Course Code: REL-BHC-0-ELCSUTY
Hours: 1.25
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Recall the primary regulations, as well as the ethical and practice standards, which pertain to youth substance use treatment.
Identify common ethical and legal dilemmas that professionals confront when treating youth with substance use issues and how to effectively navigate those challenges.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Legal Protections of Youth in Substance Use Treatment
Meet Jake
SUD Treatment of Youth: Regulations and Standards
Ethical Codes and Their Importance
Review
Summary
Section 3: Consent and Treatment Parameters
Informed Consent and Competency
Consent for Disclosure of Information
Dual Relationships
Review
Summary
Section 4: Issues Related to Confidentiality
Authorized Disclosures
Mandated Reporting and Confidentiality
Responding to Subpoenas
Disclosures Related to Termination
Review
Summary
Section 5: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Reviewer: Jacob Helton, Psy.D.
Jacob Helton, Psy.D., received his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Marywood University in Pennsylvania. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at Chehalem Youth and Family Services in Newberg, Oregon, which included extensive training with at-risk youth and their families. He is licensed as a psychologist in Oregon and most recently worked in an integrated family medicine and internal medicine group for a large healthcare organization. Dr. Helton has worked in hospital, school, residential, and community mental health settings. He has provided treatment to clients across the lifespan and diagnostic spectrum, with an emphasis on the treatment of anxiety disorders, co-occurring medical and mental health disorders, ADHD, insomnia, severe and persistent mental illness, and the aging. He has experience as a technical writer and has provided numerous trainings to mental health professionals, physicians, allied professionals, and direct care staff.
Subject Matter Expert: Brent Scobie, PhD, LCSW
Brent received his masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Maine. Over the past 20 years, he has worked in a number of clinical positions at an acute care psychiatric and substance abuse treatment facility and within private practice. He has provided both evaluative and therapeutic services within emergency departments and forensic, inpatient, residential, and nonresidential substance abuse and co-occurring disorders programs. His clinical interest areas include evaluation and treatment of adolescent addiction disorders, chronic pain, insomnia, and anxiety disorders. He is a part-time faculty member at the University of Maine where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on subjects including substance use disorders, adult and child psychopathology, and healthcare administration and management.
Reviewer: Amanda Gayle, Ph.D.
Amanda Gayle received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tennessee. She completed a pre-doctoral internship at the University of Georgia in the Counseling and Testing Center. She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Duke University Medical Center in the Occupational Health Department working in both the internal and external employee assistance programs. She is licensed in North Carolina where she was in private practice for 15 years serving primarily adults in individual and couples counseling with many presenting issues. Her focus was on cognitive behavioral therapy to treat anxiety, mood disorders, grief, relationship difficulties, stress management, self-esteem, and parenting. She joined Relias as a subject matter expert writer for behavioral health in 2021.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Alcohol and Drug Counselors; Case Managers; Marriage and Family Therapists; Nurses; Physicians; Professional Counselors; Psychologists; Social Workers; in the following settings: Health and Human Services.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.