Ethics classes

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Earn your required ethics and boundaries continuing education hours by participating in one of many programs specifically designed for your profession.

Whether you’re a psychologist, social worker, counselor, or marriage and family therapist, our department offers a variety of ethics programs – both traditional workshops and online courses.

 

Credits

These ethics and boundaries programs are specifically designed to meet the continuing education requirements for mental health and human service professionals. We are an approved continuing education provider for the following licensed professionals:

Social Workers

• The University of Wisconsin-Madison, provider #1042, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), www.aasswb.org 1-800-225-6880 through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. The University of Wisconsin-Madison maintains responsibility for the program.
• Illinois Department of Professional Regulation for Registered Social Workers, provider # 159-000243.
• Minnesota Board of Social Work Continuing Education Provider Approval Number: CEP# 06-
  138

Counselors

• The University of Wisconsin-Madison (provider #5990) is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors. We adhere to NBCC Continuing Education Guidelines.
• Wisconsin Psychology Examining Board
  Our programs qualify as continuing education courses relevant to the professional practice of psychology offered by an accredited university.
• Wisconsin Marriage and Family Therapists
  Our programs qualify as continuing education programs offered by an accredited university that relate to the clinical practice of marriage and family therapy.

 

Workshops

Clinical supervision: ethics, boundaries, and practice issues. In this workshop, led by nationally known Gary Schoener, you explore the sensitive issues involved with ethics and boundaries when dealing with the staff you supervise and with other professionals.
Instructor: Gary Schoener, clinical psychologist and executive director of the Walk-In Counseling Center in Minneapolis, is an author, expert witness, and internationally known consultant and trainer on issues of ethics, professional boundaries, and risk management in health care, human services, and religious settings.
9:00 am-4:00 pm; Tuesday, May 1, 2008 (#1026); Location: The Pyle Center, Madison, WI; Cost: $130; 0.6 CEU
To register call 608-262-2451 or 800-725-9692, or register online.
Download brochure for this program.

Ethics, boundaries, and burnout in the mental health profession. In this one-day workshop you will explore four different areas in this unique and interesting presentation—all distinct, but all related to deepening our understanding of values and ethics underlying mental health practice.

• The New Genetics
• The Biological Basis of Ethical Behavior
• Spiritual Assessment in Mental Health Care
• Stress, Burnout, Humor, and Happiness
  

Instructor: David Mays, MD, PhD, is a forensic psychiatrist who directed the forensic program at the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison for 13 years.
9:00 am-4:00 pm; Monday Mar 3, 2008 (#3520); Location: Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel, Brookfield, WI; Cost: $130; 0.6 CEU
To register call 608-262-2451 or 800-725-9692, or register online.
Download brochure for more information.

Ethics and boundaries for social workers I: advanced issues and practice. This four-hour program focuses on practical ethical issues commonly encountered in a variety of clinical situations including: foster care management, child abuse/neglect reporting, environments of excessive clinical workload, psychotherapeutic relationships, confidentiality, and financial conflicts of interest. A variety of actual case examples illustrate ethical and boundary issues.

Instructor: Hugh F. Johnston, MD is clinical associate professor of psychiatry with the UW-Madison Medical School.
8:30 am- 12:00 pm; Friday Mar 28, 2008 (#1022); Location: The Pyle Center, Madison, WI; Cost: $95; 0.4 CEU
To register call 608-262-2451 or 800-725-9692, or register online.
Download brochure for more information.

Ethics and boundaries for social workers II: cases of standards and emotions colliding. This four-hour program takes a problem-based learning approach to ethical education through careful examination of cases that present particularly difficult ethical challenges. Like all cognitive tasks, the ability to make skillful and appropriate ethical decisions improves with
practice. The goal of this program is to provide you a comfortable opportunity to immerse yourself in the complexity of ethical problems facing today’s mental health practitioner—conflicting needs, passionate emotions, colliding religious beliefs, and human frailties.

Instructor: Hugh F. Johnston, MD is clinical associate professor of psychiatry with the UW-Madison Medical School.
8:30 am- 12:00 pm; Thursday April 24, 2008 (#1024); Location: The Pyle Center, Madison, WI; Cost: $95; 0.4 CEU
To register call 608-262-2451 or 800-725-9692, or register online.
Download brochure for more information.

No simple answers: advanced ethics and boundaries. This seminar, for those who have basic ethics and boundaries training, is focused on clinical decision-making in complicated situations where ethical dictate and boundaries concerns belay simple answers.
Instructor: Gary Schoener, clinical psychologist and executive director of the Walk-In Counseling Center in Minneapolis, is an author, expert witness, and internationally known consultant and trainer on issues of ethics, professional boundaries, and risk management in health care, human services, and religious settings.
9:00 am-4:00 pm; Wednesday, April 30, 2008 (#1025); Location: The Pyle Center, Madison, WI; Cost: $130; 0.6 CEU
To register call 608-262-2451 or 800-725-9692, or register online.

 

General information:

Locations: See individual program descriptions.

Registration deadlines: Limited enrollment; register early.

Parking: Information is sent with your confirmation. If you are unfamiliar with parking in downtown Madison, it is strongly advised that you purchase a parking permit in advance from the UW-Extension Registration Office, 608-262-1122.

Cancellation policy: If you are unable to participate in a group class or arrange for a substitute, you may obtain a refund minus the $20 administrative fee by contacting our registration department at least 3 business days prior to the program. If you cancel 3 business days or less before the program, or do not participate, you are responsible for the entire fee. To cancel or arrange for a substitute, please call 800-725-9692. No refund is given for cancellation of an Independent Study class. Exceptions to this policy will be determined by CPM program staff on a case-by-case basis.

 

Registration options:

By phone: Call 608-262-7942 or toll-free 800-725-9692.

By mail: Print, complete and mail the UW Continuing Studies registration form.

By fax: Print, complete and fax the UW Continuing Studies registration form.

Links to online registration are listed with each individual program.