Ethics in Forensic Psychological Practice

10 hours | 10 CEs

This on-demand professional training program on Ethics in Forensic Psychological Practice is presented by Randy Otto, PhD, ABPP. This badge-earning program can be shared digitally on platforms like LinkedIn or your resume and counts towards various certificates. Enroll to earn credit and share your new digital credentials with prospective employers and colleagues. This program counts as a foundational program in the certificates:

1. Criminal Forensic Assessment Certificate
2. Child Custody Evaluation Certificate
3. Civil Forensic Assessment Certificate
4. Juvenile Forensic Assessment Certificate
5. Violence Risk Assessment Certificate

Using a case study approach, this program reviews ethical challenges/issues commonly encountered by forensic psychologists.  After introducing an ethical decision-making framework and identifying the various sources of authority that can impose obligations on psychologists when providing forensic services, the following challenges are discussed:

1. Distinguishing between informed consent, assent, and notification (and when each must be provided and obtained);
2. Documenting and communicating findings;
3. Issues of multiple roles and relationships, and conflicts of interest;
4. Privacy, confidentiality, and privilege in the forensic evaluation and treatment contexts;
5. Recording of, or third-party presence during, forensic evaluations;
6. Release of reports and test data;
7. Examination billing and reimbursement practices;
8. Editing/altering reports;
9. Offering opinions about persons not examined;
10. Obligations to take into account issues of diversity in forensic evaluation contexts;
11. Use of social media data; and addressing the substandard practice by peers.