AVOIDING ETHICAL AND LEGAL PITFALLS IN MENTAL …

AVOIDING ETHICAL AND LEGAL PITFALLS IN MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE

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This seminar includes 6 hours of ethics discussion

Avoiding Ethical and Legal Pitfalls in Mental

Health Practice

Laws Change. Standards Evolve. Are You Keeping Up?

u Avoid the traps inherent with everyday mental health records (maintaining, releasing, and withholding), consent issues, and confidentiality

u Reduce your risk of licensing board complaints and malpractice claims u Identify mandatory and optional reporting requirements and

responsibilities related to dangerous or high-risk clients u Distinguish a duty to report from a duty to protect and how to ethically

and legally discharge that duty u Implement a proven risk-management, decision-making model that

incorporates laws, ethics, clinical judgment, and your own morals and values!



Continuing education available for Psychologists, Counselors, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Case Managers, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists and Social Workers.

Alexandria, VA - April 24 Frederick, MD - April 25 Baltimore, MD - April 26

Raleigh, NC - May 8 Richmond, VA - May 9

Norfolk, VA - May 10

This seminar includes 6 hours of ethics discussion

Avoiding Ethical and Legal Pitfalls in Mental

Health Practice

Laws Change. Standards Evolve. Are You Keeping Up?

When Clinical Practice, Ethics, and Laws Collide--Oh My!

In today's litigious society, being a great mental health professional is not enough to avoid ethics complaints, licensing board sanctions, and even legal liability. If you work in the field of behavioral health care, you must also understand professional codes of ethics, licensing board regulations, and laws in the governing jurisdiction. It is necessary to understand how these intertwine with clinical practice and what to do when those worlds collide--because they will! Integrated training in these inseparable areas has been fragmented at best and sometimes all together absent. What should you do when best clinical practices conflict with codes of ethics? What about when your code of ethics conflicts with laws? How can you stay informed of changes in codes of ethics, licensing board regulations, and new laws?

This one-day seminar provides an integrative approach to understanding and resolving conflicts between the clinical, ethical, and legal aspects of mental health practice. Whereas many mental health trainers will refer you to a lawyer to address legal issues and lawyers will refer you to clinicians to address clinical issues, Dr. Stinson--as a psychologist and lawyer--gives you a two-for-one training experience, uniquely addressing the clinical and legal aspects together. A comprehensive model will be presented to guide attendees through some of the most common ethical-legal breaches committed by mental health professionals with concrete suggestions to avoid the pitfalls that are inevitable in practice. Learn how to decrease your risk of ethics and board complaints as well as legal liability and increase your competence and comfort in resolving clinical-ethical-legal dilemmas. In addition to being informative, this course is designed to be engaging and interactive!

Course Director

BOB STINSON, Psy.D., J.D., ABPP, is a board certified forensic psychologist, licensed to practice psychology since 1999. He is also a lawyer in the state of Ohio. Dr. Stinson is listed in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP), and is a Diplomate in forensic psychology with the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He has full clinical and special forensic hospital privileges at Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare in Columbus, Ohio, an inpatient psychiatric hospital operated by the Ohio Department of Mental Health, where he also serves on the hospital's ethics committee. An Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychology at The Ohio State University, he also supervises clinical psychology students from various university programs.

Dr. Stinson holds membership in the American Psychological Association (APA; and several of its divisions), the Ohio Psychological Association (OPA; where he serves on the Board of Directors and Chairs the Ethics Committee), and he is past-president of the Central Ohio Psychological Association (COPA). He is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association. In addition to working at Twin Valley, Dr. Stinson maintains a private practice, providing consultations and evaluations, specializing in clinical and forensic psychology. He has a special interest in the area of mental health law and ethics.

Dr. Stinson is, beyond a doubt, a psychology scholar who is an exceptionally interesting and engaging speaker. He has the skills to engage his audiences into optimized decision-making and problem

solving using vivid, current topic case and situational examples.

James Raia, PhD Psychology Director, Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare Former Chief Psychological Consultant, Ohio Rehabilitation Service

Commission's Bureau of Disability Determination



What You Will Learn

- Implement a decision-making model relevant to your practice and clients

- Discuss differences between ethics codes, regulatory rules, and laws; and how to access each

- Stay up-to-date on regulatory changes affecting your practice - Determine when you can release confidential information and know

how to respond in difficult situations (i.e. receive a subpoena) - Outline mandatory reporting requirements - Explain how to handle various medical record requests including

those related to divorce, child custody, couples therapy, and/or requests which may not be in your client's best interest - Illustrate key points in case law and state-specific statutes using clinical case examples - Develop a plan of action for potentially violent or lethal clients - Reduce your risk of complaints, sanctions, and legal liability - Distinguish between a duty to report and a duty to protect - Recognize when your duty attaches and how to ethically and legally discharge that duty

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COURSE CONTENT

AN INTEGRATIVE, DECISION-MAKING MODEL u How to balance the variables that go into making the "gray-

area" judgment calls in your daily practice

ETHICS CODES, REGULATORY BOARDS, AND LAWS u What if there are conflicts between them? u Updates that affect your practice

CONFIDENTIALITY ISSUES u Who has the right to confidentiality? u What is the difference between confidentiality and privilege? u Who can waive the right to confidentiality? u Who can waive privilege? u What if the release of records is not in the best interest of the

client?

SUBPOENAS u Valid vs. invalid subpoena u What to do and what not to do if served with a subpoena u How to quash (have the court reject) an otherwise valid

subpoena

MANDATORY REPORTING LAWS u Who has to report? u What has to be reported? u To whom does it have to be reported?

DUTY TO REPORT/DUTY TO PROTECT u Do you have a duty to report, a duty to protect, or both? u When do you become liable? (duty attaches) u How can you discharge that duty?

Dates & Locations

ALEXANDRIA - April 24, 2012 Hampton Inn Alexandria-Old Town South 5821 Richmond Hwy, Alexandria, VA 22303 703-329-1400

FREDERICK - April 25, 2012 Holiday Inn Holidome and Conference Center 5400 Holiday Dr, Frederick, MD 21703 301-694-7500

BALTIMORE - April 26, 2012 Hilton Garden Inn Baltimore/White Marsh 5015 Campbell Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21236 410-427-0600

RALEIGH - May 8, 2012 Doubletree Guest Suites 2515 Meridian Pkwy, Raleigh-Durham, NC 27713 919-361-4660

RICHMOND - May 9, 2012 Crowne Plaza Hotel 555 E Canal St, Richmond, VA 23219 804-788-0900

NORFOLK - May 10, 2012 Norfolk Plaza 700 Monticello Ave, Norfolk, VA 23510 757-627-5555

Course Hours

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. The seminar begins at 8:00 a.m. and concludes at 3:30 p.m. Coffee/hot tea provided in a.m. One-hour break for lunch on your own. For late arrivals or early departures, please see amended certificate information under Continuing Education Credit.

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Who Should Attend

- Psychologists - Psychiatrists - Social Workers - Counselors - Marriage and Family Therapists - Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors - Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners - Psychiatric Nurses - Case Managers - Crisis Intervention Specialists - Clinical Supervisors - Behavioral Health Managers - Others working in Mental/Behavioral Health - Lawyers who represent any of the above

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Psychologists: Cross Country Education is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Cross Country Education maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This program offers 6 CE credits for psychologists. Full attendance is required to receive credit for psychologist, variable credit for partial attendance may not be awarded based on the APA guidelines.

Nurse Practitioners: Cross Country Education is accredited by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 060313. This program was planned in accordance with AANP CE Standards and Policies and AANP Commercial Support Standards. This course is offered for 6.0 contact hours.

Social Workers: Cross Country Education provider #1005, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Licensure Boards (ASWB), through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program (an approved provider since 1999, approved through 1-27-15). Cross Country Education maintains responsibility for the program. Social workers will receive 6 continuing education clock hours for participating in this course. Licensed social workers should contact their individual state jurisdiction to review the current continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Visit ASWB's website at for more information.

Counselors: Cross Country Education is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. (NBCC Provider #5904) The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program. Six (6) contact (clock) hours are being awarded for completion of this program.

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