Existing supervisory models are less consistent with Trauma-Informed Systems
The principal alternatives to reflective supervision include administrative supervision and peer consultation. The former consists of an administrative approach to the assessment of worker performance, for example quantitative assessments of client-hours, or caseload. Because ongoing case-based reflection is not formally incorporated in this, individual cases are reviewed typically in times of crisis, and the nature and quality of supervision is entirely dependent on the individual supervisor. In contrast with TIS, which is a strengths-based approach to services (focusing on the strengths and abilities of the client), crisis review or critical incident debriefings approach the supervisee’s work when there has already been an adverse event, instead of working from strengths regularly and