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Biennial Ethics Workshop
Technology, Electronic Communication, and Clinical Practice: Ethical Considerations and Best Practices for Emerging Trends and Challenges
Michael Sude, PhD
Assistant Professor, La Salle University
| WHEN: |
Friday, September 27, 2013 |
| LOCATION: | Dunleavy Room, Union Building (3rd Floor) La Salle University; 1900 W. Olney Avenue; Philadelphia, PA 19141 |
| COST: |
$60 for PBTA Professional Members; $100 for Nonmember Professionals; La Salle faculty and staff with valid ID receive the PBTA member rate. La Salle students with valid ID receive the PBTA student rate. Registration includes admission into workshop and continental breakfast. Nonmember admission price includes a one-year membership in PBTA. |
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CONTINUING EDUCATION: |
CE Credits free for PBTA members and professionals paying the nonmember rate. |
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REGISTRATION: |
Register here. Payment must be processed through the online event registration system. |
This event is presented by the Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association and La Salle University Department of Psychology
The Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association is proud to sponsor this half-day workshop with Dr. Michael Sude, marriage and family therapist and assistant professor at La Salle University. The workshop provides 3 CE credit hours in ethics.
Over the last decade, electronic communication and social media have increasingly influenced the way that individuals form and develop relationships. Therapists are communicating with clients electronically; however, there are few clear ethical guidelines and state regulations for electronic therapist-client interactions. Therapists have a responsibility to their profession to explore ethical implications and best practices of emerging trends in therapeutic relationships, such as electronic communication. This presentation will address several ethical issues for therapist use of technology in clinical practice, as well as provide best practices for therapist use of synchronous communication (i.e., videoconferencing), asynchronous communication (i.e., e-mail), search engines, and social networking sites.
After completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Describe the potential benefits and ethical challenges of various forms of electronic communication and technology in clinical practice
- Evaluate how technology can change the ways that ethical decisions are made, including decisions regarding use of new technologies in the therapeutic relationship, information seeking, billing, and documentation
- Define clear ethical policies, boundaries, expectations, and conversations regarding the ways that technology and electronic communication affect therapeutic relationships and the therapeutic process
- Formulate ideas for ethical best practices for the use of technology in one’s own clinical practice
Michael Sude, PhD, is an assistant professor in the department of Psychology at La Salle University. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Pennsylvania and New York, and the former clinical director of a community agency in Syracuse, NY. Dr. Sude has presented and published on issues of ethics and best practices related to technology use in clinical practice. He has also conducted research related to Internet dating and use of social networking sites, and he is currently conducting research on sexting attitudes and behaviors in young adults.
| The Philadelphia Behavioral Therapy Association (PBTA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PBTA is also an authorized provider for continuing education credits for professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, and clinical social workers licensed in the state of Pennsylvania. PBTA maintains responsibility for the program and its content. This program provides three (3) CE credits in ethics. |