Target Audience: This activity is designed for counselors, psychologists, social workers, interprofessional teams, students and educators. This activity is accredited for social workers.
Webinar Description: This 90-minute webinar examines common ethical challenges encountered by certified addiction counselors, clinical supervisors and interns working with individuals affected by opioid, stimulant, and other substance use disorders. Participants will review core ethical principles, boundary management, confidentiality concerns, and decision-making frameworks relevant to real-world practice. Through case examples and guided discussion, the session equips attendees with practical tools to identify ethical risks early and respond in ways that protect clients, professionals, and the integrity of treatment services.
Educational Objectives:
- Participants will be able to identify common ethical challenges encountered in substance use disorder treatment, including issues related to opioids, stimulants, and other substances.
- Participants will be able to apply ethical principles and decision-making frameworks to analyze case scenarios involving boundaries, confidentiality, and professional responsibility.
- Participants will be able to demonstrate appropriate responses and documentation to ethical problems by selecting best-practice actions that protect clients, counselors, and treatment integrity.
Accreditation
This educational program is approved by NAADAC (Approval #189), (NBCC ACEP No. 5703), ADACBGA (Approval #2021-06-0006), CCB-approved, CADTP (Approval #174), CCAPP #OS-07-100-0826, CACCF # S220501, CAMFT Provider # 1000103, NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0720, accredited by the American Probation & Parole Association and accepted by OASAS. NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, #1754, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 01/12/2025 – 01/12/2028. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 ethics continuing education credits continuing education credits. IBC approved for 1.5 hrs in Ethics. ICB approved COUN I or II, PREV I or II, CARS I or II, CODP II, CAAP I or II, PCGC II, CCJP II, CRSS I or II, CPRS I or II, MAATP II, CFPP II, CVSS II.