Course Description
This class will provide participants with a comprehensive overview of ethical and risk management issues related to addiction treatment services with a special emphasis on professional conduct and professional boundaries, to include boundary crossings and boundary violations. Dual relationships will be discussed within the context of clinical integrity and effectiveness. This class will focus on issues of professional distance, modeling and maintaining of healthy therapeutic boundaries and appropriate use of counselor self disclosure. This class will also discuss standard of care as defined in statutes, licensing board regulations, case law, code of ethics of professional associations, and community norms. Guidelines for ethical risk management will be presented. The ethics of delivering professional counseling services to persons of culturally diverse backgrounds will be discussed along with issues pertaining to professional readiness and professional development.
The Prerequisite to this class it Ethics I
Time/Duration: Virtual class meets online via Zoom from 8:30 – 5:00.(14 thours) for 2 consecutive days. Students will also have an online classroom with link, handouts and resource material for class as well as where students take the final exam and course evaluation. Enrolled students will receive online classroom login/password 2 days prior to class start date.
Access: must download free Zoom application and video capable phone, laptop or desktop.
Tuition: $185.00
Instructor: Erin Gazelka, J.D., M.A.F.P., LPC, LAC