Ø IAABC
Approved Mentors may supervise Associate members who
are working towards IAABC Certified
Membership and Certified members wishing to expand
their skill base. Associate members will be awarded
credit towards certification for entering in to a
supervisory relationship with an IAABC Approved Mentor; Certified members
will earn CEUs.
Ø Conversation
between the IAABC trainee and the mentor will preferably
take place in-person but can
be by phone or by e-mail
if distance is an issue*. The mentee may
be asked to use audio or video taping with appropriate
client consent.
Ø The
learning process should be as sustained and intense
as necessary to support mentee development.
Ø The
major emphasis of supervision should be on the trainee’s
work with clients. Supervision focuses on live cases.
Ø Agreement
should be reached about fees and collection procedures,
hours, time and methods for meeting, case responsibility,
case review, handling of potentially dangerous client
situations, and so forth.
Ø Mentors
should recognize their legal responsibilities for
cases seen by mentees.
Both mentors and mentees should
have liability insurance coverage.
Ø Progress
Reports: The
progress of trainees should be periodically reviewed
according to pre-determined goals, and evaluations
should be shared and discussed with mentees.
Mentors comply with mentee requests
for confirmation of supervision and performance
reviews to IAABC the Standards Commission. Evaluation
forms will be provided by the IAABC Standards Commission
Ø Should
a mentor develop significant concerns about the abilities,
philosophical beliefs, or practices of a mentee,
the concerns must be shared with the mentee and
documented in writing as early as possible. Mentors
do not disclose trainee confidences except in limited
circumstances described in the IAABC
Code of Ethics.
Ø Tutorials: Mentors
may assist IAABC members formally on the tutorials;
case presenters may ask mentors assisting on tutorials
to submit progress reports. Mentors will be especially
interested in mentees’ ability
to negotiate practice issues successfully and
to learn from mentors and colleagues.
*Geographic
Hardship: Associate
members (on the path to certification) who need
supervised practice hours but live in areas where
there is no compatible choice of Approved Mentors
within 20 miles may fulfill the mentoring requirements
by telephone and e-mail. They may be required
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