Terry Casey – Providing Ethical Behavioral Health Services to Children & Adolescents

Description

Confidently Navigate Child-Related Ethical Issues
Dealing with any ethical issue can be challenging.
Terry Casey – Providing Ethical Behavioral Health Services to Children & Adolescents
When it involves children or adolescents it can be especially confusing, daunting and anxiety-provoking. Mental health professionals can be left with more questions than answers and without a clear method for navigating these waters.
In this skill-building recording, Dr. Terry Casey will equip you to handle whatever ethical challenge might arise involving children, adolescents, and their families. You will learn how to employ a unique ethical decision making model developed by Dr. Casey when dealing with a variety of scenarios, including mandatory reporting, boundaries, divorce and child custody, and virtual relationships. Using case vignettes, Dr. Casey will guide you through case studies as you evaluate decisions through the lens of applicable ethical codes as well as federal and state laws.

Handouts
Manual – Providing Ethical Behavioral Health Services to Children & Adolescents (2.52 MB) 135 Pages Available after Purchase Handout – Providing Ethical Behavioral Health Services to Children & Adolescents (0.98 MB) 45 Pages Available after Purchase

Outline
THE MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES DECISION-MAKING MODEL

Ethical
Legal
Clinical/therapeutic
Institutional Policies
Therapist’s well-being and interests

SPECIAL ISSUES WHEN WORKING WITH MINORS

Assent vs. consent
Confidentiality issues

Exceptions
Process for informing minors and parents/guardians

Divorced/divorcing parents
Parenting plans
Access to a minor’s protected health information
Laws pertaining to older adolescents

STEPS IN APPLYING THE MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES MODEL

Step #1: Evaluate for relevant issues in each perspective
Step #2: If the problem has a significant ethical component…
Step #3: Consultation
Step #4: Decision and documentation

WORKING THE MODEL

Round #1

Mandatory reporting: “The phone intake”
Multiple relationships: “Client in a bind”
Boundaries and Perceptions: “The coffee shop”

Round #2

Parents at odds: “Robert’s separated parents”
Divorced parents: “The dilemma with Julia”
Virtual relationships: “Social media friends”

Round #3

Competing rights: “Celeste and her father”
Trusting the process: “Amanda and Stephanie”
Competency & supervision: “The Play Therapy request”

Supplemental (time permitting)

Boundaries revisited: “Dawn’s caramel macchiato”