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Digital Seminar

Ethics with Minors for Georgia Mental Health Professionals: How to Navigate the Most Challenging Issues


Average Rating:
   4
Faculty:
Terry Casey, PhD
Duration:
6 Hours 12 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Jan 17, 2020
Product Code:
POS055650


Description

Those of us who treat minors and their families experience a flood of emotions. There is confusion over changing ethical codes and laws, fear that the actions that we take will lead to long-term developmental damage, and anxiety that at any moment we might unintentionally cross a line that could jeopardize our professional license and put us in legal peril. In this environment, we can find ourselves impaired in our ability to function as professionals and help our clients.

Combining a step-by-step guide to an effective decision-making model, the most updated ethical codes and legal statutes, and lessons from 30 years as a clinician and ethics professor, Terry Casey, PhD, HSP will give you a solid foundation for evaluating the ethical options when working with minors and their families. You will have much more confidence about the course of action you take involving mandatory reporting, access to minors’ records, parental rights, boundary issues, touch, and others.

Credit


Ethics

This self-study activity includes 6.0 hours of State specific ethics instruction. Not all boards allow ethics credit for self-study products. If ethics is not specified within your licensing board’s approval statement below, please contact your board to determine the applicability and amount of ethics allowed.


Counselors

This self-study activity consists of 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


Social Workers - National ASWB ACE

PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2020 - January 27, 2023. Social Workers completing this course receive 6.0 Ethics continuing education credits.

 

Course Level: Intermediate. Format: Asynchronous distance learning. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance. 


Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content. PESI, Inc. is offering these self-study materials for 6.0 hours of continuing education credit. Course Level: Intermediate.


Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study activity consists of 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements. 


Addiction Counselors - NAADAC

NAADAC

This self-study course has been approved by PESI, Inc., as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 6.0 CE in the Legal, Ethical and Professional Development skill group. NAADAC Provider #77553. PESI, Inc. is responsible for all aspects of their programming. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance.


Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.



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Faculty

Terry Casey, PhD's Profile

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TERRY CASEY, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, HSP health service provider with over 30 years of professional experience, including a 16-year tenure as the director of counseling & psychological services for a non-profit agency with over 30 counselors at over a dozen locations. He is in private practice in Franklin Tennessee, teaches ethics and professional issues in counseling at Lipscomb University’s graduate program in clinical mental health counseling, and guest lectures at Trevecca Nazarene University’s PhD program in Clinical counseling. Dr. Casey also served for several years as the chair of the ethics committee for the Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselors’ Association and in an advisory capacity for graduate counseling programs at two universities. He has presented frequently on ethics to organizations such as the American Counseling Association, the Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselors Association, the Nashville Area Association of Christian Counselors, and others. For more information, visit his practice website at rencounselingtn.com.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Terry Casey maintains a private practice and is a faculty member of Lipscomb University. He is a published author and receives royalties. Dr. Casey receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Terry Casey is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Tennessee Psychological Association, the Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselor Association, and others. For a complete list, please contact info@pesi.com.


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product. For a more detailed outline that includes times or durations of time, if needed, please contact cepesi@pesi.com.


Objectives

  1. Identify the five primary perspectives of the Multiple Perspective Model of ethical decision-making when working with minors.
  2. Summarize the difference between consent and assent and how they apply to working with minors.
  3. Apply ethics code and statutory requirements related to confidentiality standards to situations regarding minor clients.
  4. Evaluate the potential ethical courses of action to take in situations involving minor clients, using the Multiple Perspectives Model.
  5. Explain the state laws that govern mandatory reporting and how these impact ethical decision making in clinical practice.
  6. Evaluate current clinical practice policies to ensure adequate protection involving issues of boundaries and physical touch.

Outline

WHY WORKING WITH MINORS IS DIFFERENT
  • Vulnerability and power differentials
  • Federal and state laws outlining legal responsibilities
  • Issues involved with older adolescents
CONSENT RULES AND ISSUES INVOLVING MINORS
  • Consent vs. assent
  • Who can provide consent?
  • Parental rights and consent rules
  • Special rules for older adolescents
  • Informed consent process
WHEN A MINOR IS (AND IS NOT) A CLIENT
  • When does an individual become a client?
  • Personal representatives
  • Ethical vs. legal considerations
CONFIDENTIALITY STANDARDS AND LIMITS WITH MINORS
  • Limits of confidentiality
  • Communications with minors and parents
  • Progressive scenarios technique
  • Parental agreements
PARENTAL RIGHTS…AND WRONGS
  • Default rights
  • Special situations
  • Exceptions
CONTROL OF MINORS’ RECORDS
  • Health care vs. educational records
  • HIPAA vs. FERPA
  • Who has access?
  • Responding to requests for records
  • Clinical records and psychotherapy notes
CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF DIVORCED PARENTS
  • Informed consent process
  • Parenting plans
  • Other legal considerations
  • Case example
MANDATORY REPORTING: THE “WHAT”, “WHEN” AND “TO WHOM”
  • Mandatory reporting laws
  • Federal definition of child abuse
  • State laws
  • Ethical considerations
  • Case example
BOUNDARY ISSUES WITH MINORS
  • Social media policies
  • Multiple relationships
  • Power differentials
  • Virtual relationships
  • Texting and messaging
  • Case examples
PHYSICAL TOUCH
  • When it is appropriate, and when it is not
  • Informed consent
  • Organizational policies
  • Case example

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Psychotherapists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • School Counselors
  • School Social Workers
  • School Psychologists
  • Other Mental Health Professionals who work with minors

Reviews

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Overall:      5

Total Reviews: 4

Comments

Avedon E - FRISCO, Texas

"Very informative"

Franciska K - Columbus, Georgia

"The best ethics workshop I ever had. Very interactive, engaging with specific explanations."

Eleasha H - Savannah, Georgia

"great ceu event "

Cynthia M - Bonaire, Georgia

"I really enjoyed this class and learned a lot of great information to take back to my practice!"

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