Legal and Ethical Issues when Supporting System Involved Youth

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

· Participants will be able to explain when and who can consent for a system involved minor’s mental health treatment.

· 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.