Ethics, Legal, and Professional Identity
Courses in this category can be used for CEUs or applied to the addiction specific training domain of Ethics
Objectives
The participant will demonstrate familiarity with what often leads to boundary breaches.
The participant will demonstrate familiarity with the most frequently made allegations of ethics violations.
The participant will demonstrate familiarity with examples of multiple relationships.
The participant will demonstrate familiarity with important areas to consider regarding boundaries.
Demonstrate familiarity with components of informed consent including HIPAA
VIDEO
Objectives
Explore practice management issues for mental health professionals
Define ethics in terms of attending to consumer's biopsychosocial needs
Discuss how to individualize treatment
List the components of SNAP to be strengths, needs, attitudes and preferences
Identify boundary issues in small communities and recovery communities
VIDEO
Objectives
Explore ethical and legal standards in counseling
Explain the difference between ethical and legal guidelines
Identify causes of ethical stress
Discuss the Un-Ethics mantra
Identify the areas in which professionals must be competent
VIDEO
Objectives
Review the philosophical ethical principles
Explore how the following are ethical imperatives and how to fit them in
Counseling Skills Development
Ongoing Supervision
Self-Care
VIDEO
Objectives
Review the principles in etherapy ethics including enhanced informed consent and HIPAA and HITECH regulations.
Explore issues related to boundaries, dual relationships and social networking.
VIDEO
Objectives
Define ethical awareness
Explore multiple case studies involving ethical issues
Explore the connection between ethical awareness and behavior and critical thinking
Examine 22 of the most common cognitive fallacies or mistakes that lead to breaches of ethics.
Discuss common justifications for unethical behavior, and what can be done to prevent ethical missteps
Define and examine the dynamics of trust, caring and power in terms of our greatest ethical dilemma
Objectives:
Explore ethical guidelines with respect to
Multiculturalism
Confidentiality
Informed consent
Documentation
Discharge vs. Abandonment
Identify Non-Malfeasance in terms of kickbacks, blind referrals and insurance fraud
VIDEO
Objectives
Identify signs and causes of burnout.
Explore Physical, Interpersonal, Environmental, Cognitive, Emotional, Spiritual (PIECES) techniques for burnout prevention.
VIDEO
Objectives
Define cultural competence, presents a rationale for pursuing it, and describes the process of becoming culturally competent and responsive to client needs.
Address the development of cultural awareness.
Describe core competencies for counselors and other clinical staff.
Provide guidelines for culturally responsive clinical services.
Provide organizational strategies to promote the development and implementation of culturally responsive practices.
Provide a general introduction to each major racial and ethnic group, providing specific cultural knowledge related to substance use and treatment.
Explore the concept of “drug culture” and its role in substance use disorder treatment.
Review the Florida statute on patient brokering
Review the Florida Statute on Patient Rights
VIDEO
Objectives:
Explore ethical and legal standards in counseling
Discuss different codes of ethics (APA, ACA, AAMFT)
Discuss the principles supporting and informing ethical codes (i.e. beneficence)
Identify steps in ethical decision making
Define, identify and discuss how to deal effectively with transference and countertransference issues
Identify stressors in the profession and burnout prevention techniques
Clarify personal values and their effect in a counselor's work
Discuss the role of spiritual and religious values in counseling
Identify cultural values and assumptions in therapy
Identify the characteristics of a multiculturally competent counselor
Explain the purpose of informed consent
Identify Counselor's Responsibilities in Record Keeping
Identify ways to reduce malpractice liability
Define and explain the conditions for maintaining confidentiality, privilege and privacy.
Explain HIPAA regulations and what they mean to counselors
VIDEO