Ethical Issues in the Prevention and Treatment of Addiction: Personal and Professional Conduct (6 hours)

About This Course Your Course Instructors Course Formats This 6 hour course by William L. White and Renée Popovits is designed to assist counselors in reviewing issues and needs related to ethical behaviors in the addiction treatment field. The materials presented will focus on the boundary line between personal and professional conduct, between the individual’s right to privacy and autonomy and the ethical and moral conduct that constitutes an implicit duty of the profession. It is one of five course developed from the book "Critical Incidents" Ethical Issues in the Prevention and Treatment of Addiction," by William White and Renée Popovits. Goals/Objectives By participating in this Distance Learning Course, the trainee will: Examine counselor assumptions about personal and professional ethics. Identify a system to effectively address professional practice issues. Review ethical values and principles that guide counselor behavior. Explore the development of a Code of Professional