Telehealth: Laws, Ethics & Best Practices in Work with System Involved Youth and Families
Fri, Jul 07
|Online Event
Required for BBS applicants and license renewals after 7/1/23. This course with Rachel Michaelsen meets the qualifications for 3 CE hours of required training for California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) Registered or Licensed Professionals.


Time & Location
Jul 07, 2023, 9:30 AM – 12:45 PM PDT
Online Event
About the Event
Rachel Michaelsen, LCSW
Training Description
As social services case planning, mental health treatment, and general support has become more commonly provided via telehealth, it is important that those who support system involved youth are aware of the legal and ethical issues related to services and support provided via telehealth. In this class participants will learn: 1) California Telehealth legal codes and Telehealth professional codes of ethics including: informed consent, privacy, working with people out of state, preparing for crisis, and handling technology failure; 2) Research on Telemental Health and 3) best practices when providing online support for system involved youth.
Learning Objectives
· Participants will be able to explain how and when to obtain informed consent for telehealth services and support when working with system involved youth.
· Participants will be able to identify two pros and two cons of providing telehealth services and support to system involved youth and…