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Friday, March 7, 2025 | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm Eastern Time
Presenter: Frederic G. Reamer, PhD, LCSW
Target Audience: Licensed Clinical Social Workers and other behavioral health practitioners
Content level: All levels
CE credits: 3 (Ethics)
About the webinar:
Clinical social workers and other behavioral health professionals frequently encounter complex ethical challenges involving boundaries and dual relationships. Examples include proper management of confidential and private information when practitioners live and work in small or rural communities; practitioner self-disclosure; friendships and social contact with current and former clients; favors, gifts, and invitations; hiring of former clients; and online and social networking relationships and communications, among others. Licensing board complaints and lawsuits frequently allege violation of ethical standards related to boundaries and dual relationships. Using extensive case material, Dr. Frederic Reamer will acquaint participants with a typology of boundary issues and dual relationships. Participants will learn how to identify and respond constructively to complex boundary issues, protect clients, prevent professional malpractice, and avoid licensing board complaints. Key topics will include the nature of boundary issues, types of dual relationships, ethical standards, and risk-management strategies.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this webinar participants will be able to:
1. Identify ethics and risk management issues related to professional boundaries and dual relationships in the behavioral health professions.
2. Apply relevant ethics standards to manage boundaries and dual relationships in clinical practice.
3.Use protocols designed to protect clients and help prevent litigation and ethics complaints.
About the instructor:
Frederic Reamer, PhD, LCSW
Frederic Reamer has been on the faculty of the School of Social Work, Rhode Island College since 1983. His teaching and research focus on professional ethics, criminal justice, mental health, health care, and public policy. Dr. Reamer received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and has served as a social worker in correctional and mental health settings. He chaired the national task force that wrote the Code of Ethics adopted by the National Association of Social Workers and served on the code revision task force. Dr. Reamer also chaired the national task force sponsored by NASW, the Association of Social Work Boards, Council on Social Work Education, and Clinical Social Work Association that developed standards governing social workers’ use of technology in professional practice. He has lectured nationally and internationally on social work and professional ethics, including in India, China, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and in various European nations. His books include Risk Management in the Behavioral Health Professions: A Practical Guide to Preventing Malpractice and Licensing-Board Complaints; The Philosophical Foundations of Social Work; Social Work Values and Ethics; Risk Management in Social Work; The Social Work Ethics Casebook; Ethical Standards in Social Work; Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in the Human Services; Ethics and Risk Management in Online and Distance Social Work; Moral Distress and Injury in Human Services; Heinous Crime: Cases, Causes, and Consequences; On the Parole Board: Reflections on Crime, Punishment, Redemption, and Justice: and The Social Work Ethics Audit, among others. Dr. Reamer has served as an expert witness in many court and licensing board cases throughout the United States. In 2016, Dr. Reamer was named a Social Work Pioneer by the National Association of Social Workers for his "commitment and dedication to the social work profession and to the improvement of social and human conditions at the local, state, national, and international levels."
Fee & Registration:
The cost is $75 for CSWA members, $100 for non-members, and $40 for CSWA student members (no CEs will be provided for student registrations). If you are not a CSWA member, click here to learn more about CSWA benefits and join today. Registrations will be accepted until 24 hours prior to the start of the webinar or until the webinar is full. Cancellations must be received 48 hours prior to the live webinar to receive a refund. Each registered participant will receive zoom log-in information via email from administrator@clinicalsocialworkassociation.org two days prior to the webinar.
Course interaction & CE completion requirements:
This live webinar is fully interactive. Attendees may ask and answer questions during the presentation and participate in instructor-led discussions. To earn 3 CE credits, participants must log in at the scheduled time, attend the entire course, complete and pass an online post-test and complete a course evaluation. Certificates of completion will be provided once the evaluation is submitted.
System Requirements to Participate:
On a PC: Internet Explorer 9, Mozilla Firefox 34, Google Chrome 39 (JavaScript enabled) or the latest version of each web browser Windows XP, Windows Server 2008 or later Cable modem, DSL or better Internet connection (1 Mbps or faster) Dual-core 2.4GHz CPU or faster with 2GB or more of RAM On a Mac: Safari 6, Firefox 34, Google Chrome 39 (JavaScript enabled) or the latest version of each web browser Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or newer Cable modem, DSL or better Internet connection (1 Mbps or faster) Intel processor (2GB of RAM or better) Participants wishing to connect to audio using VoIP will need a fast Internet connection, a microphone, and speakers (a USB headset is recommended). On an iPad, iPhone, Android or Windows mobile device: Free Zoom at www.zoom.us ; WiFi connection recommended for VoIP audio
Please make sure that your zoom version is updated to avoid issues.
Special Accommodations:
To request special accommodations, please contact our administrator immediately upon registration. All special requests must be made a minimum of 5 business days prior to the event.
CE Provider Information:
Clinical Social Work Association, provider #1719, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 8/23/23-8/23/26. Social workers completing this course receive 3 ethics continuing education credits.
Unsure if your state accepts ACE program for continuing education credit? Please click HERE for a map, and check with your state board for their licensure renewal requirements.
Questions? Contact Angela Katona, CSWA Executive Administrator at administrator@clinicalsocialworkassociation.org.
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