Legal and Ethical Issues when Supporting System Involved Youth
Thu, Dec 01
|Online Event
This course provided by Rachel Michaelsen, LCSW, meets the qualifications for (6.0) BBS CE hours for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.
Time & Location
Dec 01, 2022, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM PST
Online Event
About the Event
Rachel Michaelsen, LCSW
Training Description
There are numerous legal and ethical issues specific to working with system involved youth in community-based organizations and school settings. They include consent to privacy; use of electronics to dual relationships; minor consent for mental health treatment; mandatory reporting laws; and foster youth’s rights to reproductive health services and information. Through case vignettes, discussions and lecture, participants will explore the intricacies of these issues.
Learning Objectives
1. Participants will be able to identify who can consent for a system involved minor’s mental health treatment;
2. Participants will be able to explain foster youth’s rights to reproductive health care and how to maintain client privacy while using technology within efforts to support system involved youth;