This workshop will provide participants with a comprehensive overview of ethical, malpractice, and risk-management issues pertaining to documentation of services and critical incidents in the human services.  The presentation will include state-of-the-art guidelines pertaining to the (a) purposes, (b) content, (c) wording, and (d) storage of, and access to, documents, consistent with prevailing ethical standards.

Outline

·        Ethical and risk management issues pertaining to documentation in the human services
·        Key concepts: standards of care, ethical standards, negligence, malpractice, liability, risk   management
·        Major topics:  purpose, content, wording, storage of, and access to, documents
·        Questions/answers

At the conclusion of this workshop participants should be:
·        Familiar with prevailing ethics and risk-management standards related to documentation in the human services
·        Familiar with contemporary documentation guidelines promulgated by national organizations and codes of ethics
·        Able to identify documentation issues that pose malpractice and liability risks
·        Able to design strategies to enhance accountability, protect clients, and prevent ethics complaints and lawsuits

Location: Newport County Chamber of Commerce, 35 Valley Road, Middletown
Date/Time: Friday September 19, 2008, 9:00am-12:00pm
Speaker: Frederick Reamer