Description
Almost every behavioral health clinician uses some form of technology in providing services, or in their business operations. Every behavioral health professional association addresses the ethical use of technology. This course explains how you should implement these ethical guidelines. The codes of ethics and practice guidelines of almost every behavioral health professional association have been incorporated into this course, including APA, NBCC, NASW, ACA, AAMFT, and ASWB.
How to Attend
- Register for the course
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- You then can access each course by clicking on the course name
This is a non-interactive, self-study course.
You can also complete your courses by using a mobile app.
- Register for the course
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Course Competencies
Ethics of using Technology in Behavioral Health, 1 Ethics Contact Hour
- List the sources of telemental health ethical guidelines
- Explain how you can ensure to practice within your boundaries of competence when providing telemental health
- Explain how to ethically use social media and create a social media policy
- List at least five topics that ought to be in an informed consent related to telemental health
- Explain how to verify identity when providing telemental health services
- Describe three possible ethical dilemmas that can occur when providing telemental health
CE Hours
Contact Hours:
This course consists of 1 ethics contact hour.
Counselors:
Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No, 6693. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. This course qualifies for 1 contact hour.
Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC 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 mental health counselors. #MHC-0048. Approval renewal date: 2/29/2020
Marriage and Family Therapists:
Many MFT licensing boards accept our courses or one of the approvals which we have from professional associations. You can check with your board to determine if this course would be accepted by your licensing board.
Social Workers:
Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC, #1609, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval Period: 05/02/2018 – 05/02/2021. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits. Social workers participating in this course will receive 1 ethics continuing education clock hour.
Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0435. Approval renewal date: 2/29/2020
Other Professionals:
This activity qualifies for 60 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.
Instructor(s)
Raymond Barrett, LMHC, LPC, BC-TMH, M.S., has extensively provided telemental health counseling services in private practice, for facilities, and for an EAP program. Both as a practitioner and trainer, his aim is to fill every knowledge gap as it arises in the telemental health profession, and that his training allows for immediate implementation. Ray has developed several courses on telemental health and ensures his courses are kept updated. Trainees find Ray to be very approachable, available and knowledgeable. Ray appreciates hearing from each training participant individually in order to fulfill their specific learning needs and to incorporate their questions and successes into the training program. He has presented on telebehavioral health at several conferences and has assisted many organizations to create, launch, and enhance their telehealth programs through his consultation services.
Who should attend
This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.
Teaching methods
Teaching methods for these courses include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.
Course Availability
You have three months to access online courses from the time of purchase.
