PDT-SocWk-10 - Ethics and Boundaries in Coaching Youth Affected by Substance Use Disorder

Course Description

Working in the substance misuse treatment field presents dilemmas relating to personal beliefs, judgments, and values. How society views persons with addictive disorders is fraught with emotion, misperceptions, and biases that can affect how we work with youthful misusers. Because of the highly charged emotional nature of the substance misuse treatment field, helpers should possess the tools to explore ethical dilemmas objectively.

This training focuses upon the legal constraints, obligations, and options that provide the framework within which ethical issues must be decided. Specifically we will examine confidentiality using 42CFR Part 2, explore the NAADAC Code of Ethics, and discover ethical decision making while using the ethical decision making model. As a result of the training, participants will learn how to assess ethics vs. personal biases, will fully understand the importance of healthy boundaries and will be able to assess countertransference and transference towards clients and self.

Participants leave with an understanding of the principals of ethics and have the background knowledge to obtain future guidance as needed.

6.0 Category A Continuing Education hours for licensure have been applied for through NASW-NH.

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Coaching Children & Teens : Electives