Ethical Practice in the Addiction Profession - May 21, 2027

A 6-Hour Training with Samson Teklemariam, LPC, CPTM

8:30am-3:45pm

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150, Second Floor, Concord, NH 03301

Content level: Introduction

Presentation: Addiction treatment professionals have an obligation to protect patients, the workforce, and the communities we serve by continuously monitoring safe ethical practice. Working with substance use disorders often includes managing the needs and expectations of numerous stakeholders including the patient, their loved ones, state regulations, federal regulations, and the various tiers of ethics the everyday professional helper abides by. This presentation focuses on developing the helping professional’s situational awareness in applying ethical principles in every day complicated scenarios. Participants will examine real-world vignettes with ethical conflict and learn a system for ethical decision-making. Additional topics covered in this presentation will include confidentiality, boundaries, informed consent and health literacy, and clinical documentation principles for safe patient care.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Describe foundational principles and progressive updates to confidentiality and protected health information;
2. Implement an ethical decision-making model for complicated scenarios with ethical conflict; and
3. Identify the most common warning signs of potential boundary crossings leading to the most common boundary violations.

Break Information: This training includes two-15 minutes breaks and a 45-minute lunch. Exact break and meal schedule is at the discretion of the presenter and may vary.

6 Contact Hours Available

CRSW Performance Domains: 2
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 7 & 10-13
Certified Prevention Specialist Domains: 6 & Ethics (for recertification)
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category A) & Psychologist (Category A) 

NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

This course has been approved by New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association (NHADACA), as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #23792, NHADACA is responsible for all aspects of the programming.

This training is financed under a contract with the State of NH, Department of Health and Human Services, with funds provided in part by the State of NH and/or such funding sources as were available or required, e.g., the United States Department of Health and Human Services.