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Clinical Supervision: Legal and Risk Management Issues

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OUTLINE 

I:   Legal Issues in Clinical Supervision

    1. Standard of Care
    2. Statutory Liability
    3. Negligence
    4. Direct Liability
    5. Vicarious Liability

 

II:  Risk Management Strategies

a.   Organizational and Systemic Strategies

      1.  10 Tips To Help Organizations Limit Liability

b.   Personal Strategies

      1.  10 Practical Things Supervisors Can Do To Limit Liability

c.   Dealing With the 800 Pound Gorilla

      1.  Supervisee Anxiety

      2.  Culture, Age and Gender

      3.  Personal Issues

      4.  Transference and Counter Transference

      5.  Dress and Appearance

 

III: Impairment

            a.  What the AAMFT Says About Impairment

            b.  What the NASW Says About Impairment

            c.   What the ACA Says About Impairment

d.   Distinguishing Impairment From Problems

e.   Addressing Impaired Supervisees

 

Goal:               Participants will learn how to manage the legal and risk management issues associated with Clinical Supervision

 

Objectives:     1.  Participants will be able to describe potential legal pitfalls in clinical supervision.

 

                        2.  Participants will be able to state the major legal concepts that apply to clinical supervision.

 

                        3.  Participants will be able to describe the difference between direct and vicarious liability.

 

                        4.  Participants will learn how to analyze the potential risk management issues inherent in clinical supervision.

 

                        5.  Participants will learn how to distinguish between an impaired supervisee and a problematic supervisee.

 

Methods:        Text (8915 words), Case Studies, Post Test

 

Author:

George B. Haarman, Psy.D., LMFT, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist currently in private practice.  He received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Spalding University and is a member of the American Psychological Association.  Dr. Haarman has been an instructor at Jefferson Community College, Bellarmine University, and Spalding University.  He has presented seminars regionally and nationally on psychopathology, clinical supervision, depression, and emotional disorders in children and adolescents.  Dr. Haarman serves as a consultant to several school systems regarding the assessment of children.  His prior experience includes working with youth detention centers, juvenile group homes, child protective services, and juvenile probation.  From 1974 to 1994 Dr. Haarman held numerous management positions at Jefferson County Department of Human Services in Louisville, KY, including Director of Research and Planning, Administrative Services Director and Deputy Director.

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