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The Behavioral Health Clinician’s Ethical Responsibility to Social Justice & Culturally Competent Care

Event Start/Stop Date and Time

January 13, 2025 8:00 AM - January 13, 2027 8:00 AM EST

Check-in Date and Time

January 13, 2025 8:00 AM EST

Location

Northwest AHEC Online and Blended Learning
Your device, quiet location, reliable Internet

Event Description

Behavioral health professionals often work with society’s most vulnerable and marginalized populations. The various codes of ethics and among behavioral health professionals provide practitioners with standards of conduct and guidance to serve clients in ways that respect their individual backgrounds and life circumstances. This training will focus on the behavioral health professional's ethical responsibility to seek social justice on behalf of those who are oppressed; and how we provide services from a culturally sensitive, humble, and competent perspective.

Objectives

  1. Define terms and concepts related to racism and discrimination.
  2. Identify marginalized populations and their characteristics (actual and perceived).
  3. Cite and discuss instances of disproportionality and policies/systems that create disparity.
  4. Identify and operationalize the behavioral health professional's ethical responsibility to marginalized populations.

Session Credits

Credit will be awarded based on participant selection at time of registration. Before selecting credits, participants are encouraged to review our Credit Glossary (opens in new tab) for general information. Please note that not all credit types are available for every program.

Presenter(s)

Session Details

The Behavioral Health Clinician’s Ethical Responsibility to Social Justice & Culturally Competent Care

January 13, 2025 8:00 AM - January 13, 2027 8:00 AM EST

Check-in: January 13, 2025 8:00 AM EST

Behavioral health professionals often work with society’s most vulnerable and marginalized populations. The various codes of ethics and among behavioral health professionals provide practitioners with standards of conduct and guidance to serve clients in ways that respect their individual backgrounds and life circumstances. This training will focus on the behavioral health professional's ethical responsibility to seek social justice on behalf of those who are oppressed; and how we provide services from a culturally sensitive, humble, and competent perspective.

Available Credits:

  • 1 Contact (category A) CE for NC Psychologists Hours

    Northwest AHEC is recognized by the North Carolina Psychology Board as an approved provider of (Category A) Continuing Education for North Carolina Licensed Psychologists. This program will provide 1.0 contact hour of (Category A) continuing education for North Carolina psychologists. No partial credit will be given.

  • 1 NBCC Hours

    1.0 NBCC Contact Hour. Northwest AHEC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5465. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Northwest AHEC is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

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  • 1 NASW-NC Hours

    NC AHEC is a 2025 NASW-NC approved provider of distance continuing education. This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hour.

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  • 1 NCASPPB GSB Ethics Hours

    The North Carolina Addictions Specialist Professional Practice Board has approved this workshop for 1.0 General Skills Building hour, Approval #25-182-G (ETHICS).

Session Fees:

  • $35.00

Program Information and Policies

For complete program policies and registration information, please visit our CPD Program page (opens in new tab).