Supervising Evaluation Practicum and Intern Students: A Developmental Model

Several professional areas, such as counseling and psychotherapy, have found a developmental perspective useful in understanding student professional and training needs. A developmental perspective on supervising evaluation practicum students suggests that students go through developmental stages as they enhance their evaluation skills. A three-stage model adapted from counseling training theory developmental perspective is illustrated for eight developmental tasks: competence, emotional awareness, autonomy, professional autonomy, purpose, motivation, individual differences, and ethical competence. Implications for research and further application of a developmental perspective are discussed.