Supervisees and Neuropsychology Technicians

[megamaramon]

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Hello all. I am a pediatric neuropsychologist who uses technicians in a hospital setting. Both technicians are registered under my license. I have a colleague who is undergoing additional training and supervision in order to add neuropsychology to her statement of intent. I am her supervisor for neuropsychology work. She is a fully licensed psychologist otherwise.

Has anyone ever had a trainee supervise technicians, then supervise the trainee? Feels very "daisy chain" to me, but working with technicians is part of neuropsychology and should be an aspect of the training.

I would send the question to my state Board, but they haven't even acknowledged receipt of my last question...

 

[AcronymAllergy]

I was involved in tiered supervision while on fellowship (i.e., I supervised a few interns and practicum students, and my supervisors supervised me; the supervisors also provided supervision directly to the trainees). It's relatively common, I'd say. Although I'm not sure how the state board sees that RE: use of technicians.

 

[WisNeuro]

Similar to AA, I had that setup on fellowship. The only wrinkle here is that the other psychologist is not a trainee. Personally, I'm not supervising anyone who is not a trainee. We have too many "psychologists who do neuropsych" testing out there as it is. I don't feel the need to make that worse.