Vermont and Connecticut Departments of Corrections. She holds a Master of Social Work from Sacred Heart University and is Level 2 certified in Clinical Hypnosis through the Institute for Trauma Informed Hypnosis.

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Megan Kiernan is dually licensed counselor working in her own practice, Lionheart Counseling,
LLC, in Essex Junction, VT. Ms. Kiernan has experience with evidence-based practices,
providing supervision in busy work environments, and motivational enhancement techniques
having worked for Phoenix House as a clinician and as Director of the Women’s Substance
Abuse Program in the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility (CRCF). She also worked as the
Risk Reduction Coordinator at CRCF where she organized and supervised the running of
mandated programming for high-risk offenders in Department of Corrections custody.
Additionally, Ms. Kiernan has worked as a psychotherapist, supervisor, and trainer at Networks,
Inc. in Burlington, VT. She has created and led trainings for the New England Addiction
Technology Transfer Center, Vermont Addiction Professionals Association, and ADEPT
Educational Institute of New England’s Summer School and Best Practices conferences, as well
as other local organizations. Ms. Kiernan has a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling
from the University of Vermont. She is a current board member of the Vermont Addiction
Professionals Association.

DESCRIPTION:

This course consists of two interconnected components: an online course and a face-to-face training, and is intended for supervisors in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery settings. The course totals 30 contact hours and introduces clinical supervisors, along with persons preparing to become supervisors, to the knowledge and skills essential to the practice of supervision. The Clinical Supervision Foundations course is especially suited for: Beginning clinical supervisors; Clinical Supervisors who would like to enhance or review the fundamental skills needed to be a successful clinical supervisor; Counselors who are being groomed to become clinical supervisors; and Behavioral healthcare professionals who want to learn more about clinical supervision.

IN PERSON AGENDA:

In-person Workshop (14 hours)
Day 1
8:30-10 am: Review expectations and course assumptions; Complete Module 1: Roles and
Definitions, includes exploring clinical and administrative roles, and goals of supervision
10-10:15 am: Break
10:15-12:15 pm: Complete Module 2: A Personal Model of Supervision, includes models of
clinical supervision review, explore and reflect on/choose own model of supervision; Begin
Module 3: Supervisory Alliance, includes value and traits of positive supervisory alliance and
group work to explore conflict in supervision and ways to minimize or resolve conflict
12:15-1:15 pm: Lunch
1:15 -3:15 pm: Finish Module 3 with sharing of group work findings; Begin Module 4:
Modalities and Methods, including discussing individual/group/and peer supervision modalities
and group work to explore related case studies
3:15-3:30 pm: Break
3:30-5 pm: Complete Module 4, including methods of supervision, importance of direct
observation and role play to building support and enthusiasm for it

Day 2

8:30-10:00 am: Complete Module 5: Assessment Resources, includes intro/review of Tap 21:
Addiction Counseling Competencies and Performance Assessment Rubrics, exercise using
rubrics to assessment a supervisee; Begin Module 6: Performance Evaluation, read and discuss
case study
10:00-10:15 am: Break
10:15-12:15 pm: Continue Module 6, performance assessment resources and practice giving
performance feedback
12:15-1:15 pm: Lunch
1:15-3:15 pm: Complete Module 6, structuring supervisory interviews; Begin Module 7:
Counselor Development, includes contextual factors in facilitating counselor development
3:15-3:30 pm: Break
3:30-5 pm: Complete Module 7, strategies for building a relationship, group work completing a
professional development plan (PDP), discuss and assign 2 credit hour PDP homework

OBJECTIVES:

• Define primary goals of supervisory practice and identify barriers to balancing roles and responsibilities
• Learn about models of supervision and begin to create a personal model
• Understand value of and ways to resolve conflict in effective supervisory alliance
• Describe different methods of gathering job performance information
• Understand benefits of direct observation in supervision and how to build enthusiasm for it
• Review and be able to link TAP 21: Addiction Counseling Competencies to the companion Performance Assessment Rubrics
• Practice providing performance-based feedback using a structured supervisory interview
• Appreciate cultural and contextual factors that impact the supervisory relationship
• Practice creating a Professional Development Plan

This training is in partnership between VAPA, Spectrum, and New England Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC)