About this course

Learning Objectives

• Identify ethics and liability challenges associated with supervision in behavioral health.
• Describe and comply with relevant ethics standards related to supervision.
• Explain and implement ethics-driven supervision protocols consistent with prevailing standards of care.

Learning Levels

• Intermediate to Advanced

Target Audience

Course Instructor(s)

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  Frederic G. Reamer, Ph.D.

  Professor Emeritus

  Frederic Reamer is professor emeritus in the graduate program, School of Social Work, Rhode Island College, where he has been on the faculty since 1983. His teaching and research focus on professional ethics, criminal justice, mental health, health care, and public policy. Dr. Reamer received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and has served as a social worker in correctional and mental health settings. He chaired the national task force that wrote the Code of Ethics adopted by the National Association of Social Workers in 1996 and has served on the code revision task force. Dr. Reamer also chaired the national task force sponsored by the National Association of Social Workers, Association of Social Work Boards, Council on Social Work Education, and Clinical Social Work Association that developed technology standards for the profession. Dr. Reamer has lectured nationally and internationally on social work and professional ethics, including in India, China, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and in various European nations. His books include Risk Management in the Behavioral Health Professions: A Practical Guide to Preventing Malpractice and Licensing-Board Complaints; Social Work Values and Ethics; Risk Management in Social Work; The Social Work Ethics Casebook; Ethical Standards in Social Work; Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in the Human Services; Ethics and Risk Management in Online and Distance Behavioral Health; Moral Distress and Injury in Human Services; and The Social Work Ethics Audit, among others. Dr. Reamer has served as an expert witness in many court and licensing board cases throughout the United States.

Disclosure

References

• Choy-Brown, M., & Stanhope, V. (2018). The availability of supervision in routine mental health care. Clinical Social Work Journal, 46, 271-280.
• Falender, C. (2020). Ethics of clinical supervision: An international lens. Psychology in Russia: State of the Art, 13, 42-53.
• Hendricks, S., & Cartwright, D. J. (2018). A cross-sectional survey of South African psychology interns’ perceptions of negative supervision events. South African Journal of Psychology, 48, 86–98.
• Kuhne, F., et al. (2019). Empirical research in clinical supervision: A systematic review and suggestions for future studies. BMC Psychology, 7 (online): https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-019-0327-7
• Recupero, P., & Rainey, S. (2007). Liability and risk management in outpatient psychotherapy supervision. The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 35, 188-195.
• Schriger, S., et al. (2021). Clinical supervision in community mental health: Characterizing supervision as usual and exploring predictors of supervision content and process. Community Mental Health Journal, 57, 552-566.