Center for Adult and Continuing Studies

This interactive workshop helps social work supervisors understand the impact of fatigue on leadership, communication and team well-being. Participants will gain practical strategies rooted in trauma-informed supervision and emotional intelligence and develop a personalized 90-day Empathy Action Plan.

1. As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to differentiate burnout, compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress and organizational fatigue.
2. As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to explain how chronic stress influences employee behavior, engagement and supervision needs.
3. As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to apply trauma-informed and empathy-centered communication techniques during supervision.
4. As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to recognize supervisory behaviors that unintentionally increase employee stress. 
5. As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to practice reflective supervision strategies that support accountability while maintaining compassion.
6. As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to develop an individualized action plan for sustaining empathy without overextending emotionally.