Facilitating reflective supervision in an early child development center
✍ Scribed by Robert Newcomb Emde
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 80 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-9641
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Reflective supervision (RS) has not been a tradition in most early child development settings. The infant mental health consultant, in successfully implementing RS, helps to articulate and affirm some basic values necessary for a community of reflective practice. These emphasize (a) participating in an environment of continuous learning and improvement and (b) engaging in an ongoing commitment to professionalism. Sets of dimensions of RS, therefore, include sharing and learning, emotional support and dealing with vulnerability, and systems sensitivity. Issues for RS training involve using yourself as a tool and learning about the science of being with others.