The Fifth International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision

Thursday, June 11 - Saturday, June 13, 2009

The International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision is devoted to clinical supervision theory, practice, and research and focuses on core issues in clinical supervision that cut across professional disciplines. The conference provides an opportunity for psychologists (school, counseling, clinical), social workers, nurses, marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists, substance abuse counselors, counselor educators, speech therapists, and other mental health professionals and educators to meet and to learn from each other about current issues, practice, and research findings related to clinical supervision of students and practitioners. It is supported by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (National Institutes of Health) and is co-sponsored by the UB Schools of Social Work, Education, Nursing, and Public Health and Health Professions; UB Counseling Services; the UB Department of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology; the UB Research Institute on Addictions; and the UB Department of Family Medicine.

After a fourth highly successful conference in 2008 the fifth annual conference is going to be held starting on Thursday, June 11, 2009 (pre-conference workshops and evening opening plenary), and ending at noon on Saturday, June 13.

The conference will be held at the recently renovated Marriott Hotel in Amherst. The hotel has a limited number of conference rooms available at $119 per night.

• We will be creating three streams in the program that will identify sessions with a practice, research or graduate student focus. The PhD student stream will include networking opportunities and a session devoted to students who are interested in clinical supervision research. Senior researchers from different profession will be in attendance to facilitate and consult on the development of supervision research projects. This session will again be led by Janine Bernard and Melissa Luke.

• The Thursday, June 11 pre-conference day will include:
• A repeat of the well-received morning presentation by UB researcher Tom Nochajski on: How to Apply for NIH Funding (free to conference registrants).
• A repeat of the highly successful afternoon session led by DiAnne Borders for experienced supervision researchers to network and to present their work: Networking Session For Experienced Clinical Supervisors (free to conference registrants).
• A morning presentation and workshop on “The Dynamics and Skills of Effective Clinical Supervision: the Middle Phase”, and an afternoon workshop on “The Dynamics and Skills of Effective Clinical Supervision: the Ending and Transition Phase”, co-led by Alex Gitterman and Lawrence Shulman. These sessions will build on the highly successful workshops on clinical supervision and group supervision offered by these presenters at the 2008 conference. (Participants will be able to register separately for each session or register for a reduced fee for the total day.) Both workshop leaders have national and international reputations both in the area of supervision and group leadership.

• A 6:00 PM Thursday evening conference opening plenary will be a panel discussion led by conference co-chair Lawrence Shulman entitled: How Can Research Best Inform Supervision Practice in the Real World: A Conversation Between an Agency Administrator, a Clinical Supervisor and Academic Researchers
• The plenary session will be followed by our outstanding reception (you can skip dinner again).
• Friday morning’s plenary will be presented by Michael Carrol Fellow of the British Association for Counseling, a Chartered Counseling Psychologist and a BAC Accredited Supervisor.  He will be presenting on: Supervision: Critical Reflection for Transformational Learning
• Saturday morning’s closing plenary speaker will be Michael Ellis, Professor and Director of the Division of Counseling Psychology at the University of Albany.  His presentation is entitled Bridging the Science and Practice of Clinical Supervision: Some Discoveries, Some Misconceptions.
• A repeat and expansion of the highly popular Hot Topics in Clinical Supervision roundtable discussions organized again by Michael Ellis. We will expand the time to two hours to allow participants to join in more than one roundtable discussion.

We believe the 2009 conference will be even more successful than those in the previous four years. (Make your Marriott reservations early to obtain the conference rate). This 2009 conference will provide special recognition to our international participants who “come from afar” and those of you who will be attending your fifth conference. Help us to continue to build this conference by sharing this announcement with your friends and colleagues.

We all look forward to seeing you in June.

Lawrence Shulman and Andrew Safyer, Conference Co-chairs

This Web site accepts abstracts and online registrations. Paper registrations will be accepted; however, abstracts must be submitted online.