Empowered Supervision Essentials

Building Mutually Beneficial Relationships with SLPAs

Supervision is more than oversight. It is a professional relationship.

Empowered Supervision Essentials is a focused professional development experience for Speech Language Pathologists who want to strengthen how they approach supervision beyond policies, documentation, and compliance.

Across approximately 2.5 hours of self paced learning, you will explore the relational and leadership dimensions of SLPA supervision, including responsibility, trust, perspective, power, partnership, communication, feedback, conflict, and collaboration.

This course is designed for supervisors who want to deepen their understanding of how supervision is practiced and experienced in the real world while gaining practical strategies they can carry into their own supervisory relationships.

Course Overview

Effective supervision requires more than knowing what the rules say.

It requires understanding how authority is exercised, how expectations are communicated, how trust develops, how professional perspectives are valued, and how supervisors respond when challenges arise.

Throughout Empowered Supervision Essentials, you will explore:

• Supervisory responsibility beyond compliance
• Trust, respect, and professional communication
• Perspective, cultural humility, and bias within supervision
• Power dynamics and appropriate supervisory authority
• Partnership, professional contribution, and equitable supervisory practices
• Clear expectations and meaningful feedback
• Active listening and constructive conflict resolution
• Technology and systems that support consistent collaboration

Real world scenarios and practical strategies throughout the course connect these concepts to situations supervisors may encounter in everyday practice.

This is not simply about what supervisors are required to do. It is about developing a stronger understanding of how to do the work well.

Course Length & Professional Development

Empowered Supervision Essentials provides approximately 2.5 hours of self paced professional development.

Successful completion of the full course provides 2.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) and a Certificate of Completion documenting those hours.

This course is not offered for ASHA CEUs and is not affiliated with or endorsed by ASHA.

Professional development and continuing competence requirements vary by state licensing board, employer, and credentialing organization. Participants are responsible for determining whether the course meets the requirements of the organization to which they intend to report their professional development hours.

Who This Course Is For

Empowered Supervision Essentials may be a good fit for:

• SLPs currently supervising SLPAs
• SLPs preparing to take on supervisory responsibilities
• Experienced supervisors who want to reconsider or strengthen their supervisory approach
• Clinical leaders responsible for supporting supervisors or SLPA teams
• Practice owners and organizations seeking stronger supervisory practices across their teams

What Makes Essentials Different

Empowered Supervision Essentials is designed for professionals who want focused education without an extended application experience.

You will receive the complete instructional content across the four core modules of Empowered Supervision, including real world scenarios and practical supervisory strategies, in a format designed to deepen your understanding of effective supervisory practice.

If your goal is to learn, reconsider, and strengthen how you think about supervision, Essentials was designed for you.

For professionals and organizations seeking a deeper experience that includes guided Reflection & Application activities, a comprehensive workbook, an individualized Action Plan, and a capstone focused on translating learning into intentional supervisory practice, Empowered Supervision Intensive provides the expanded learning experience.

Certificate of Completion

Upon successful completion of Empowered Supervision Essentials, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion documenting 2.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs).

Instructions regarding professional development documentation are provided inside the course.

Refund Policy

Access is granted immediately upon enrollment; therefore, this course is non-refundable.