OVERVIEW

Professional Boundaries and Ethics, Child Protection and Parental Rights is organized by CE You LLC and will be held on Oct 31, 2023.

Description:
Children or Family First: Navigating the Ethical Conflict of Child Protection vs. Parental Rights:
More than half of child maltreatment suspicions do not get reported to child protective services. Contributing to the quandaries professional reporters face when making the decision to report is concern for infringing on family autonomy. These concerns largely relate to the ethical conflict between protecting children and respecting parental rights. This session will explore the history and ethical application of parental, child and family rights schemas in an effort to help prepare professional reporters of suspected child maltreatment with the tools to report, when necessary, and respect family autonomy whenever possible.

Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries: Exploring Ethical Obligations of Mental Health Professionals:
Can mental health professionals work with clients that they know from outside of the job? Can you barter with clients for your services? Mental health professionals are charged with the legal and ethical responsibility to maintain professional boundaries, but the obligation isn’t always so easy to discern. This course brings real-world context to ethical concerns often experienced by professionals in practice in maintaining appropriate professional boundaries. This course will provide a framework to contemplate ethical dilemmas and make informed decisions that insulate professionals from legal liability while protecting clients from harm.

Course Level: introductory:
Level of Clinician: beginner
• New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
• Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
• Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
• Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.