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School Counseling Site Supervisor Training: An Exploratory Study
Author(s) -
DeKruyf Lorraine,
Pehrsson DaleElizabeth
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2011.tb01918.x
Subject(s) - supervisor , psychology , exploratory research , counselor education , training (meteorology) , clinical supervision , self efficacy , medical education , medicine , higher education , psychotherapist , management , physics , sociology , meteorology , anthropology , political science , law , economics
This study explored the supervision training needs of site supervisors of master's program school counseling interns via the construct of self‐efficacy. Using the Site Supervisor Self‐Efficacy Survey developed for this study, the authors surveyed school counseling site supervisors in the states of Oregon and Washington ( N = 147) regarding their hours of supervision training and their supervisor self‐efficacy. Results indicated that 54% of school counseling site supervisors had little or no counseling supervision training. Supervisor self‐efficacy appeared to be relatively strong, consistently so for school counseling site supervisors with over 40 hours of supervision training. A partial correlation indicated a slightly positive relationship between the hours of supervision training received and perceived self‐efficacy regarding supervision. Implications regarding school counseling site supervisor training and future research are offered.