IJSP Number 1, 2019

19 3. RESULTS INTERPRETATION 3.1. THE EVALUATION PROCESS WITHIN SUPERVISION INVENTORY (EPSI) [4] The supervision inventory contains 21 items, being conceived by Lehrman- Waterman, D. & Ladany, N. [4]. An efficient evaluation of the supervision, realised by the supervisee may be defined as the process by which objectives and feedback are clear and planned [7]. The study participants – supervisees and independent therapists, from the three areas of the country: Capital (Bucharest), the west side of the country (the Timiș County, the city of Timisoara and the Caras-Severin County, the town of Resita) and the centre of the country (the Hunedoara County with the localities Hunedoara and Deva) evaluated their supervisor from the point of view of their supervision needs, as they perceived the supervision process and their supervisor: mainly focused on objectives or on the offering of a feedback. (a) Establishment of objectives Specialty literature on the supervision domain offers recommendations for the establishment of efficient objectives in supervision that need to be: - Specific, clearly mentioned and feasible with the resources, opportunities and the abilities of the supervisee; - Connected to the establishment of the supervisee’s needs; - To be modified in time [7], [8]; - Measurable [8]; - Hierarchied according to priorities [8]; - Established on common grounds [7], [9], [10], [11]; - Established in proper time during the supervision relationship [7], [12]. The establishment of objectives clarifies what is expected from the supervisee and offers a supervision frame. (b) The feedback process Feedback is a process through which the supervisor expresses his/her thoughts in a verbal manner, on the supervisee process [13]. In time, feedback received two directions: - Formative feedback – offered during the supervision relationship [7], [9], with the purpose of receiving preliminary information on the supervisee’s performance and the possibility of realizing necessary changes [14]; - Summative feedback – offered with the purpose of evaluating the supervisee’s activity, in taking decisions on the fulfilment of the pre- established performance standards [7]. Summative feedback appears at the middle and at the end of the supervision period.