Ethical Considerations When Working with Minors: Helping Clinicians Feel Confident and Competent – 5 CEs – Live Interactive Webinar

Learning Objectives:

In this workshop, you will learn how to:

• Describe the importance of counselor competence when working with kids and teens.
• Identify counselor responsibilities if served a subpoena.
• Describe how to ethically manage dual relationships
• Discuss how to respect teen clients’ wishes for confidentiality with the necessity of keeping parents informed.
• Apply mandated reporting laws to various case scenarios involving minor clients.

Workshop Description:

Subpoenas? Child protective services? Secret-keeping? HELP!

Working with children and teens can present unique challenges that require knowledge, sensitivity, and skill. This comprehensive continuing education workshop will offer crucial insights into the ethical, legal, and practical challenges therapists face when working with minors. We will explore a range of topics, including record-keeping, counselor competence, privacy concerns with teens, managing family dynamics in divorce and custody cases, dual relationships, mandated reporting, and navigating cultural or religious values that influence parenting.

Throughout the workshop, we will also address tricky topics with young children, such as answering personal questions, the disclosure of family secrets, inappropriate touching and boundaries, exposure to adult media, and concerning themes in their play or art. With humor and light-hearted fun sprinkled throughout, we will provide therapists with the necessary tools to navigate these complex situations competently and confidently.