Personnel Supervision and ManagementDifficulty 2/5
A supervisee's session fidelity remains poor after reading the written protocol and attending a lecture. What should the supervisor do next?
- AIncrease the supervisee's caseload so experience builds fidelity
- BProvide the protocol again in writing with the key steps highlighted
- CUse behavioral skills training: instruction, modelling, rehearsal and feedback to a mastery criterion
- DReassign the case to a supervisee whose fidelity is already adequate
Show answer and rationale
Correct: C. Instruction alone rarely changes performance. BST adds modelling, rehearsal and feedback, with in-situ training when performance does not transfer to the real session.
- B — Repeating an ineffective instruction changes nothing.
- D — Reassignment avoids the training problem rather than solving it.
- A — More cases at low fidelity increases client risk.