Essential Knowledge and Skills for Effective Clinical Supervision in Rehabilitation Counseling

Abstract

This study begins the inductive process of identifying the supervisory knowledge and skills that are necessary for effective field-based clinical supervision of rehabilitation counselors. A total of 774 randomly selected certified rehabilitation counselors (CRCs) completed the Rehabilitation Counseling Supervision Inventory, an instrument developed via a Delphi method specifically for this investigation. Principal components analysis of their responses yielded 6 supervisory knowledge and skill domains essential for effective field-based supervision of rehabilitation counselors. The results of this study empirically demonstrate that there is a substantial body of supervisory knowledge and skills that CRCs perceived to be important for effective field-based supervision of rehabilitation counselors.

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