(HS Casey 059709 2024) Ethical and Legal Challenges of Working with Minors: Tools to Navigate Mandatory Reporting, ...

Course overview

Working with minor clients and their families can feel like navigating a minefield. There can be confusion over changing ethical standards and laws.... Fear that parental factors may cause complications or interfere with treatment... Anxiety that at any moment we might unintentionally cross a line that could jeopardize our professional license or otherwise put us in legal peril. As a result, working ethically and legally with children and adolescents requires that mental health professionals have a special set of knowledge, skills, and resources. So, join Ethics expert Dr. Terry Casey as he shows you how to integrate ethical and legal requirements into your practice and shares the resources and tools you need that will allow you to focus on what truly matters - the well-being of your young clients. From consent and confidentiality to reporting child abuse and navigating the nuances of divorced parents, he's shown thousands of therapists how to make ethical decisions with more confidence and less worry. In this one-day training, Dr. Casey will break it all down with detailed instruction and real-world examples so you know exactly what to do in some of the most challenging ethical/legal situations you face in your work including: How to strike the right balance between transparency and confidentiality Determine when HIPAA or FERPA applies Consent rules and issues involving minors Ways to navigate boundary issues with minors and their parents Access to a minor's records And so much more! Get the peace of mind that you are ethically and legally serving the needs of your most vulnerable clients!