{"id":66,"date":"2013-12-04T08:39:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T03:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jessicacurrall.com\/?p=66"},"modified":"2013-12-04T08:39:19","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T03:39:19","slug":"12-3-13-supervisory-notes-trust-the-process-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jessicacurrall.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/04\/12-3-13-supervisory-notes-trust-the-process-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"11.20.14 Update — Supervisory Notes, “Trust the Process” Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of thoughts were brewing in my head all at about the same time right before Thanksgiving in 2013. \u00a0This was also updated in November 2014.<\/em>
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Event 1: \u00a0Dr. McNaughton made a comment at an AAC Faculty meeting that in the SPED department, they use a “CONE” approach — trying to be mindful of the Content of the Next Environment — to review whether or not students are prepared to move forward. \u00a0“Prepared” is something of a trigger word for me. \u00a0Students have either told me directly or provided in written feedback that they very much appreciate our discussions, my guidance, resources I share, etc.; however, that they worry that they are not prepared for the Real World<\/em>, for how things actually go in the schools. \u00a0I work very hard to align what I teach them through clinical practicum experiences to what they learn in their courses, I hope to model EBP with my supervision just as I hope they will apply it in their clinical careers (and, over time, as they have opportunities to mentor or provide supervision themselves). \u00a0So I have struggled with how to reconcile the idea that some students suggest they feel more ‘principled’ than ‘prepared’ when we’re done. \u00a0At present, I’ve come to the notion in my own mind that my role is not to prepare them how to DO the work — it’s a mistake to think that’s even possible — but how to THINK THROUGH the work. \u00a0Uncertainty is part of the gig: \u00a0there will always be an unfamiliar diagnosis, or an unusual presentation of skills\/needs, an unexpected confluence of personal and work events. \u00a0My goal isn’t to share with them every possible scenario, it’s to hopefully put a foundation of problem solving skills and coping strategies that will support their efforts.<\/p>\n

Event 2: \u00a0A surprising number of second year grad students have expressed the notion, “I just want to know what you know.” \u00a0I have had a surprisingly emotional reaction to that idea — that’s simply not fair. \u00a0I didn’t know what I know now when I was where where they are — I’ve worked hard to know what I know now. \u00a0I’ve earned<\/span> it. \u00a0Further, I am certain I don’t know everything: \u00a0I’m very much committed to being a learner yet myself.<\/p>\n

So given these thoughts, I wanted to present an activity to the students I am working with to engage them in an experience. \u00a0In a general sense, my goal was oriented around the notion of “Trust the Process.” \u00a0To not get to caught up or rushed in knowing it all, to not feel like that is the goal, to not consider uncertainty and the disquiet that comes with it as indicators of failure\/weakness. \u00a0In addition, since it was in front of the Thanksgiving holiday and at a stressful point of the semester (the stampede to the end), I also wanted it to be very different than the assignments they get in their courses. \u00a0The following is the email I sent.<\/p>\n

“We are at an interesting place in the semester, and I would expect everyone is feeling a degree of tension about getting from here to the next point.<\/p>\n

For everyone I am working with through the clinic, I would like for you to please set aside 15 minutes to BRIEFLY review the following, choose one, and email me a 1-paragraph response. \u00a0There are no right\/wrong answers. \u00a0I want to repeat that: \u00a0There is no specific answer I am looking for other than authentic consideration. \u00a0Due to me by\u00a0November 30th.<\/p>\n

(1). \u00a0In 2011, Alan Kamhi established a Clinical Forum on “Balancing Certainty and Uncertainty in Clinical Practice,” and posed the question, “How certain are you that your clinical decisions and practices are the most optimal ones for your patients?” Although I found the whole forum to be excellent and thought-provoking, attached is a three-page response (also in hard copy in your box): \u00a0Finn, P. (2011). \u00a0Critical Thinking: \u00a0Knowledge and Skills for Evidence Based Practice. \u00a0Language Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools, 42: 69-72.<\/a><\/p>\n

((2). \u00a0This 5:22 minute clip from Between the Folds on\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OlbneFIcXyU<\/a>. \u00a0I highly recommend the entire documentary if you have access, but for now I’m especially interested in this segment.<\/p>\n

(3). \u00a0A diagram on OODA<\/a>. \u00a0(Note: \u00a0The link here includes text and discussion but I just send the diagram itself as an attachment to the email.)<\/p>\n

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I chose these because they do speak to the value of critical review, of being systematic and engaged in learning\/questioning\/evaluating specifically as an SLP (the Finn article); because the origami sequence is amazing in Between the Folds and he specifically talks about the process and the tension that exists within it; and the diagram comes from a business website but actually illustrates a flowchart of how<\/em> to engage EBP. \u00a0I chose these because they inspire me, and I was interested in reaching the students in different ways (clinical\/research-based; artful; graphic).<\/p>\n

The responses have been truly great — I have loved the reflections and conversations we’ve had, and this lent itself very well as a lead into a discussion on actively Engaging in Learning (Lesson Plan available in Resources).<\/p>\n

So it’s been a wonderful and exciting learning experience for\u00a0me<\/em>, too. \u00a0 I’ve so enjoyed their perspectives into all of this, and how different it is from the other things they do while in the graduate program or that we have done together with their clinical practicum. \u00a0 Some of them haven’t gone exactly down the path of “Trust the Process” but that’s okay — there were no right or wrong answers.<\/p>\n

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A couple of thoughts were brewing in my head all at about the same time right before Thanksgiving in 2013. \u00a0This was also updated in November 2014. Event 1: \u00a0Dr. McNaughton made a comment at an AAC Faculty meeting that in the SPED department, they use a “CONE” approach — trying to be mindful of … Continue reading 11.20.14 Update — Supervisory Notes, “Trust the Process” Reflection<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[40,46,53],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notes-on-clinical-supervision","tag-planning-clinical-practicum-instruction","tag-reflection","tag-thought-process"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicacurrall.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicacurrall.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicacurrall.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicacurrall.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicacurrall.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jessicacurrall.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicacurrall.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicacurrall.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicacurrall.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}