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Mental & Behavioral Health Professionals as Change Agents:
Clinical & Ethical Realities of Policy Advocacy

Mental & behavioral health professionals in practice often find it hard to be active policy advocates, because we are uncomfortable, and/or lack the skills and experience to engage. This workshop highlights the importance of engaging in social and political action. Knowledge vital to interacting with various levels and systems of government will be provided. Communications with elected and non-elected officials will be explored. Coalition building will be highlighted. We will brainstorm advocacy areas ripe for professional involvement of mental and behavioral health professionals, make a plan for social and political action, get the work started, and prepare for future action.

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Mental & Behavioral Health Professionals as Change Agents:
Clinical & Ethical Realities of Policy Advocacy

Previously Recorded

Presenter: Kathryn Krase, Ph.D.,

Course Length: 3 Hours

Learning Objectives:

1. Ethical principles of beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and justice.
2. Explain how ethical codes call on mental and behavioral health professionals to be active policy advocates at the micro, mezzo and macro levels.
3. Identify policy advocacy topics that further a professional or personal interest.
4. Demonstrate policy advocacy skills at the micro, mezzo and macro levels
5. Perform policy advocacy at the micro, mezzo and macro levels

This workshop Offers 3 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.

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Mental & behavioral health professionals in practice often find it hard to be active policy advocates, because we are uncomfortable, and/or lack the skills and experience to engage. This workshop highlights the importance of engaging in social and political action. Knowledge vital to interacting with various levels and systems of government will be provided. Communications with elected and non-elected officials will be explored. Coalition building will be highlighted. We will brainstorm advocacy areas ripe for professional involvement of mental and behavioral health professionals, make a plan for social and political action, get the work started, and prepare for future action.

Learning Objectives:

1. Ethical principles of beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and justice.
2. Explain how ethical codes call on mental and behavioral health professionals to be active policy advocates at the micro, mezzo and macro levels.
3. Identify policy advocacy topics that further a professional or personal interest.
4. Demonstrate policy advocacy skills at the micro, mezzo and macro levels
5. Perform policy advocacy at the micro, mezzo and macro levels

Agenda:

1) Setting the Stage: Mental & Behavioral Health Professionals as Change Agents
a. 20 minutes
b. Discuss areas of policy that are directly, and indirectly, related to practice of
mental health professionals
2) Ethical Context for Mental & Behavioral Health Professionals as Policy Advocates
a. 45 minutes
b. Introduce four basic ethical principles for mental and behavioral health
professionals
c. Connect various ethical codes of mental health professions to the obligation to
advocate for policy change
3) Policy Advocacy at the Micro, Mezzo and Macro Levels: Knowledge and Skills
a. 60 minutes
b. Introduce/revisit important knowledge related to policy making
c. Introduce/revisit opportunities for policy advocacy for mental and behavioral
health professionals.
4) Practicing Policy Advocacy at the Micro, Mezzo and Macro Levels
a. 45 minutes
b. Advocate for policy change through various efforts.
5) Conclusions and Questions
a. 10 minutes

This presentation is open to:

Social Workers
Professional Counselors
Therapists
Psychologists
Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services

Course Level: introductory

Level of Clinician: beginner

New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification. Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling. The grievance policy for trainings provided by the NEFESH INTERNATIONAL is available here Satisfactory Completion Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here.

There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.

Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0774.
Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0129.
Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0325.
NEFESH International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Mental Health Counselor #MHC-0082
CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
CE You! maintains responsibility for this program.
NEFESH International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0046
NEFESH International, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0116.

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