Plenary Session: Mental Health Matters: An Ethics Perspective & Closing Remarks

4:45pm – 5:45pm (EST)

PLENARY SESSION

Mental Health Matters: An Ethics Perspective (Ethics CE)

"Social workers who serve children, youth, and families frequently encounter complex ethical challenges. What are the limits of minors' confidentiality rights? Can social workers provide services to minors without parental knowledge and consent? How should social workers manage boundary issues and dual relationships when they work and live in small communities? What ethics standards govern social workers' use of digital and other technology--including online social networking sites, remote counseling platforms, and artificial intelligence--when communicating with minors and their families?

Frederick G. Reamer, PhD
Professor Emeritus, School of Social Work, Rhode Island College

5:45pm – 6:00pm

CLOSING REMARKS - ADJOURN DAY TWO

Yvonne Elder Chase, PhD, LCSW, ACSW
President, National Association of Social Workers

Frederic G. Reamer, PhD

Professor Emeritus

School of Social Work, Rhode Island College

Frederic Reamer is on the faculty of the School of Social Work, Rhode Island College. He chaired the national task force that wrote the NASW Code of Ethics and served on the code revision task force. Dr. Reamer chaired the task force sponsored by NASW, ASWB, CSWE, and CSWA that developed standards governing social workers’ use of technology. He has lectured nationally and internationally on social work and professional ethics. In 2016 Dr. Reamer was named a NASW Social Work Pioneer.

Yvonne Elder Chase, PhD, LCSW, ACSW

President, National Association of Social Workers

Associate Professor, University of Alaska

Yvonne Elder Chase, PhD, LCSW, ACSW, is Professor at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. She received her PhD from Norfolk State University and her MSW from Howard University. Her extensive leadership experience at the NASW chapter and national levels included: president of the Alaska chapter, member of the boards of NASW and the NASW Assurance Services, Inc., chair of the NASW National Committee on Inquiry and the Task Force on Professional Review; member of the NASW Foundation Gosnell Memorial Scholarship Panel and the NASW Competence Certification Commission renamed the Credentialing Committee. Currently she serves as board member & treasurer, NASW Assurance Services, Inc. Organizational affiliations include the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice (Formerly American Orthopsychiatry Association), and editorial board for the Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect. Chase has obtained the LCSW in the State of Alaska and holds NASW’s ACSW credential.