~~September 16, 2010~~
9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
3 CEU clock hours
Location: 1947 College Road, 115 Stillman Hall
REGISTER: (fees vary and can be found on the registration form)

(This training will fulfill the Ohio CSWMFT Board Ethics or Supervision requirement. You cannot use toward both requirements)

This workshop presents ethical issues that clinicians may encounter in working with court-ordered clients, such as sex offenders and male batterers. Issues include boundary violations, safety issues, transference and counter-transference, secondary trauma, and duty to report crimes/abuse. Scenarios will be presented along with suggestions for handling these situations. Supervisors will be trained to present these issues, scenarios and suggestions to the clinicians they supervise. This workshop meets the State of Ohio Counselor and Social Worker and Marital and Family Therapist Board requirement for 3 CEU’s for ethics or supervision.

Participants will learn by the conclusion of this training:

· How to identify and treat boundary violations and personal safety issues in working with court-ordered clients

· Learn to recognize transference and counter-transference issues in the therapeutic relationship

· Have a better understanding of the statutes for duty to warn, or duty to report abuse

· Supervisors will be able to present these concepts and suggested steps for handling these ethical issues to their supervisees

Meet Your Presenter:

Lisa Rhees, MA, MSW, LISW, Executive Director of Specialized Therapeutic Offender Programming (STOP), Inc. Lisa has provided training for: Ohio State University, College of Social Work, Franklin County Municipal Probation Department, the Franklin County Adult Probation Department, Ohio Corrections and Court Services Association and the Midwest Regional Hostage Negotiators Conference; Lisa is a member of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers.

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Ethical Issues and Supervision Practices in the Treatment of Court-Ordered Offenders