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Clinical Supervision Legal & Ethical Issues (6 CE hours)

Course Summary

This course provides supervisors with the legal and ethical knowledge needed to safeguard their practice when supervising pre-licensed clinicians. This course provides supervisors with the following:
  • a benchmark law and ethics test to assess a supervisee’s knowledge at the start of a supervisory relationship
  • tools to identify knowledge gaps and guide additional training before supervisees begin client work
  • an in-depth review of legal and ethical guidelines for supervision
  • practical techniques to minimize the risk of legal liability in supervisory practice
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Course Reviews

“This training really highlighted ways to address ethical gray areas and potential stuck points in Clinical Supervision. It is a great resource for new supervisors and experience supervisors. I am a fan of contracting and clear consent forms and the presenters clearly explain how to use a strong contracting phase in Clinical Supervision to strengthen the therapeutic growth process for both the clinician and their clients.”
     
Violet Rudd, Idaho
“Great discussion between you two. It's why I took the 2nd course after the developmental supervision one last renewal period and why I repeated it for this renewal period. I found it engaging and challenging me to keep growing and improving my work with supervisees. (I just started with #66!) Thank you for keeping it real and caring about all aspects of our profession.”
     
Linda Carlos LMFT, California
“Great course to refresh legal and ethical issues that may come up with supervisees. The tools and discussion were helpful as well as the examples provided throughout the training.”
     
Maria Guadalupe Williams, California

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Learning objectives

As a result of participating in this training, participants will be able to:
  • Articulate the legal and ethical requirements of supervisors.
  • Explain how to utilize the benchmark test with supervisees.
  • Describe the purpose and benefit of contracting with supervisees.
  • Describe the ethical obligations of supervisors to their supervisees and to the profession.
  • Articulate how different professional associations address cultural diversity in supervision.
  • Define vicarious liability and identify at least three steps a supervisor can take to decrease their risk.

Course outline

1. Introduction
2. Benchmark Law and Ethics Quiz
3. Review Benchmark Law and Ethics Quiz
4. Review of Ethical Issues
5. Contracting in Supervision
6. Scope of Competence
7. Cultural Diversity
8. Countertransference
9. Dual Relationships

Instructors

Sharon Greene, LCSW
Sharon Greene, LCSW
Sharon Greene is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Sharon has served as adjunct faculty at University of Southern California and California State University Northridge in the Graduate Social Work Department, and a lecturer at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs. She is currently the training director at Providence Saint John’s Child and Family Development Center which is a nonprofit that provides mental health services to children and their families. She has been providing mental health services to children and their families for over 15 years. She is a certified therapist, supervisor and trainer in Interpersonal Psychotherapy by the Interpersonal Psychotherapy Institute. She has been providing training and supervision in this model for more than 5 years and has seen its efficacy in treating clients with multiple psychiatric disorders.
Amanda Rowan, LCSW, Founder and CEO of TDC
Amanda Rowan, LCSW | Founder and CEO
Amanda Rowan is an LCSW and the founder and CEO of the Therapist Development Center. Amanda graduated with honors from Dartmouth College where she majored in Neuroscience. She earned her Master’s in Social Welfare at UCLA. Since founding the Therapist Development Center in 2008, Amanda has prepared more than 100,000 therapists nationwide to pass their state licensing exams. She is a certified Gestalt Therapist who has worked with a wide variety of clients across a range of settings over the past 20 years. She is a highly effective instructor who has a passion for collaborating with seasoned therapists who understand what works because they do it every day.  

Who should take this course

This training is designed for mental health clinicians with two or more years of post-licensure experience who are interested in developing or improving their clinical supervision skills.

CE Credits

6 hours

Price

Course format

Online Self-Paced Recorded Audio Lecture.

How to access this course

Once registered, the course will appear in the participant’s Study Center, where the participant can download the handouts and listen to the recorded audio lectures.

Certificate of Completion

A certificate of completion can be printed immediately after receiving a score of 80% or higher on the posttest and completing the course evaluation.

Grievance & Refund Policy

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ADA Needs

We are happy to accommodate your ADA needs, please email:
Please email: help@therapistdevelopmentcenter.com.

Date Published

October 2024

Contact Information

Therapist Development Center email: help@therapistdevelopmentcenter.com
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*Please check your state's specific requirements.
Therapist Development Center, provider 1449, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 5/30/24-5/30/27. Social workers completing this course receive 6 legal and ethical continuing education credits.*

Therapist Development Center is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers SW-0857.

*The Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) accepts continuing education credits given through ASWB ACE-approved courses.
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