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Information
- Faculty:
- Terry Casey
- Duration:
- 5 Hours 33 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- May 25, 2017
Description
Confidently Navigate Child-Related Ethical Issues
Dealing with any ethical issue can be challenging. 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.
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”
Faculty
TERRY CASEY, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, HSP health service provider with over 30 years of professional experience, including a 16-year tenure as the director of counseling & psychological services for a non-profit agency with over 30 counselors at over a dozen locations. He is in private practice in Franklin Tennessee, teaches ethics and professional issues in counseling at Lipscomb University’s graduate program in clinical mental health counseling, and guest lectures at Trevecca Nazarene University’s PhD program in Clinical counseling. Dr. Casey also served for several years as the chair of the ethics committee for the Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselors’ Association and in an advisory capacity for graduate counseling programs at two universities. He has presented frequently on ethics to organizations such as the American Counseling Association, the Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselors Association, the Nashville Area Association of Christian Counselors, and others. For more information, visit his practice website at rencounselingtn.com.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Terry Casey maintains a private practice. He is an adjunct faculty member at Lipscomb University. Dr. Casey receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Dr. Terry Casey is a member of the American Psychological Association and the American Counseling Association.
