Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries: Exploring Ethical Obligations of Mental Health Professionals AND Making the Decision to Report Suspected Child Maltreatment

Overview

CEs: 5.5

Please note that by registering here you will be agreeing to register for 2 courses.

These courses are designed to meet the NYS requirement for mental health professionals to receive 3 hours of training on maintaining appropriate professional boundaries (effective April 2023). This course is not New York State-specific and can satisfy ethics and boundaries training requirements for any state.

This training also meets the updated 2023 New York State standards for training in the identification and reporting of suspected child maltreatment.

Course One: Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries: Exploring Ethical Obligations of Mental Health Professionals

Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Mental health professionals are charged with the legal and ethical responsibility to maintain professional boundaries, but the obligation isn’t always so easy to discern. This course brings real-world context to ethical concerns often experienced by professionals in practice in maintaining appropriate professional boundaries. This course will provide a framework to contemplate ethical dilemmas and make informed decisions that insulate professionals from legal liability while protecting clients from harm.

Learning Objectives

This course aims to bring context to ethical concerns often experienced by behavioral/physical health professionals in practice with individual clients/patients. At the conclusion of this course, participants will:

• Describe the ethical and legal responsibility of mental health professionals to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with their clients.
• Define dual relationships.
• Apply a framework to avoid dual relationships whenever possible.
• Apply a framework to minimize potential harm to clients and the professional whenever dual relationships are not avoidable.
• Describe how to demonstrate that a client has not been exploited or coerced, intentionally or unintentionally.

Course Two: Making the Decision to Report Suspected Child Maltreatment

Time: 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Many professionals throughout the United States are mandated reporters of suspected child maltreatment. However, the legal requirement to report is often confusing to navigate in relation to our other professional and ethical responsibilities. This workshop provides profession-based context to the role of mandated reporter where professionals are charged with knowing how to support their clients and when they are required to report a concern to child protective services. Mandated reporters will learn a framework to guide the decision to make this “tough call” using research findings and practical advice based on real case examples.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to explain considerations for determining when making a report to child protective services is required by law.
• Participants will identify the ethical/ moral and legal conundrums faced when making the decision to report.
• Participants will apply a framework to guide the process for deciding whether to make a report.
• Participants will describe their legal and ethical obligation to support families and children, regardless of their decision whether or not to report to child protective services.

Tuition Rates:

• $100 – Regular
• $80 – Alumni,FI, Adjunct
• $60 – VET/AUSW Student
• Current AUSSW Students Free with Promo Code

Faculty Bio

Kathryn Krase, Ph.D., J.D., M.S.W

Kathryn is a Principal Consultant with Krase Consultant, an expert on the professional ethics, and the intersection of ethics with legal responsibilities. She has years of experience consulting with government and community based organizations to develop policy & practice standards.

Credentialing Information

 

Adelphi University School of Social Work is an approved provider for continuing education credits for the following:

• NYSED Social Workers
• NYSED LMHC
• NYSED LMFT
• CASAC Renewal
• APA Psychology, pending NYSED Psychology
• NYSED LCAT

ACE Approved Provider of Continuing Education Contact Hours

Adelphi University School of Social Work: Continuing Education and Professional Development, #1786, 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. Adelphi University School of Social Work: Continuing Education and Professional Development maintain responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/03/2022 – 03/03/206. ACE is not an approved Continuing Education Provider in the states of New York and West Virginia unless the event is outside of West VA. Adelphi University School of Social Work is an approved NYSED CE provider in New York State.

55 states/jurisdictions accept ACE-approved provider CE contact hours. Successful completion for the award of approved continuing education credits requires attendance at the entire training/workshop and submission of a completed evaluation form. See full credentialing information and CEUs

Cancellation Policy

Unfortunately, we cannot provide refunds for cancellations made seven working days or fewer before the event for any reason—or for no-shows. We can provide credit towards a future workshop up to 24 hours before the event. After that, no credit will be issued.

Accessibility Statement

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Adelphi University require that all events be accessible. To request a reasonable accommodation, please contact the event host identified on the event webpage; please allow for a reasonable time frame. The event host, when necessary, will collaborate with the Student Access Office.