GACA Professional Development

 Virtual Only

Ethics For Addiction Counselors

Monday, January 13, 2025


8:45 AM Check-In  

9:00 AM Workshop Begins

12:30 PM  Lunch Break

1:00 PM   Workshop Continues

4:00  PM  Workshop Concludes

Location:  Online

6.0 Ethics CE Hours Approved by GACA, GAMFT and NAADAC. Applied for Approval with GSCSW. 

Approved for 6.0 Clock Hours with NBCC.

Description:

This introductory ethics course is designed specifically for new counselors/CCIT. The goal is to help counselors gain an understanding of the importance of following ethical standards and maintaining professional boundaries. This course will begin by defining ethics and its’ basic principles, as well as discuss behaviors that could lead to boundary traps. GACA and NAADAC Codes of Ethics will be used to guide this course. Interactive group exercises will be used to solve ethical dilemmas and challenges counselor’s face in the 21st century substance abuse treatment world.   •    Definitions for Ethics •    Understanding Your Accepted Code of Ethics •    The Importance of Clinical Supervision •    Maintaining Ethical Boundaries 

Goals: The goal is to ensure that participants understand professional ethics, and how following a set of standards guides the successful practice of counselors. 

Learning objectives:  

At the end of the training, participants will: •    Be able to define ethics; 

•    Through interactive group exercises, describe at least one NAADAC Code of Ethics Principle.  

•    Identify at least one ethical violation that can turn into a legal issue 

•    Discuss the importance of clinical supervision as it relates to professional ethics


Presenter: Dr. Patricia Brown, PhD, CAC II, MAC, CCS   

 

Dr. Brown is the founder and CEO of Applied Training & Consultant, Group, LLC in Decatur, Georgia. She received her Doctorate of Business Administration from Jones International University. She holds both state and national level certifications as an addiction counselor as well as certification as a clinical supervisor. Dr. Brown was a pioneer in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In 1986 she co-founded Our Common Welfare, one of the country's first specialized substance abuse treatment centers for individuals infected with HIV. In 2015, she retired as Executive Director of Here’s to Life, Inc. a non-profit organization she founded because she wanted to provide specialized substance abuse treatment and counseling services to help gay men break their cycle of addiction and learn to make healthy behavior choices. Dr. Brown has over 30 years of experience developing and delivering enhanced learning experiences to a variety of audiences. Some of the organizations she has had the pleasure of presenting to are: Recovery Consultants of Atlanta, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), SAMHSA, Emory University, Brenau University, and the African American Outreach Initiative. In addition to training, Dr. Brown offers guidance in business development, program monitoring and evaluation. She believes that continuous learning is the key to personal and spiritual growth.

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The Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) represents the professional interests of more than 100,000 addiction counselors, educators, and other addiction-focused health care professionals.


Georgia Addiction Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7302.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Georgia Addiction Counselors Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.  


Registration

  • 6.0 CE Hours, Virtual Only

  • 6.0 CE Hours, Virtual Only

  • that Continuing Education is part of my professional and ethical responsibilities. This requirement is for my betterment and for the welfare of my clients. It is not simply a box to check, but for my professional growth and development as a clinician.

  • that I can not miss more than 15 minutes of a training/workshop in order to receive CE credit, as per the regulations governing CE approvals.

  • it is unethical and unprofessional to be working (engaged in work), shopping, at a restaurant, playing video games, watching tv, or engaged in any other activity that would cause me to be distracted from learning.

  • I may be required to have my camera turned on.

  • to type my name into the chat box at random times.

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    Registration Emails:
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    You may set up free email accounts with any of the recommended providers: Gmail, Outlook or Yahoo. If you need assistance, please contact the GACA office.

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