Reflective Supervision | Online

Concordia Graduate & Continuing Studies is an approved provider of social work continuing education for MN (MNBSW) and ND (NDBSWE).

This course focuses on how to use reflection to improve communication with your staff and provide them with support. We will explore the difference between reflective supervision and administrative supervision and when reflective supervision is most helpful. We will also learn ways to use reflective supervision to help staff identify their triggers, worries and difficulties of their work.

Outcomes
Participants will be able to:

Identify the difference between reflective supervision and administrative supervision.

Identify the three building blocks of reflective supervision.

Identify how active listening and thoughtful questioning facilitate successful reflective supervision.

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Each person registering for training needs an individual account in order to be awarded a certificate of completion.

Organizations that require payment through an administrative office may be invoiced for employees taking the course. Please contact us at [email protected] for instructions on this payment method.

Kelli Gast, LCSW, LICSW, IECM
Assistant Social Work Professor
Concordia College

Kelli is an Assistant Social Work Professor at Concordia College. She received her BA from Concordia College, with a major in Social Work and a minor in Psychology. She earned her MSW from the University of Minnesota in 2005 and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Minnesota and North Dakota. She has worked in the Fargo-Moorhead community since then in several capacities, including doing professional home-based services, children’s day treatment, and outpatient services. Professor Gast is certified in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health from the University of Minnesota and has extensive training in early intervention and trauma work with young children and families. Most recently, she worked full time in a faculty position at the University of North Dakota. Her teaching included Trauma-Informed Practice, Mental Health Assessment, Social Work Policy, Supervision, Children’s Mental Health, Clinical Diagnosing and Working with Individuals.

In her most recent clinical work, Ms. Gast directed early intervention services, including the management of several grants focused on children’s services. She is a trainer for The Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management Program and along with her colleague, has trained over 500 teachers in the Fargo-Moorhead area. She also has provided reflective supervision to various programs including Head Start, school districts and childcare centers. She has been trained/certified in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, Child-Parent Psychotherapy, Incredible Years Child, Parent and Teacher programs, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Managed and Adaptive Practice and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

Graduate & Continuing Studies
901 8th St S
Moorhead, MN 56562
Concordia College
[email protected]