For this February. . . .2019 BPTI training information. . .
NEW! –Ethics for the Counseling Professions is a
course that covers ethical values which are the basis for ethical counselor
practice. Course covers social work, mental health counselor and CASAC ethical
codes, covers ethical decision making in the areas of confidentiality,
technological advances, immigration and addictions. Bioethics research fellow
Dr. Tim Campbell walks us through cases which require ethical decision-making
in all areas. Course available in February, 2019.
Ethics for the Counseling Professions is a new course from BPTI. It is being
offered to LMSWs, LCSWs, LMHCs, and CASACs beginning in February, 2019. The
Ethics course is being offered as part of a research study for counselors. Find
out more about the trainings and specifics for your licensure and state by
clicking on the links). This training focuses on Ethical Codes for
the counselors mentioned above, and demonstrates ethical decision-making
practices. It specifically focuses on ethical decision making in conflicted
situations. It is designed to bolster clinician confidence and motivation to
use a Harms and Benefits analysis in the areas of confidentiality,
technological advances, immigration and addictions.
The filmed commentaries on case scenarios are
done by bioethics researcher Dr. Timothy Campbell. This training has been NY
State-approved for LCSWs and LMSWs, and OASAS approved for re-crentialing
CASACs.
Course Goals and Objectives. . .
The Ethics for the Counseling Professions is new for 2019. Participants will gain an understanding of the ethical underpinnings of counseling codes and how to use those general value guidelines to make ethical decisions in value-conflicted situations.
Objective 1. Participants will understand the basic
ethical principles which underpin the ethical codes of the social work, mental
health, and CASAC counseling professions.
Objective 2. Participants will understand the ethical code for
their specific licensure.
Objective 3. Participants will understand how to do a Harms and
Benefits analysis in a paradigm case concerning a value-conflicted situation – the classic Tarasoff Decision. Objective 4. Participants
will understand the updates to the ethical codes in the area of technology use.
They will be exposed to a value-conflicted situation concerning technology use
by a counselor, and learn how to use a harms and benefits analysis to resolve
such a situation. They will learn suggestions which have been made to safeguard
their own use of advanced technology in the counseling profession.
Objective 5. Participants will understand the current
situation in the U.S. concerning immigration. They will be exposed to a
value-conflicted situation concerning an immigration case, and learn how to use
a harms and benefits analysis to resolve such a situation.
Objective 6. Participants will understand the current
situation in the U.S. concerning addiction. They will be exposed to a
value-conflicted situation concerning a case affected by addiction, and learn
how to use a harms and benefits analysis to resolve such a situation.
Timed Course Agenda:
expected to complete in 6 hours, self-paced
1. (1.0 hours) General
ethical principles and how those principles are expressed in Counselor Codes of
Conduct
2. (.5 hours) Demonstration of a Harms and Benefits analysis
using the Tarasoff Decision which poses a value conflict concerning client
confidentiality, highlighting a conflict between client Autonomy and
Beneficence.
3. (1.0 hours) General outline of technological advances
which have affected the counseling professions
4. (.5 hours) Demonstration of a Harms and Benefits analysis
using the Ngole case which posed a value conflict concerning the use of technology
by a social work student, highlighting a conflict between student Autonomy and
client Beneficence and Justice
5. (1.0 hours) General outline of U.S. immigration issues.
6. (.5 hours) Demonstration
of a Harms and Benefits analysis using a hypothetical immigration case which
poses a value conflict for those in the counseling profession.
7. (1.0 hours) General outline of U.S. addiction prevalence,
and biopsychosocial effects of addiction on individuals.
8. (.5 hours) Demonstration of a Harms and Benefits analysis using a hypothetical
case in which issues of addiction pose a value conflict for those in the
counseling profession.