ETHICS IN ADDICTION COUNSELING & PREVENTION

Catalog description

This course examines ethical codes and responsibilities in the addiction and prevention field. Federal confidentiality regulations, scope of practice, and expectations of funding bodies will be explored. This course will focus on the principles of professional behavior with clients and self-awareness of their personal boundary and value concerns. The discussion of ethics in prevention with youth will be covered. The importance of self care and addressing clinician’s well-being is emphasized. Threaded throughout the course will be the importance of cultural diversity.