On-Demand: TeleMental Health & Supervision with AI: Ethical & Legal Considerations - 3 CEUs

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• CE Hours Included: 3 Ethics, Core, or Related (please see below for CE details)
• Includes 3 Telemental Health Supervision Hours and satisfies:
  • The new Composite Board requirements for the State of Georgia Supervisors
  • The three-hour Legal & Ethical requirement for renewing the Certified Professional Counselor's Supervisor credential at the same time
  • The Composite Board of Professional Counseling, Social Work, and Marriage and Family Therapists requirement for the state of Georgia
  • The Board of Behavioral Sciences requirement for California
  • Telemental Health requirements in other states (please email us if you aren't sure)
  • The training/renewal requirement for the ASPPB PSYPACT Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology
• Format: On-Demand Webinar ("Asynchronous") ~ At your leisure to be viewed at your own pace. You may pause, rewind, and fast forward at any point during the videos. You are in complete control of how you view this workshop. However, you are required to watch at least 90% of the videos to receive CEs. The PowerPoint handout will be displayed in the video along with the presenter, and there is also a separate document for printing as well as multiple other handouts and forms. There is a quiz at the end to ensure comprehension and is required by all CE approval organizations for On-Demand workshops.
• Investment: $87 (provides lifetime access!)
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• Presented by: Becky Beaton-York, Ph.D., LPC, CPCS
  
• Target Audience: Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, Psychotherapists, Other Mental Health Professionals
• Instruction Level: Intermediate

Educational Objectives:

In this workshop, you will learn how to:

• Explain the importance of training Supervisees in "TeleMental Health" and providing effective telemental health supervision (Continuing Education is now a requirement of supervisors in several states, including by the Georgia Composite Board)
• Describe how Artificial Intelligence has become a new area frontier of technology-assisted media and how to utilize it in your supervision (e.g., teach supervisees to create treatment plans and progress notes utilizing ChatGPT and how to do so ethically)
• Summarize what you need to include in your Supervisory Informed Consent, including recent requirements PSYPACT has employed regarding practicing in other states, which will most likely effect the Counseling and Social Workers Compacts as well.
• Discuss the circumstances regarding whether a Supervisee may practice across state lines under your license or not.
• Identify what technology applies to Telemental Supervision, including audio and video recordings of client sessions and how this technology needs to be stored, transferred, and destroyed.
• Review ethical guidelines for supervision and relate these to Telemental Health.
• Demonstrate ways to respond to and manage emergencies, including a thorough Assessment for Fit for telemental health clients, and the supervisor does the same with supervisees they may supervise via technology-assisted media to reduce vicarious liability (Both "Assessments for Fit" forms are included in this training).
• Discuss the difference between Supervision and Consultation

Workshop Description:

The use of "technology-assisted media" in the delivery of mental health services (or Telemental Health) has generated a lot of confusion and controversy. First of all, many therapists are confused about what even constitutes Telemental Health, which is much more far-reaching than many people realize. Basically, if a device requires electricity and you're using it to administer any level of mental health care, you're practicing Telemental Health. This includes phones (voice and texts), computers & tablets (email, billing, or storage of files), fax machines, the Internet (cloud storage of records, billing transactions, video-conferencing, the use of artificial intelligence, or even recommending apps and websites to clients). There is also a multitude of ethical issues and requirements related to each of these options, and every therapist's ethics code now states we need training in Telemental Health. This is why many licensing boards have passed laws requiring therapists to complete training in Telemental Health. Taken one step further, we need to make sure that our supervisees are aware of these requirements and nuances, and we need to apply them in supervision as well.

Presented by: Becky Beaton-York, Ph.D., LPC, CPCS

Dr. Beaton-York has provided behavioral health services since 1991, and she has a true passion for ethics. She's been on the Georgia Psychological Association's Ethics Committee since 2010 and their Ethics Chair for eight of those years. She was also the Ethics Chair for the Licensed Professional Counselor’s Association of Georgia (LPCA-GA) from 1999-2001. Early in her career, Dr. Beaton-York taught at Georgia State University and has been adjunct faculty for Emory's Department of Psychology since 2016, primarily providing ethics training for their faculty. She has also served as an ethics expert on several malpractice cases.

Dr. Beaton-York founded a large anxiety and OCD practice in Atlanta that she ran from 2004-2019 until she sold it. Many of her ethics examples come from these 15 years of managing up to 40 clinicians and answering ethical dilemmas nearly daily. She has also coached numerous group practice owners since 2010. Literally, she has taught tens of thousands of therapists how to manage ethical issues in one form or another for the past 25 years. In other words, navigating ethical dilemmas is Becky's jam. :-) Since she loves ethics, teaching, and mentoring, this inspired her to start The Knowledge Tree. Furthermore, Dr. Beaton-York was voted Counselor Educator of the Year by LPCA-GA in 2005 and received their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.

Lastly, you may have seen "Dr. Becky" on one of the 60 episodes that she filmed as the featured psychologist on TLC's "Hoarding: Buried Alive." She has also made appearances on The Anderson Cooper Show, Good Morning America, CNN Headline News, and other media.

What people are saying about this workshop:

• "Dr. Beaton-York is an amazingly thorough and engaging presenter. Her knowledge and expertise for so many professions is astonishing! Can’t wait to learn from her again."
• "The content was super relevant and useful, and the presenter was fabulous! Thank you!" - JM, LCSW
• "I liked the pace of the workshop, the lessons from the presenter's experience, and ability to pose and hear questions from other participants. Great workshop!" - MB, Psychologist
• "It was a fun training, which is really saying something since the subject matter can be a little dry. Dr. Beaton-York was great, as always." - KW, LPC
• "Always knowledgeable about the ethical implications of telehealth as well as supervision. It was reassuring to learn a little more about ethically incorporating AI." - AB, LPC
• "Becky is engaging and super knowledgeable so I find her very trustworthy. The workshop was informative and well done and, as always, the handouts, resources and access to resources from TKT is always appreciated." - VLE, LPC
• "Well organized, and expanded my knowledge on digital issues and challenges pertaining to mental health and my practice." - JS, LMFT
• "Great workshop. Becky provided the essential nuts and bolts of telehealth ethics in an informative, engaging way." - SB, Psychologist
• "Becky always does a great job explaining complex issues. Great workshop!" - DD
• "Knowledgeable, Experienced, Engaging, & Confident!" - EBB, LPC
• "Excellent workshop. I have attended other workshops presented by Dr. Beaton-York. Always worthwhile." - AC, MFT, LCSW, LPC

3 Ethics, Core, or Related “Asynchronous” CE Clock Hours Included - Details by License Type Below:

• PSYCHOLOGISTS: The Knowledge Tree (TKT) is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. TKT maintains responsibility for this program and its content. For more detailed information on the current CE ruling in Georgia, or if you are licensed in another state or country, please click here.
• COUNSELORS: The Knowledge Tree has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP), ACEP No. 7153. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Knowledge Tree is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. For more detailed information regarding CE approvals, please click here.
  • Counselors Licensed in Canada: This workshop is approved for 3 credit hours through the Canadian Counseling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA), event code: 64966694.

• SOCIAL WORKERS: This workshop is approved for 3 core hours through the Georgia Society for Clinical Social Work (GSCSW), approval #010324. If you are licensed in another state or country, please click here for more detailed information.
• MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPISTS: This workshop is approved for Related Hours for Marriage and Family Therapists via GSCSW through reciprocal agreement with the Composite Board. If you are licensed in another state or country, please click here for more detailed information.

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