Upcoming Workshops

• Ethical-Legal Jeopardy

  Sat., June 8, 2013
  Williamsburg, VA
  9:00 AM - NOON
  3 CE CREDITS

  Ethical-Legal “Jeopardy!”  (Who Said Ethics Was Boring?)  The first half of this workshop is an overview of   some simple, basic topics in professional ethics and Virginia law. The second half of the workshop will be conducted a bit like a “Jeopardy” game. Using the categories below, we will test our understanding of  what we have [...]

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• Multi-Cultural Competence, Anyone?

  Sat., June 8, 2013
  Williamsburg, VA
  1:00 - 4:00 PM
  3 CE CREDITS

  There is much discussion about diversity and “multicultural competence;” but often there is little specificity about  definitions.  Exactly how do our professions define “multi-cultural”?  If we speak only one or two of the 337 languages used in the U.S. today, does it count if we are proficient with patients from rural cultures?  from certain disability groups?  [...]

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• Top 10 Ethically Important Distinctions

  Fri., June 14, 2013
  Richmond VA
  9:00 AM - noon
  3 CE CREDITS

  Are you clear about the distinctions reflected in the list below? Why it is ethically important to understand these differences?  How might patients/clients be harmed if you fail to do that? What might be the risk to you if you fail to do that? 1.  Personal Moral Code vs. Professional Ethics 2. Ethically-Required vs. Ethically-Permitted Behavior 3. [...]

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• Are We Really Informants?

  Fri., June 14, 2013
  Richmond, VA
  1:00 - 4:00 PM
  3 CE CREDITS

  The book “The New Informants,” by Christopher Bollas (psychoanalyst) and David Sundelson (attorney) created quite a stir when it was published in 1995. Today, few people mention that book. But it is worth revisiting.  It contains important information we should all be aware of; it offers admonitions we should still consider; and it makes some claims we [...]

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