Policy Advocacy Tools for Practice
Mental & behavioral health professionals in practice often find it hard to be active policy advocates, because we are uncomfortable, and/or lack the skills and experience to engage. This workshop will highlight the importance of engaging in social and political action by refreshing participants on available advocacy skills and tools. The focus of this workshop, however, will be on getting the work done. We will brainstorm advocacy areas ripe for professional involvement of mental and behavioral health professionals, make a plan for social and political action, get the work started, and prepare for future action.
https://nefesh.org/workshops/BehavioralHealth01/viewFREE WEBINAR
Mental & Behavioral Health Professionals as Change Agents:
Policy Advocacy Tools for Practice
Monday, June 12, 2023, 10:00 AM America/New_York
Presenter: Kathryn Krase, Ph.D.,
Course Length: 3 Hours
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will explain ethical principles of beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and justice.
- Participants will understand how ethical codes call on mental and behavioral health professionals to be active policy advocates at the micro, mezzo and macro levels.
- Participants will demonstrate policy advocacy skills at the micro, mezzo and macro levels
- Participants will perform policy advocacy at the micro, mezzo and macro levels.
This workshop Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits
Mental & behavioral health professionals in practice often find it hard to be active policy advocates, because we are uncomfortable, and/or lack the skills and experience to engage. This workshop will highlight the importance of engaging in social and political action by refreshing participants on available advocacy skills and tools. The focus of this workshop, however, will be on getting the work done. We will brainstorm advocacy areas ripe for professional involvement of mental and behavioral health professionals, make a plan for social and political action, get the work started, and prepare for future action.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will explain ethical principles of beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and justice.
- Participants will understand how ethical codes call on mental and behavioral health professionals to be active policy advocates at the micro, mezzo and macro levels.
- Participants will demonstrate policy advocacy skills at the micro, mezzo and macro levels
- Participants will perform policy advocacy at the micro, mezzo and macro levels.
Agenda:
1) Setting the Stage: Mental & Behavioral Health Professionals as Change Agents
a. 20 minutes
2) Ethical Context for Mental & Behavioral Health Professionals as Policy Advocates
a. 45 minutes
3) Policy Advocacy at the Micro, Mezzo and Macro Levels: Knowledge and Skills
a. 60 minutes
4) Practicing Policy Advocacy at the Micro, Mezzo and Macro Levels
a. 45 minutes
5) Conclusions and Questions
a. 10 minutes
This presentation is open to:
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
- 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.
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