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The Art of Giving & Receiving Feedback: Clinical Supervision

Effective feedback strategies involve starting with the positives, using specific examples, and offering constructive suggestions. Feedback in clinical supervision helps to identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement, leading to enhanced clinical skills and better patient care.

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Ann Robinson Ann Robinson

(Bonus) March is Social Work Month: Critical Social Work 5

Critical social work is an approach to social work that is focused on questioning the social, political, and economic systems that create inequality and injustice. This approach seeks to understand and address the root causes of social problems rather than simply treating the symptoms. Critical social work is centered around the idea that social problems are not the result of individual failings but rather are the result of systemic issues that need to be addressed at a structural level.

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Ann Robinson Ann Robinson

The Role of Supervision in Ethical Practice and Professional Growth

Clinical supervision is crucial to ethical practice and professional growth in many fields, including counseling, social work, psychology, and education. It involves a collaborative and supportive relationship between a supervisor and a supervisee to enhance the supervisee's skills, knowledge, and self-awareness. Clinical supervision allows the supervisee to reflect on their work, receive feedback, and address ethical dilemmas and personal biases that may impact their practice.

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