Attention social workers, counselors, therapists, and human
services providers: Fulfill your ethics and boundaries licensure
requirements with our Fall 2014–Spring 2015 programs!
General Information for face-to-face programs:
Please register me for
Ethical and Spiritual Issues and Concerns in Counseling
❏ Aug 28, 2014; $150 #3303-15-LAAS
Ethics and Boundaries: Documentation and Forensic Issues
❏ Sept 22, 2014; $150 #8751-15-LAAS
Ethics and Boundaries: Biological Foundations and Genetics
❏ Oct 20, 2014; $150 ❏ Jan 22, 2015; $150 #8752-15-LAAS
#8755-15-LAAS
No Simple Answers: Advanced Ethics and Boundaries Issues
❏ Oct 21, 2014; $150 #2851-15-LAAS
Ethics and Boundaries Pyle Center
❏ Oct 22, 2014; Unit 1; $80
❏ Oct 22, 2014; Unit 2; $80
❏ Oct 22, 2014; both Units 1 & 2; $150
#2852-15-LAAS
Location: All face-to-face programs are held at The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St, Madison, WI.
Time: Onsite registration on day of program 30 minutes prior to start of program. See program
description for program start and end times.
Fees: includes instruction, materials, Continuing Education Units (CEUs), refreshments, and $20
nonrefundable administrative fee.
❏ Nov 4, 2014; $150 UW-Madison Continuing Studies is an acceptable continuing education provider for the following:
❏ Jan 5–30, 2015; $275 #2810-15-LAAS
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With Instructor David Mays, MD, PhD · Monday, Sept 22, 2014
Ethics and Boundaries:
Biological Foundations and Genetics
Association of Social Work Boards
UW-Madison Continuing Studies (provider #1042) is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB, aswb.org) through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. The University of Wisconsin–Madison, Continuing
Studies, maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB approval period: April 27, 2014-April 27,
2016. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine approval.
With Instructor David Mays, MD, PhD
Monday, Oct 20, 2014 or Thursday, Jan 22, 2015
Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services, and the Illinois, Iowa, Michigan
and Minnesota Boards of Social Work recognize ACE programs.
With Instructor Gary Schoener, M.Eq., LP · Tuesday, Oct 21, 2014
No Simple Answers: Advanced
Ethics and Boundaries Issues
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
UW-Madison Continuing Studies is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider
(ACEP™ #5990) and may offer NBCC approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC
requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program.
Ethics and Boundaries
Wisconsin Psychology Examining Board
Qualifies as a continuing education course relevant to the professional practice of psychology
offered by an accredited university.
Ethics and Boundaries: Spirituality in
Mental Health Work, and Stress and Burnout
With Instructor Gary Schoener, M.Eq., LP · Wednesday, Oct 22, 2014
Two half-day units
Wisconsin Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
Qualifies as a continuing education program offered by an accredited university.
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Mail to: UW-Madison Cont. Studies Registrations
Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.
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Online:continuingstudies.wisc.edu/ethics-boundaries
Phone, fax or online registrations must include payments by credit card or purchase order.
Wisconsin Substance Abuse Counselors
Qualifies as a continuing education course consisting of relevant subject matter taught by
qualified presenters.
Other Professions
Completion of this program qualifies for six continuing education hours. Contact your own
board or organization for specific continuing education requirements.
For more information, contact Kristi Obmascher at 608-262-8971, 800-442-4617, or
[email protected].
If you have a disability and desire accommodations, please advise us when you register. Requests
are confidential. Programs offered by UW-Madison in cooperation with UW-Extension.
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With Instructor David Mays, MD, PhD · Tuesday, Nov 4, 2014
Fall 2014–Spring 2015 programs
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With Instructor Doug Smith, MA, MS, MDiv · Thursday, Aug 28, 2014
Lodging: Visit the Extension Conference Center webpage at conferencing.uwex.edu/location.cfm
for information about parking and lodging. Please make your own travel and lodging
arrangements.
Ethics and Boundaries: Spirituality in Mental Health Work, and Stress and Burnout
#8753-15-LAAS
Ethical and Spiritual Issues and
Concerns in Counseling
Registration deadline: To ensure your place and to help us accommodate you, please register as
early as possible. If you do not receive an email confirmation before the program, please call 608262-7942 or 800-725-9692.
Approved Hours/Continuing Education Credits: 0.1 CEU = 1 hour of professional continuing
education.
Ethics and Boundaries for Social Workers (online)
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US POSTAGE PAID
MADISON WI
PERMIT NO 658
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All programs meet 9am-4pm at the Pyle Center in Madison, WI
Ethics and Boundaries
for Social Workers
With Instructor Mary Spranger, MSW, LCSW · Jan 5–30, 2015 online
Face-to-Face Programs:
what exactly do they care about? We will address the biological roots of human morality
and leave participants with a deeper understanding of how to think about, as well as how
to manage, ethics in their work and in the lives of their clients.
Ethical and Spiritual Issues
and Concerns in Counseling
Instructor: Doug Smith, MA, MS, MDiv
Thursday, Aug 28, 2014, 9am–4pm, registration 8:30–9am
0.6 CEU, $150
You, along with most people employed in health care and social services acknowledge that
people’s beliefs and values affect their health and well-being. Yet few professionals have the
knowledge, skills, and tools to explore and enhance people’s beliefs and values. In fact, few
counselors even know how to bring the topic up. Counselors also typically shy away from
addressing ethical/moral issues for fear of controversy or fear of offending. We will emphasize
practical tools and techniques, with little time spent on theory.
Ethics and Boundaries:
Documentation and Forensic Issues
Instructor: David Mays, MD, PhD
Monday, Sept 22, 2014, 9am–4pm, registration 8:30–9am
No Simple Answers: Advanced
Ethics and Boundaries Issues
Instructor: Gary Schoener, M.Eq., LP
Tuesday, Oct 21, 2014, 9am–4pm, registration 8:30–9am
0.6 CEU, $150
Documentation is a long-neglected but crucially important aspect of mental health
practice. Rather than reducing risk exposure, the electronic medical record is exposing
clinicians to greater privacy and boundary concerns. Internet and social media pressures
are also changing the landscape of mental healthcare. This workshop will provide training
on how and why to document, how to think about confidentiality in the medical health
record, how to document risk assessments, and how the use of searches, email, and social
media are all changing our understanding of therapeutic boundaries.
Court decisions and long-standing precedents in the areas of ethical misconduct and
boundary violations have defined the responsibilities and practice standards in mental
health work. We will use this legal background to describe and illustrate the following principles related to mental health care: informed consent, confidentiality, dual agency (duty to
protect, communications with third parties), boundaries, and ethical decision-making.
0.6 CEU, $150
Designed for people who have training in basic ethics and boundaries, this seminar focuses
on clinical decision making in complicated situations where simple answers won’t suffice.
During this session we will provide a variety of approaches to complex situations, with a
focus on alternative strategies and effective documentation. Sharpen your decision-making
skills regarding ethical dilemmas and boundary challenges.
Ethics and Boundaries
Instructor: Gary Schoener, M.Eq., LP
Wednesday, Oct 22, 2014
Each unit is 0.4 CEU, $80 / Take Unit 1 and Unit 2 for 0.8 CEU, $150
Take Unit 1
and Unit 2
for 0.8 CEU, $150
Unit 1: Ethics and Social Media for Social Workers
8am–12pm, registration 7:30–8am
Unit 2: Cultural Issues and Ethics for Social Workers
0.6 CEU, $150
1–5pm, registration 12:30–1pm
Instructor: David Mays, MD, PhD
Tuesday, Nov 4, 2014, 9am–4pm, registration 8:30–9am
0.4 CEU, $80
While many ethics workshops focus on defining and solving ethical dilemmas in health
care, few ever address where our opinions about ethics and virtue come from. Research in
social science, economics, and biology is providing exciting new data pertaining to the
questions: Why do human beings care about ethics at all? When people care about ethics,
Designed for people who have training in basic ethics and boundaries, this four-hour
program explores cultural issues while examining ethical and boundary challenges. This
seminar teaches psychologists, social workers, and others ethics and boundaries within a
cultural framework.
For more information and to register visit continuingstudies.wisc.edu/ethics-boundaries.
For more information and to register visit continuingstudies.wisc.edu/ethics-boundaries.
0.6 CEU, $150
Understanding the importance of religion in American culture, and specifically in our
clients, is essential for doing a thorough mental health assessment. A good assessment is
vital in treatment planning and anticipating potential problems in the treatment
relationship. Cultivating sensitivity to these matters can prevent the therapist from falling
into significant boundary problems, such as approaching spiritual issues either as a zealous
advocate or skeptical naysayer. This workshop is designed to increase our sensitivity to the
spiritual lives of our clients and help us work skillfully with these powerful feelings in
ourselves and in our practice.
All professional standards related to mental health practice require that practitioners
monitor their performance and maintain personal competence in their work. Burnout is a
common cause of boundary violations, and subpar outcomes with clients are inevitable
when the practitioner is impaired by stress or other psychological difficulties. We will focus
on the mental health practitioner and provide education about 1) being stressed and stress
relief, 2) recognizing burnout in ourselves and the people we work with and supervise, 3)
being aware of how boundary problems result from feeling burned out and ineffective, and
4) being happy—what we know about achieving this ultimate goal, both for ourselves and
our clients.
Ethics and Boundaries: Biological
Foundations and Genetics
Instructor: David Mays, MD, PhD
Thursday, Jan 22, 2015, 9am–4pm, registration 8:30–9am
0.6 CEU, $150
See Monday, Oct 20, 2014 Ethics and Boundaries: Biological Foundations and Genetics above
0.4 CEU, $80
Designed for people who have training in basic ethics and boundaries, this four-hour
program examines ethical and boundary challenges encountered with social media
including the Internet, email, and texting. We will explore the newest research and insights
of the impact of social media on ethics and boundaries.
Ethics and Boundaries:
Biological Foundations and Genetics
Instructor: David Mays, MD, PhD
Monday, Oct 20, 2014 OR
Thursday, Jan 22, 2015, 9am–4pm, registration 8:30–9am
We have now entered the age of evolution by design. Soon we will be tailoring our
pharmaceutical treatments to the genetic makeup of the patient. Our new understanding
of mental illnesses will allow us to explore early intervention and prevention. We are
already using genetic knowledge to enhance human performance and create new
organisms. But just because we can do these things, does it mean we should? This program
will help participants get a better understanding of modern genetics and explore some of
these 21st-century ethical dilemmas.
Ethics and Boundaries: Spirituality in
Mental Health Work, and Stress and Burnout
Ethics and Boundaries
for Social Workers
Instructor: Mary Spranger, MSW, LCSW
Jan 5–30, 2015 online
1.6 CEUs, $275
Learn how to deal with ethical dilemmas and decisions in ways that protect clients’ rights
and minimize clinicians’ risk. We will explore models used for ethical decision-making and
give special consideration to ethics in administration and supervision, as well as personal
boundaries and risks relating to Internet and electronic media.
Faculty Bios
David Mays, MD, PhD, is a forensic psychiatrist and directed the
forensic program at the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison,
Wis. for 13 years. He serves on the clinical faculty at the University
of Wisconsin–Madison. Dr. Mays is the recipient of the Exemplary
Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, The
Distinguished Service Award from the Alliance for the Mentally Ill
of Dane County and the Exceptional Performance Award from the
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. He has treated
patients in hospital and outpatient settings with comorbid substance use problems for
20 years. He is a seasoned clinician and highly sought-after presenter.
Gary Schoener is a clinical psychologist and director of consultation
and training for the Walk-In Counseling Center in Minneapolis, after
having served as executive director for 37 years. He is an author, expert
witness, and internationally known consultant and trainer on issues of
ethics, professional boundaries, and risk management. His specific
areas of focus are examination of these topics in health care, human
services, and religious settings. Training materials and examples come
from a wide range of fields and sources. The case examples are drawn
from experience with more than 4,000 complaints or legal cases over the past 40 years.
Douglas C. Smith (MA, MS, MDiv) is a professional speaker, trainer, and
consultant with more than 25 years of experience as a counselor,
therapist, and health care administrator. He has worked in hospitals,
hospices, and social services agencies. In addition, he’s written several
books including: The Tao of Dying, Caregiving: Hospice-Proven
Techniques for Healing Body and Soul, Being a Wounded Healer, and
The Complete Book of Counseling the Dying and the Grieving.
Mary Spranger earned her MSW from Tulane University and currently
practices as a licensed clinical social worker. Her previous experience
includes working as a case manager for individuals with chronic and
persistent mental illness. She was employed as a medical social worker
at Meriter Hospital for six years, mainly serving behavioral health
patients in the Emergency Department, but she also worked
extensively on medical/surgical units and in the birthing center. She is
currently employed as a coordinator for the Wisconsin Lawyers
Assistance Program through the State Bar of Wisconsin.
These programs fulfill the ethics and boundaries licensing requirements for Wisconsin
social workers, professional counselors, and marriage and family therapists. For other
professions or licensure in other states contact your own board or organization for specific
continuing education requirements.
For more information and to register visit continuingstudies.wisc.edu/ethics-boundaries.
For more information and to register visit continuingstudies.wisc.edu/ethics-boundaries.