LIVE: Ethics in Forensic Psychology Practice
May 7, 2026 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Pacific
May 7, 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Pacific
7 Hours | 7 CEs
$375 Registration | $350 Early Registration (through May 1st) | Live Virtual Training via Zoom
Randy Otto, PhD, ABPP, presents a live virtual professional training program on Ethics in Forensic Psychology Practice.
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This training uses a case study approach to discuss ethical challenges forensic psychologists commonly encounter. After providing an ethical decision-making framework and identifying various sources of authority that can impose obligations on psychologists when providing forensic services, the following challenges are covered:
- Multiple roles and conflicts of interest
- Distinguishing between informed consent, assent, and notification
- Documenting and communicating findings, writing reports, and keeping records
- Privacy, confidentiality, and privilege in forensic settings
- Recording of, or third-party presence during, forensic evaluations
- Providing services via videoconferencing platforms
- Providing services in jurisdictions in which one is not licensed
- Releasing reports, records, and test data
- Examination billing and reimbursement practices
- Editing and altering reports
- Offering opinions about persons not examined
- Taking into account issues of diversity in forensic evaluation contexts
- Accessing and relying on social media and other data in forensic examination contexts
- Addressing substandard practice by peers
This program is intended for professionals who want to develop or strengthen skills in forensic evaluation, including those involved in civil and criminal forensic mental health assessment, forensic inpatient care, human resources, and community settings, as well as those who work at the intersection of clinical psychology and law. This training program is for beginner, intermediate, and advanced-level clinicians.
Training Outline
- Ethical Challenges in Forensic Psychology
- Ethical Decision-Making Framework
- Sources of Ethical and Legal Authority
- Roles, Consent, and Professional Boundaries
- Documentation, Communication, and Recordkeeping
- Privacy, Evaluation Procedures, and Technology
- Emerging Issues and Professional Practice Considerations
Intended Audience
This live program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals.
Experience Level
This live program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
APA, ASWB, CPA, NBCC: Click here for state and other regional board approvals.
Presented By
Randy Otto, PhD, ABPP
Randy K. Otto, PhD, MLS, joined the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in May 2025, where he serves as Professor and Chief of the Division of Forensic Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Otto was a member of the faculty at the Univer...
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe a 7-step problem-solving process to respond to ethical/legal dilemmas
Describe and locate key sources of authority for forensic psychology practice
Describe the circumstance under which multiple roles/relationships are permitted, prohibited, and discouraged
Describe circumstances when consent must and need not be obtained from forensic examinees
Describe strategies to consider employing when asked to record, or allow a third party to observe, a forensic evaluation
Describe the circumstances/conditions under which psychologists are permitted to offer opinions about persons not examined
Describe between privacy, confidentiality, and privilege in forensic evaluation contexts
Describe obligations psychologists have to address the substandard work of colleagues and identify how they can meet them in forensic settings
Describe the obligations psychologists have when contemplating using tests with persons who differ in significant ways from groups on which the tests were used
Describe and employ strategies for accessing and considering social media data when conducting forensic examinations
Live Event Policy
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Event Communications
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Cancellation Policy
Have a sudden change of plans and are unable to attend live? No worries; you will be given access to the on-demand version of the program once available. Please note if you attend live, no access to the recording will be given.
Event Conduct
Professional conduct is expected during our live programs. Our goal is to make our events as interactive as possible for all participants. We reserve the right to remove any participants who are disruptive, act unprofessionally, or who we are unable to verify their purchase.
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CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.