Ken Lehman & Ben Dexter Featured Speakers during NASW Maine 2022 Conference

DATE: 27 + 28 OCT 2022
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LOCATION: Samoset Resort - Rockport, ME
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Join the National Association of Social Workers Maine Chapter for the 2022 Annual Conference taking place October 27 + 28, 2022 where attorneys Kenneth W. Lehman & Benjamin Dexter will be featured speakers during a 3-part session on the legal and ethical issues in behavioral healthcare.

The NASW Maine 2022 Conference is a two-day conference for social workers and allied professionals from around the state.

The Evolving Dynamics of a Social Worker’s “Duty to Warn and Protect” in Maine
K. Lehman, Esq. & B. Dexter, Esq.
We will discuss the “Duty to Warn,” including: a detailed analysis of the Tarasoff decision and cases that imposed or did not apply a duty to warn; the NASW Code; Maine’s still applicable 1999 “permissive reporting” health information confidentiality law; HIPAA privacy rules permissive reporting and the “minimum necessary” standard; and Maine’s 2019 law establishing a narrowly crafted mandated duty to warn and protect requirement. Strategies for handling duty to warn situations will be discussed with ample time for Q & A. This session will offer 3 hours of Ethics continuing education.

Legal and Ethical Issues in Behavioral Healthcare – Part 2: Working with Adults
K. Lehman, Esq. & B. Dexter, Esq.
The discussion of current legal and ethical issues within behavioral healthcare continues with this Part 2 session offered by our legal experts from Bernstein Shur. In this session, there will be a focus on those legal and ethical issues that arise when working with adult clients. This session will offer 1.5 hours of Ethics continuing education.

Legal and Ethical Issues in Behavioral Healthcare – Part 3: Working with Children
K. Lehman, Esq. & B. Dexter, Esq.
The discussion of current legal and ethical issues within behavioral healthcare continues with this Part 3 session offered by our legal experts from Bernstein Shur. In this session, there will be a focus on those legal and ethical issues that arise when working with youth clients and parents/guardians and families. This session will offer 1.5 hours of Ethics continuing education.

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