Overview:
Today's behavioral health practitioners face a wide range of challenging ethical issues related to their use of technology to serve clients.
Is it ethical for practitioners to use technology to provide services remotely to clients they never meet in person? How should behavioral health professionals manage boundary issues associated with online communications with current and former clients? How should practitioners respond to "friend" requests they receive from clients on online social networking sites? Is it ethical for practitioners to conduct online searches for information about clients without clients' knowledge? In this webinar, Dr. Frederic Reamer will explore cutting-edge ethical issues in the digital age in behavioral health.
He will focus especially on complex ethical and risk-management issues related to practitioners' use of technology to deliver services, communicate with clients, and manage and store sensitive information.
Why you should Attend:
Behavioral health professionals encounter a wide range of challenging ethical issues related to their use of technology to deliver services and communicate with clients. Skillful management of these ethical issues is essential in order to protect clients and prevent lawsuits and ethics complaints. This webinar will include "must have"information that will be provided by Dr. Frederic Reamer, who chaired several national and international projects that developed state-of-the-art standards related to practitioners' use of technology.
Areas Covered in the Session:
- The use of digital technology and social media in behavioral health: Overview and case examples
- Ethical and risk-management issues
- Ethical decision-making and risk-management strategies
- Questions/answers
Who Will Benefit:
- Clinical Social Workers
- Clinical Psychologists
- Psychiatric Nurses
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Mental Health Counselors
- Substance use Treatment Professionals