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New Ethical Dilemmas
in the Digital Age
Advances in technology and access to the Web
impacts how behavioral health professionals
deliver treatment services and what constitutes
typical standards of care. Behavioral health
professionals face a myriad of new ethical
dilemmas, such as therapist self disclosure,
boundary crossings/violations, confidentiality,
and informed consent, with little guidance from
existing ethical codes. This training reviews the
current literature on new ethical dilemmas
related to technology and the Web, and provides
guidance and recommendations for behavioral
health practice.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this training participants will be able to:
Describe how involvement with social
network sites may impact therapist
self-disclosure
Identify three risks associated with
texting/emailing patients
Cite eight of the ten social media policies
presented and describe in more depth one of
the policies and how it relates to behavioral
health practice
Demonstrate familiarity with the pitfalls of
enforcing employee social media policies by
discussing recent National Labor Board
Relations rulings or new state laws
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Technology-Based Supervision:
Extending the Reach of Clinical Supervisors
Although clinical supervision has been shown to
decrease staff turnover, improve morale, and
lead to better client outcomes, scheduling
sessions can be challenging, especially in
frontier/rural areas. To address some of the
barriers to conducting supervision, this training
examines how technology can be used to review
and provide feedback on counselors’ skills,
thereby enhancing the clinical skills of the
behavioral health workforce. Designed for
individuals with experience working as Clinical
Supervisors in the substance use disorders
treatment field, the goal of this training is to
familiarize participants with technology-based
clinical supervision research, demonstrate its
utility in frontier/rural clinical settings, and
provide opportunities to observe and practice
delivery of clinical supervision services using
different types of technology.
By the end of the training, participants will be able to:
Explain three barriers to accessing quality clinical
supervision
Discuss six key benefits of using technology to extend
the reach of clinical supervision
Identify three key ingredients needed to do effective
technology-based clinical supervision
Demonstrate how to use at least one type of
technology for clinical supervision
Develop strategies to
overcome at least
two barriers to
technology-based
clinical
supervision
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