Child Family Community Australia, an organization who's mission is to be a primary source of quality, evidence-based information, resources and interactive support for professionals in the child, family and community welfare sectors, has recently published a series of short articles about the importance of good supervision, especially supervision which includes a reflective component, for professionals working with youth. Several practitioners share personal stories about how reflective supervision has helped them address the impact their clients trauma has on them. Tymur Hussein, for example, writes: "Through supervision, particularly the reflective component, I realised that due to my prolonged exposure to stories of abuse and neglect, my internal working models or cognitive schemas were transformed from ones that reflected my experience of the world to those which reflected the experiences of my clients." He goes on to say: "Clinical supervision, particularly the reflective component, was key to reducing my confusion about the origins of my hyper-vigilance. This insight increased my choices and led to the confronting question of ‘what changes do I need to make now that I am aware of the impact of the work?’" Links to each article can be found at https://www3.aifs.gov.au/cfca/...ective%20supervision
The Multiplying Connections Initiative has been promoting Reflective Supervision (RS) as a critical component of trauma informed practice. You can learn more about the key components of RS and how to begin integrating it into your organizational culture on our website at http://www.multiplyingconnecti...-informed-practice-0
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