Special Ethical Considerations when Working with Kids & Teens: Complications to Boundaries & Confidentiality

10:00am to 1:00pm ET

LIVE WEBINAR

Presenter: Kathryn S Krase, PhD, JD, MSW

NASW-NYS Members: $45

NASW Other Chapter Member (Including NYC): $75

Non-Members: $90

NASW-NYS Student and Transitional Members: FREE

This workshop is approved for 3.0 continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed psychologists

This workshop meets NYSED requirements for mental health professionals to receive 3 hours of training on maintaining appropriate professional boundaries (effective April 2023)

Please ensure that you register and/or join on Zoom with the name you would like to appear on your certificate.

Workshop Description
Working with child clients can be extremely rewarding, but also challenging in ways not experienced when working exclusively with adults. This training explores the ethical obligations of mental health professionals, specifically through the special considerations that need to be made when serving children and adolescents. Special attention will be paid to concerns related to boundaries and confidentiality. The impact of technology and social media on these complications will be highlighted.   

Learning Objectives

After the completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1.    Describe the ethical and legal responsibility of professionals to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with the child clients.
2.    Describe the ethical and legal responsibility of professionals to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with parents/caretakers of child clients.
3.    Explain the limits of confidentiality as they relate to the clinical relationship with child clients.
4.    Apply a framework for informed consent with child clients appropriate to the developmental realities of the individual client.
5.    Apply a framework for informed consent with the parent(s)/caretaker(s) of child clients appropriate to the realities of that client’s situation.

This workshop is approved for 3.0 continuing education credit hours.

This workshop meets NYSED requirements for mental health professionals to receive 3 hours of training on maintaining appropriate professional boundaries (effective April 2023)

NASW-NYS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), licensed marriage and family therapists (Provider ID #MFT-0037) and licensed psychologists (Provider ID #PSY-0088).

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Presenter:

Kathryn Krase, Ph.D., J.D., M.S.W., Principal Consultant with Krase Consultant, is an expert on the professional ethics, and the intersection of ethics with legal responsibilities. She has years of experience consulting with government and community based organizations to develop policy & practice standards.