Clinical & Ethical Realities of Policy Advocacy
FREE WEBINAR
Mental & Behavioral Health Professionals as Change Agents:
Clinical & Ethical Realities of Policy Advocacy
Previously Recorded
Presenter: Kathryn Krase, Ph.D.,
Course Length: 3 Hours
Learning Objectives:
- 1. Ethical principles of beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and justice.
- 2. Explain how ethical codes call on mental and behavioral health professionals to be active policy advocates at the micro, mezzo and macro levels.
- 3. Identify policy advocacy topics that further a professional or personal interest.
- 4. Demonstrate policy advocacy skills at the micro, mezzo and macro levels
- 5. Perform policy advocacy at the micro, mezzo and macro levels
This workshop Offers 3 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.
Learning Objectives:
- 1. Ethical principles of beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and justice.
- 2. Explain how ethical codes call on mental and behavioral health professionals to be active policy advocates at the micro, mezzo and macro levels.
- 3. Identify policy advocacy topics that further a professional or personal interest.
- 4. Demonstrate policy advocacy skills at the micro, mezzo and macro levels
- 5. 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
b. Discuss areas of policy that are directly, and indirectly, related to practice of
mental health professionals
2) Ethical Context for Mental & Behavioral Health Professionals as Policy Advocates
a. 45 minutes
b. Introduce four basic ethical principles for mental and behavioral health
professionals
c. Connect various ethical codes of mental health professions to the obligation to
advocate for policy change
3) Policy Advocacy at the Micro, Mezzo and Macro Levels: Knowledge and Skills
a. 60 minutes
b. Introduce/revisit important knowledge related to policy making
c. Introduce/revisit opportunities for policy advocacy for mental and behavioral
health professionals.
4) Practicing Policy Advocacy at the Micro, Mezzo and Macro Levels
a. 45 minutes
b. Advocate for policy change through various efforts.
5) Conclusions and Questions
a. 10 minutes
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
- 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.
- 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.