If the Board or any investigative committee of the Board has reason to believe that the conduct of any marriage and family therapist, marriage and family therapist intern, clinical
professional counselor or clinical
professional counselor intern has raised a reasonable question
as to his or her
competence to practice therapy or clinical
professional counseling with reasonable skill and safety, it may order the marriage and family therapist, marriage and family therapist intern, clinical
professional counselor or clinical
professional counselor intern to undergo:
(a) Document a minimum of twenty - four hours of academic preparation or board approved continuing education coursework in
counselor supervision training including training six hours in each area
as follows: (i) Assessment, evaluation and remediation which includes initial, formative and summative assessment of supervisee knowledge, skills and self - awareness; components of evaluation e.g. evaluation criteria and expectations, supervisory procedures, methods for monitoring (both direct and indirect observation) supervisee performance, formal and informal feedback mechanisms, and evaluation processes (both summative and formative), and processes and procedures for remediation of supervisee skills, knowledge, and personal effectiveness and self - awareness; (ii)
Counselor development which includes models of supervision, learning models, stages of development and transitions in supervisee / supervisor development, knowledge and skills related to supervision intervention options, awareness of individual differences and learning styles of supervisor and supervisee, awareness and acknowledgement of cultural differences and multicultural competencies needed by supervisors, recognition of relational dynamics in the supervisory relationship, and awareness of the developmental process of the supervisory relationship itself; (iii) Management and administration which includes organizational processes and procedures for recordkeeping, reporting, monitoring of supervisee's cases, collaboration, research and evaluation; agency or institutional policies and procedures for handling emergencies, case assignment and case management, roles and responsibilities of supervisors and supervisees, and expectations of supervisory process within the institution or agency; institutional processes for managing multiple roles of supervisors, and summative and formative evaluation processes; and (iv)
Professional responsibilities which includes ethical and legal issues in supervision includes dual relationships, competence, due process in evaluation, informed consent, types of supervisor liability, privileged communication, consultation, etc.; regulatory issues include Ohio laws governing the practice of counseling and counseling supervision, professional standards and credentialing processes in counseling, reimbursement eligibility and procedures, and related institutional or agency
Professional responsibilities which includes ethical and legal issues in supervision includes dual relationships,
competence, due process in evaluation, informed consent, types of supervisor liability, privileged communication, consultation, etc.; regulatory issues include Ohio laws governing the practice of counseling and counseling supervision,
professional standards and credentialing processes in counseling, reimbursement eligibility and procedures, and related institutional or agency
professional standards and credentialing processes in counseling, reimbursement eligibility and procedures, and related institutional or agency procedures.