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Friday, October 2nd COAP Education Event: Featuring Roy Huggins, LPC, NCC
Friday, October 02, 2020, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
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REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
OPA Members, 

The Central Oregon Chapter of the Oregon Psychological Association (COAP) is offering a virtual educational event!

Earn Ethics CE credits by attending the October COAP workshop!

Teletherapy Before and After COVID-19:  Ethical, Legal, and Practical Considerations

Presented by: Roy Huggins, LCP, NCC
DATE: Friday October 2nd 2020
9 am until 1 pm (via ZOOM)
4 hours Continuing Education Credit
*This course meets ethics requirements for the Oregon Psychology license

Workshop Overview:  

Telemental health, which may also be referred to under the term “telepsychology,” is growing in importance for a number of reasons. Standards, laws, and available technology tools are becoming robust enough to support a surge in availability of remote clinical services. This means greater availability of services for hard-to-reach populations as well as more opportunities for clinicians to expand their practice and gain more freedom of movement within it.

This course will address the vital components of how to reach clients/patients no matter where they are safely, securely, and successfully. It will begin with a professional orientation to telemental health terms and authorities. Then it will cover essential legal-ethical concepts such as jurisdictions, emergency management, assessment of clinical appropriateness, informed consent, tech selection, privacy, and security. The course will cover special standards for conducting and documenting intake sessions, ongoing sessions, and termination sessions. Finally, attendees will learn standards for effective delivery of services via videoconferencing.

Attendees will receive a booklet of telehealth practice checklists, as well as sample forms for telehealth informed consent and session documentation.  This course will translate the legal and technical jargon of telemental health and HIPAA into clear and actionable information that you can apply directly to your practice.

Learning Objectives:

  1. State the legal-ethical considerations for telemental health practice 

  2. Explain how to ensure client privacy and maintain HIPAA compliance as a telemental health clinician 

  3. List specific techniques and skills for effective interaction with clients over a video medium 

  4. Describe specific actions to take to ensure success in each telemental health session and client relationship

  5. Identify protocols and other considerations for telemental health crisis and emergency situations

  6. Recognize effective, ethical, and HIPAA-secure technology and tools for use in telemental health practice

About the Presenter: 

Roy Huggins, LPC NCC, is a counselor in private practice who also directs Person Centered Tech. Roy worked as a professional Web developer for 7 years before changing paths, and makes it his mission to grow clinicians’ understanding of the Internet and other electronic communications mediums for the future of our practices and our professions.

Roy is an adjunct instructor at the Portland State University Counseling program where he teaches Ethics, and is a member of the Zur Institute advisory board. He has acted as a subject matter expert on HIPAA, security and clinical use of technology for licensure boards and both state and national mental health professional organizations. Specifically, he was a member of the Oregon Board of Psychology’s Social Media Guidelines committee. He has co-authored or authored 2 book chapters, and he routinely consults with mental health colleagues on ethical and practical issues surrounding tech in clinical practice. He served for 5 years on the board of the Oregon Mental Health Counselors Association and then the Oregon Counseling Association as the Technology Committee Chair.

He really likes this stuff.

Costs:

For this conference, COAP is using an online registration process that accepts credit and debit cards. The lowest registration rates are associated with early registration, we encourage you to sign up early to make sure you have a spot.  This workshop will be capped at 70 registrations.

Registered by 9/18/2020

COAP Members*: $105

Non-Members:    $115

Registered after 9/18/2020

COAP Members*:  $115

Non-Members:   $125

Student Rate $60

*Membership in COAP is limited to Central Oregon active and retired psychologists, residents, and psychologist associates. You must be current with COAP dues to register at the membership rate.  We welcome all allied mental health practitioners to our workshops (at non-member registration rates); receiving Continuing Education credits from various Licensing Boards has not been problematic, assuming the topic meets your Board’s criteria.

*COAP Membership is renewed each September, and is active September through August each year.  If you have not done so already, you can pay the 2020-21 $25 membership fee online at this link: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/coap-dues

**A $25 cancellation fee will be assessed for all cancellations. There will be no refunds for no-shows. 

Students are invited to attend for $75.  Please bring a copy of student ID with registration, as this will be required at check-in.

A $15 discount code will be provided on the November Ethics conference registration form for anyone that attends at the COAP member or COAP Non-member rate for all 3 conferences in September, October, and November.

Questions can be directed to [email protected]
Registration Details: Roy Huggins, LPC NCC Telemental Health Practice

Registration will be handled online by the Central Oregon Association of Psychologists through Eventbrite.  Please visit the following website to sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/launching-yourself-into-cyberspace-tickets-97904989459