Description:

Supervision is an essential component of Psychology training and practice, and is the conduit to obtaining competencies within the field. Many clinicians are required to provide supervision to learners across the training lifespan (e.g., undergraduate to post-doctoral fellow). Unfortunately, at the conclusion of formal training, ongoing training or education to continue refining knowledge and skills in supervision is not required and is often lacking. This fact coupled with an ever changing socio-economic-political landscape has resulted in increased attention to and closer examination of the perspective of supervisees within the supervision dyad. Learners reporting supervisory experiences as insufficient, dissatisfying and even potentially harmful often attribute this to a lack of cultural responsiveness and/or socially just practices. This webinar aims to begin to provide an overview of supervision and the importance of utilizing anti-oppressive and culturally responsive supervision practices to help supervisors evolve their practices to better support the current generation of learners who are understanding the field of Psychology in a very different chronosystem. We outline the differences between multicultural, culturally responsive, and anti-oppression approaches to supervision. Attendees will learn microinterventions to implement anti-oppressive and culturally responsive supervision, as well as strategies to identify, avoid, and address harm experienced in supervision. Attention to preparing and supporting learners within umbrella supervision will also be given. Finally, a case example will be utilized to demonstrate the application of anti-oppressive supervision practice. The webinar will close with a wrap up and opportunity for questions from the audience members.

Presenter Bios:

Naadira C. Upshaw, PsyD, ABPP: Dr. Naadira C. Upshaw is an Associate Professor in the Emory University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and a board-certified Senior Pediatric Psychologist at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. She is also the Clinical Director of the Aflac Psychology and Neuropsychology Department and the Committee Chair of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) for the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. She serves as an elected board member as the current Diversity Member-At-Large for the Society of Pediatric Psychology, which is Division 54 of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Upshaw has many interests including the provision of inclusive and culturally humble and sensitive care to all patients with particular attention to justice, psychosocial hematology and oncology, training and education in pediatric psychology, and EDI related program development and facilitation. She serves in many capacities on several EDI specific committees and groups across the institutional, regional, and national levels. She has also constructed and provided diversity related talks and training for various organizations and groups within her academic community, as well as helped to develop a diversity dialogue facilitation training and manual that has trained several trainees and faculty facilitators within the academic medical setting. She is also professionally and academically interested in understanding the high cost of the minority tax on underrepresented minority faculty within academia. Dr. Upshaw is passionate about training and has written about the role of cultural humility and process-oriented supervision for underrepresented minority learners.

Marilyn L. Sampilo, PhD, MPH: Dr. Sampilo is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in integrated behavioral health and health equity for marginalized communities. She received her doctoral degree (PhD) in clinical child psychology, with specialization in pediatric psychology, and a Master of Public Health, with specialization in social and behavioral aspects of public health, from the University of Kansas. Dr. Sampilo’s pedigree in education and training have allowed her to develop extensive experience in prevention, health promotion and intervention for diverse populations. Dr. Sampilo currently works as the Director of Behavioral Health for the All Hands Health Network. All Hands is designed as a socially and clinically integrated network consisting of various community partners working together to improve the health and well-being of children and families in some of Chicago’s most underserved and under resourced communities. Dr. Sampilo is particularly passionate about addressing structural and systemic drivers of behavioral health inequity in partnership with communities. Nationally, she provides consultation, training and professional development in the areas of health equity and affirming, culturally responsive health care, with over 100 invited presentations and trainings in these areas. She also serves on several national committees and work groups focused on promoting culturally and linguistically appropriate health service delivery. She has also held leadership roles in the areas of equity, diversity, and inclusion at several organizations over the last decade. Dr. Sampilo has received several local and national awards for her work in service to communities who have systematically marginalized including the 2024 APA Committee on Children, Youth, and Families Early-career Award for Outstanding Contributions to Benefit Children, Youth, and Families, the 2023 Su Casa Hispanic Center Latino Leadership Award, the 2022 Roger Harrison IDEAS (Inclusion, Diversity, and Excellence in Advocacy and Social Justice) Award, and the 2022 SPP Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Pediatric Psychology.

Learning Objectives:

After the presentation, attendees will be able to:

1. Define differences and similarities between multicultural supervision, culturally responsive supervision, and anti-oppressive supervision.
2. Describe anti-oppressive supervision in practice.
3. Outline anti-oppressive microinterventions to identify, avoid, and address harm within supervisory relationships.
4. Utilize a case example to demonstrate the implementation of anti-oppressive supervision practices.

Learning Level: 

Designed to apply broadly across all levels.

Conflict of Interest:

The presenters report no conflicts of interest.

Registration:

Webinar registration is free for members. Registration rates for non-members are listed below.

Continuing Education:

Attendees will receive 2 CE credit for attending the entirety of this webinar.

The Society of Pediatric Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Society of Pediatric Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.

The Society of Pediatric Psychology (Division 54 of the American Psychological Association) is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0279.