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Forensic Mental Health Evaluations

Virtual
On Demand
1.25 CE Hour On Demand
Clinical
Starts At $5

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    Sessions will be available On-Demand
Description

The need for forensic mental health evaluations has increased over the past few decades, as evidenced by the over-representation of people with mental illnesses or substance use disorders in the justice system. The disparity between the number of qualified forensic mental health evaluators and the need has led to delayed adjudication and subsequent lawsuits for violation of due process. This workshop will cover the basic components of forensic mental health evaluations as well as ethical and legal considerations to help mental health care providers increase their knowledge of the practice and better meet society’s mental healthcare needs.

Target Audience
  • • Counselors
  • • Addiction Counselors
  • • Social Workers
  • • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
  • • Psychologists
Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to increase knowledge about forensic mental health evaluations.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Define forensic mental health evaluation.

  • Identify two or more types of forensic mental health evaluations.

  • Discuss two ethical considerations when conducting forensic mental health evaluations.

  • Discuss two legal considerations when conducting forensic mental health evaluations

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Clinical
Counselors

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

 

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by 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-0220.

Addiction Counselors

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming. Counselor Skill Group: Legal, Ethical and Professional Development.

Social Workers

TPN.health, #1766, 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. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 continuing education credits.

 

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC 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-0654.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

Psychologists

TPN.health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by South Carolina Counseling Association. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants.
  • Waiting Room Opens
  • Workshop Begins
  • Workshop Ends
Note: Time designated for waiting room, breaks cannot be counted toward CE credit.
Ekom Essien, M.S., LPC

Ekom Essien has been practicing as a professional counselor for over a decade. He has worked in various settings, including hospitals, schools, universities, and private practice. Ekom has spent the last four years specializing in forensic mental health evaluations and teaching in Brenau University’s graduate psychology program as part-time faculty. He serves as the southern regional director for the National Board of Forensic Evaluators and is a doctoral candidate in Mercer University’s Counselor Education and Supervision program. Ekom is currently working on his dissertation on forensic mental health evaluations.

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