Mental & Behavioral Health Professionals as Change Agents:
Clinical & Ethical Realities of Policy Advocacy
Previously Recorded
Presenter: Kathryn Krase, Ph.D.,
Course Length: 3 Hours
This workshop Offers 3 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.
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