This webinar focuses on the impact of diversity on the supervisory relationship and the importance of cultural competence in clinical supervision. Speakers examine the influence that language, labeling, stereotyping, and implicit bias have on the supervisor and supervisee, as well as discuss strategies and techniques to improve cultural competencies for supervising SLPs and audiologists. The webinar reviews the literature on diversity and cultural competence in supervision; discusses biases, power imbalance, cultural humility, and self-analysis; and includes case studies and activities that provide supervisors an opportunity to consider their own cultural identity and ways in which this identity influences their supervisory alliance.

This webinar is part of the SIGnature Series, a collection of webinars developed by volunteers from ASHA’s Special Interest Groups, who share practical, evidence-based suggestions and solutions based on their in-depth knowledge, clinical experiences, and passion for their specialty areas. This webinar was developed by SIG 11: Administration and Supervision. View all the SIGnature Series courses, available through the ASHA Learning Pass subscription or for a la carte purchase.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• Identify the impact of language and stereotypes in supervisory relationships
• Describe three strategies to enhance cultural competence in supervision
• List your own cultural identities and discuss their influence while working with supervisees
• Define cultural humility, responsiveness, and competence and how they relate to clinical supervision

Supervision Professional Development Requirement*

This course can count toward the ASHA certification maintenance professional development requirement for Supervision. (If you participate in the ASHA CE Registry, it will automatically appear on your transcript; if you are not part of the Registry, you can manually report on your compliance form.) See more courses that count toward this requirement or read more about professional development requirements for certification maintenance.

DEI Professional Development Requirement*

This course can count toward the ASHA certification maintenance professional development requirement for DEI (which encompasses cultural competency; cultural humility; culturally responsive practice; and diversity, equity, and inclusion). (You must manually report that you are counting this course toward this requirement on your compliance form regardless of whether you participate in the ASHA CE Registry or not.) See more courses that count toward this requirement or read more about professional development requirements for certification maintenance.

*Note: You can count a portion of this course (e.g., 30 minutes) toward the Supervision requirement and the remaining time toward the DEI requirement OR you can count the full hour toward either the Supervision or DEI requirement. (You cannot count the same 30-min or 1-hour block of time toward both requirements.)

Related Courses

This course is part of Key Courses on Foundations of Effective Supervision.

This course is also available for purchase in the ASHA Store as part of Foundations of Effective Supervision: A Four-Course Set (WEB17318B).

Learning Assessment

Self-assessment