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Duty to Warn:
Ethical and Clinical Considerations

Consider this scenario: A client tells their therapist that they wish someone was dead. How does a therapist ethically and legally handle this situation? Therapists have legal and ethical responsibilities to both their clients and greater society. Many mental health professionals face challenges determining the best course of action when clients make threats towards others. This workshop will present a history of duty to warn laws and an examination of Tarasoff Rule. Case vignettes will illustrate various situations that therapists may encounter when clients are expressing threats, violence, or harm to others. Learners will be provided with concrete and ethically sound practices to increase their confidence in managing duty to warn dilemmas.

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Duty to Warn:
Ethical and Clinical Considerations

Monday, October 14, 2024, 10:00 AM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT

Presenter: Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW

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Course Length: 3 Hours

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify relevant state law and professional ethics regarding duty to warn responsibilities.
  2. Discover methods of assessing and intervening with potential duty to warn concerns and client potential for violence.
  3. Demonstrate increased confidence in mitigating client violence and following ethical and legal mandates regarding duty to warn.

This workshop Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits

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Consider this scenario: A client tells their therapist that they wish someone was dead. How does a therapist ethically and legally handle this situation? Therapists have legal and ethical responsibilities to both their clients and greater society. Many mental health professionals face challenges determining the best course of action when clients make threats towards others. This workshop will present a history of duty to warn laws and an examination of Tarasoff Rule. Case vignettes will illustrate various situations that therapists may encounter when clients are expressing threats, violence, or harm to others. Learners will be provided with concrete and ethically sound practices to increase their confidence in managing duty to warn dilemmas.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify relevant state law and professional ethics regarding duty to warn responsibilities.
  2. Discover methods of assessing and intervening with potential duty to warn concerns and client potential for violence.
  3. Demonstrate increased confidence in mitigating client violence and following ethical and legal mandates regarding duty to warn.

Agenda:

1. Competent clinical practice indicators for homicidality (45 mins)


Opening scenario


The Tarasoff Case, rulings


Warn vs. protect


subsequent legal rulings


State Law: variations, tour of state map and regulations



2. Summary of ethical models - NASW and APA (45 mins)


Practice questions


Key Considerations (NASW)



3. Assessing Duty to Warn/Homicidality (45 min)


Assessing threat level


Guidelines: behavior, affect, cognitive expression, interpersonal relationships


Case studies: differentiating factors


 

4. Clinical Considerations (45 min)


Threats made with the intended victim present


HIV status and duty to warn


Domestic violence


Reamer's considerations


Recommendations


Return to the opening case scenario



This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: introductory
Level of Clinician: beginner
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification. Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling. The grievance policy for trainings provided by the NEFESH INTERNATIONAL is available here Satisfactory Completion Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
  • CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
    CE You! maintains responsibility for this program.
  • CE You LLC 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-0437
  • CE You LLC #1573 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. CE You LLC maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period 3/27/2024 – 3/27/27. Social workers completing this course receive 3 continuing education credits.

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