Workshop E
Friday, October 31, 2008

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Warwick, RI
Registration 7:30 am - 8:30 am
Program: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm

5 Credits

Legal and Ethical Aspects of Supervision

Featured Speaker:
Stephen H. Behnke, J.D., Ph.D.

 
Program Description

This workshop will provide an overview of the legal and ethical aspects of supervision. The workshop will address how the supervisory relationship is similar to yet distinct from consultative and therapeutic relationships, and will explore the ethical significance of these similarities and differences. The workshop will examine ways for psychologists to minimize their exposure to legal and ethical liability when supervising, and will address Rhode Island state law relevant to conducting legally and ethically appropriate supervision. The workshop will use case vignettes to illustrate how concepts presented in the workshop are put into practice.

 
Learning Objectives

Participants will:

  • Grasp concepts central to conducting an ethically and legally
    appropriate supervisory relationship based upon core texts that derive from state laws, ethics codes, and professional association guidelines.
  • Understand a process for ethical decision-making in the supervisory context, which includes distinguishing the supervisory relationship from consultative and therapeutic relationships.
  • Apply this process of ethical decision-making to specific topic areas likely to arise in the supervisory relationship.
  • Discover ways to minimize exposure to legal and ethical liability when conducting supervision.

The Speaker

Dr. S tephen H. Behnke received his J.D. from Yale Law School and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan. In 1996, Dr. Behnke was made chief psychologist of the Day Hospital Unit at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, a position he held until 1998, when he was named a faculty fellow in Harvard University's program in Ethics and the Professions. After completing
this fellowship, Dr. Behnke directed a program in research integrity in the Division of Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School. In November 2000, Dr. Behnke assumed the position of Director of Ethics at the American Psychological Association. He holds an appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Behnke’s research interests focus on issues at the
convergence of law, ethics, and psychology. He has written on multiple personality disorder and the insanity defense, on issues involving competence and informed consent to treatment and research, on forced treatment of the severely mentally ill, and on state laws relevant to the work of mental health practitioners.
 

Registration Information

Registration Form: To view/print a flyer in PDF format* with full details about this program and a registration form, click here.
 
Location: For directions to the Crowne Plaza Hotel, call (401) 732-6000.

Course Hours:

 
  • Registration begins at 7:30 a.m.
       
  • The workshop begins promptly at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m.
       
Fees:
  • $79 for RIPA Members
  • $129 for non-RIPA members/Professionals (Click here to Join RIPA!)
  • Fee includes refreshment breaks and parking. Lunch is on your own.
  • A discount is provided for an individual who registers for multiple workshops at the same time: $10 discount for registering for 2 workshops; $20 discount for registering for 3 workshops.
  • Late registration fee is $20 per workshop (postmarked 7 days prior to workshop).
  • A handling fee of $30 per workshop is deducted for cancellation 7days prior to the workshop. No refund will be made thereafter.
  • Make checks payable to RIPA CPE Committee. Complete the registration form and send with payment to:
      
           RIPA CPE Committee
           1643 Warwick Ave., PMB 103
           Warwick, RI 02889

Special Requests:

  • Please submit any special needs requirements to the RIPA office 7 days prior to the workshop.
  • Grievances about the workshop should be addressed to the RIPA CPE Committee in writing.

Continuing Education Credit:
 
Participants arriving late or departing early will not receive credit or documentation of attendance. No partial credit provided.

For Psychologists: The Continuing Professional Education Committee is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The Continuing Professional Education Committee is also approved by the Rhode Island Psychological Association (RIPA) to offer Category I continuing education credits for psychologists. The Continuing Professional Education Committee maintains responsibility for these programs and their contents.

For Social Workers/Mental Health Counselors: Applications for continuing education credits have been mailed to specific regulatory boards.

For other disciplines, and for more information: Please call the RIPA office at (401)736-2900.

 


 
* You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to download PDF files; if you don't already have Acrobat Reader, you can get it FREE from the Adobe website at www.adobe.com, or you can access the CE registration form as a printer-friendly web page by clicking here.

 

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