Supervision
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Supervision may refer to:
- SupervisorSupervisorA supervisor, foreperson, team leader, overseer, cell coach, facilitator, or area coordinator is a manager in a position of trust in business...
, one who oversees the work or tasks of another - RegulationRegulationRegulation is administrative legislation that constitutes or constrains rights and allocates responsibilities. It can be distinguished from primary legislation on the one hand and judge-made law on the other...
, controlling behavior by rules or restrictions - Clinical supervisionClinical supervisionSupervision is used in counselling, psychotherapy, and other mental health disciplines as well as many other professions engaged in working with people. It consists of the practitioner meeting regularly with another professional, not necessarily more senior, but normally with training in the skills...
, the system whereby therapists are expected to arrange to meet another therapist for their own benefit or to discuss their work - In Great Britain, especially at Cambridge University, "supervision" can mean a tutorialTutorialA tutorial is one method of transferring knowledge and may be used as a part of a learning process. More interactive and specific than a book or a lecture; a tutorial seeks to teach by example and supply the information to complete a certain task....
, that is, a meeting between a student or small group of students and a teacher - Watara SupervisionWatara SupervisionThe Watara Supervision is a monochrome handheld game console, originating from Asia, and introduced in 1992 as a cut-price competitor for Nintendo's Game Boy. It came packaged with a game called Crystball, which is similar to Breakout...
(also known as Quickshot Supervision in the UK) is a video game system - Supervision (comics), (formerly known as Scrap), a female superhero and member of Dynamo 5
- "Supervision" in telecommunication refers to the on-hook/off-hook condition of a phone line, making it part of line signalling
- In childcareChildcareChild care means caring for and supervising child/children usually from 0–13 years of age. In the United States child care is increasingly referred to as early childhood education due to the understanding of the impact of early experiences of the developing child...
and general use, the verb "to supervise" means to watch over, and is often used in the context of an adult watching children to ensure they are attended, acceptably behaved, and safe