Ethics and Legal Considerations for Treatment Professionals
Dates: August 20, 2026
Meets: Th from 11:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Location: Zoom Webinar
Zoom - No Charge: $0.00
There are still openings remaining at this time.
Description: This training increases the treatment professional's knowledge base about ethical and legal standards, ethical principles, and the application of these principles to clinical practice. Common ethical pitfalls, such as boundary crossings, as well as federal and state laws and regulations surrounding client confidentiality, will be examined. The training participants will explore case studies, ethical decision-making models, and other strategies to resolve ethical challenges.
Objectives:
- Recognize common ethical dilemmas and identify strategies for treatment professionals to effectively manage and resolve various types of ethical challenges that may arise.
- Examine laws and regulations that protect and safeguard confidentiality for clients seeking mental health and substance use treatment.
- Determine how treatment professionals can best maintain personal and professional boundaries as well as competency and integrity.
- Review case studies that scrutinize ethical conflicts faced by treatment professionals.
- Outline the fundamental steps of decision-making for treatment professionals seeking to resolve ethical dilemmas
Notes:
This event is subject to priority registration. If you have a code, you may register yourself now. If you do not have a registration code, please add yourself to the waitlist. Any registration spots avilable after the priority registration period is over will be awarded on a first-come first-served basis for those on the waitlist.
Certificates for this event are distributed by Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation upon completion of a post-event quiz and evaluation.
If you have any questions about this event, please email learn@midsouth.ualr.edu.
| Fee: | $0.00 |
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| Hours: | 4.00 |
Zoom Webinar
Pam Pietruszewski
Pam Pietruszewski is a Senior Trainer Consultant for Prevention and Early Intervention Solutions within the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. She has more than 20 years' experience designing and implementing integrated health training programs. Her current work includes Teen Intervene, an evidence-based program for adolescents using the model of Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), and delivering substance use prevention education directly to students in middle and high schools. She is on the faculty for the Social Media and Youth Mental Health Center of Excellence at the American Academy of Pediatrics and is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). Pam has a Master's degree in Counseling and Psychological Services from St. Mary's University in Minnesota.
