Navigating Ethically Questionable Conduct by Forensic Colleagues
2 Hours | 2 CEs
This on-demand professional training program on Navigating Ethically Questionable Conduct by Forensic Colleagues is presented by Heath Hodges, PhD, M.L.S., ABPP in partnership with Ohio Forensic Centers Consortium (OFCC)
This program addresses an area of ethics in forensic practice that is highly relevant, but rarely discussed. It focuses on the unique challenges of identifying, evaluating, and resolving ethically questionable conduct by fellow forensic practitioners. It addresses the prevalence and inherent difficulties of responding to colleague conduct on a continuum of ethically questionable to unethical.
Recommendations and limitations of current professional guidelines and codes of conduct for addressing such situations are reviewed in this training. This program also discusses a framework for deciding how to respond to unclear dilemmas that considers the nature of the misconduct, relational factors, diversity issues, competing biases, political obstacles, collateral costs, and mental health consequences. It outlines possible responses and strategies for implementing resolutions.
Intended Audience
This on-demand professional training program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals
Experience Level
This on-demand professional training program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe the various considerations for determining whether a duty is imposed to respond to a specific situation involving a potentially unethical colleague
Describe and utilize a decision-making framework for responding to ethically questionable conduct by forensic colleagues
Presented By
Patricia A. Zapf, PhD
Dr. Patricia A. Zapf, Ph.D. is Vice President for Continuing & Professional Studies at Palo Alto University (PAU). Prior to coming to PAU, she was a professor of psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York (CUNY), for 16 years, during which time she was instrument...
Curriculum
1. Program Introduction
2. Framing and Executing Professional Duties in Mitigation Evaluations
3. Additional Considerations and Future Directions
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CE Credit
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Convenience & Flexibility
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CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.