Understanding Ethics & Best Practices for Case Planning & Mental Health Support via Telehealth for System Involved Youth
Thu, Mar 23
|Online Event
Required for BBS applicants and license renewals after 7/1/23. This course provided by Rachel Michaelsen, LCSW, meets the qualifications for (3.0) BBS CE Hours for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.


Time & Location
Mar 23, 2023, 9:30 AM – 12:45 PM PDT
Online Event
About the Event
Rachel Michaelsen
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 their…