14 Essential Telemental Health Informed Consent Elements (2 Hour Webinar)
2 CE Hours Available
Are you confused about telemental health informed consent? As the industry leader in telemental health professional training, the Telebehavioral Health Institute will give clear and concise answers to these questions (and more):
- How is the informed consent process different from the document you ask your patients/clients to sign?
- How specific does the telemental health informed consent need to be regarding various technologies (email, text messaging, video, apps, social media)?
- How can you use your informed consent process to help you prevent and manage emergencies?
- How do privacy and security laws (HIPAA/HITECH Act in the US; PIPEDA in Canada, etc.) impact what you put in your informed consent document?
- What do you need to include in your informed consent document when your patient/client is in an unsupervised setting, such as their home?
- What should you mention in your informed consent when you work from your home or other non-traditional setting?
- Which 5 key points does the American Telemedicine Association and other leading associations suggest you include in your telemental health practice informed consent?
- How might your state law and professional association ethical code differ in terms of informed consent — and why it is important that you comply with both!
- Which clauses might be be best to use in an informed consent document?
- Should the informed consent document for telebehavioral or telemental health informed consent simply be an addendum that includes your regular informed consent, or should it be a separate document?
- How do different professional association guidelines agree or disagree about which elements should be included in the informed consent for telemental health?
- When should an attorney be consulted for developing an informed consent process and supporting document?
Event Details: 14 Essential Telemental Health Informed Consent Elements Webinar
- Where: 100% Online
- Fully recorded and available 24/7 after the event to review anytime for 6 months from registration date
- What: Live & recorded event includes access, slides, and handout
- Cost: $98 (includes 2-CE Hours)
Learning Objectives
- Name at least 5 issues addressed by published professional association standards and guidelines for telemental health that can be handled most easily and efficiently through an informed consent process and electronic document
- List at least 5 documentation-specific requirements that can be addressed by a proper informed consent process
- Intelligently discuss how to handle employers who minimize your concerns about informed consent
TBHI Faculty
Dr. Maheu has been an industry leader in telebehavioral health since 1994. With four textbooks, dozens of book chapters and journal articles to her name, as well as having educated more than 20,000 clinicians, she is in a unique position to guide you or your organization in finding a maximally profitable niche in this rapidly expanding market. She has given more than 400 professional presentations is a master at getting to the point and answering your questions with clear, actionable, evidence-based suggestions both quickly and accurately.
This program is for beginning and intermediate-level “telepractitioners” and “telesupervisors” wishing to deliver telemental health services in these disciplines:
- Psychiatrists, Internists, Pediatricians, Gerontologists, Nurses, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners
- Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Therapists, Marriage & Family Therapists
- Speech Pathologists, Dietitians, Occupational Therapists, Behavioral Analysts, Substance Use Professionals
- CEOs, COOs, Administrators, Billing & Coding Staff
Webinar Includes:
- Webinar video recording, presentation slides, and webinar handout
- Access to the power and interactivity of the most cutting-edge technology available today for learning (login is required)
- Ability to take your post-test and course evaluation online
- Printable course completion certificate for your licensing board
- Access to TMHI Community Forum to ask related questions
- Full customer support
- 100% money-back guarantee for 30 days!
- This program is approved for 2 CE Hours, applicable toward state requirements for Legal/Ethical Continuing Education. TBHI is approved by several CE-approval providing groups to sponsor CE Hours. Please review our provider information at telehealth.org/continuing-education. (We recommend you confirm with your licensing board that they accept our CE provider status. If you have any questions, please contact us.)
Cost: $98
Please note: To gain access to your training materials, you will be asked to create a training profile and register your TBHI training account. Once this has been completed, your webinar materials will be added to your training account within 2 business days.
Need an informed consent template? — Add for $75
Add the TBHI informed consent template to use with your clients/patients for $150 $75
This discounted informed consent template is only available as a companion to this webinar or our Legal and Ethical II course.
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*Multiple discounts do not apply
Frequently Asked Questions:
Click questions below for detailed answers.
All TBHI webinars are recorded, allowing you to review the content at your own pace. Once you create your training profile and register your TBHI training account, your webinar materials will be added to your training account within 2 business days.
Available 100% online and accessible 24/7, you can complete each webinar anytime within 6 months from date of purchase. If you need more time to complete your webinars, extended access is available for a modest fee ($45) for an additional increment of 6 months. To extend your access, go to telehealth.org/6-month-extension.
Good question! When you sign up for a live TBHI webinar, you will receive an email outlining how to join the live event as well as how to log into your training account to find the webinar resources. These emails are sent the day-before as well as the day-of the live events.
Please Note: If you do not receive these emails, it is possible that your email provider has mistaken us as spam. We recommend that you check your spam or trash folder, and add “contact@telehealth.org” to your contact list to get all important information.
To take advantage of all that the webinar has to offer, log into your TBHI training account to access the additional webinar features including the webinar replay recording (available 24-hours after the live event), presentation slides, CE certificate, webinar handout, and private discussion forum.
Each webinar comes with 1-CE Hour (unless otherwise indicated).
- View webinar and pass post-test online
- Submit webinar course evaluation
- Print your Course Completion Certificate immediately for your licensing board
For details, see ‘Continuing Education’ section below.
The American Psychological Association (APA), the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC), and the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) have approved CE Hours for TBHI training.
Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Social Workers, & Counselors are formally approved in California and approved by most other states, by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS).
For details, see ‘Continuing Education’ section below.
If your board requires live attendance in order to receive credit, you must meet the following criteria within 24-hours of the live event:
- Attend the live webinar event
- Pass the post-test
- Complete the course evaluation
- Print your course certificate
Please note, after the 24-hour period, all course certificates will indicate the course title as ‘Recorded Webinar.’ Due to CE provider regulations, we will not be able to accommodate any requests for access to a ‘live’ CE certificate after this live event period closes.
With our 100% money-back guarantee, you can get a refund within 30 days if for any reason you are not satisfied with your purchase, as long as you have not yet created any CE certificate(s) to send to your licensing board. We stand behind our training 100% and aim to deliver more than we promise. Just send an email to our Contact Center if you would like a refund, and please reference the receipt number from your purchase. If on the other hand, you simply want to get help with the webinar you purchased, be sure to mention the name of the webinar and supply us with your telephone number, in case your email address is non-responsive.
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Continuing Education Approvals (for most States & Provinces)
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Psychologists — American Psychological Association (APA)
Telebehavioral Health Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Telebehavioral Health Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Social Workers — Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
The Telebehavioral Health Institute, Inc. (TBHI), provider #1328, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Telebehavioral Health Institute, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval Period: 11/18/2016 – 11/18/2019. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits. Please note that ASWB does not award CE Hours for training related to marketing.
Addiction Professionals — NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)
The Telebehavioral Health Institute, Inc. (TBHI) is officially on file with NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) as an Approved Education Provider. TBHI has been approved as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider. NAADAC Provider #159459, Telebehavioral Health Institute, is responsible for all aspects of their programing.
Counselors — National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
The Telebehavioral Health Institute, Inc. (TBHI) has been approved by National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No. 6708. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC Credit are clearly identified. TBHI is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
CE Broker
The Telebehavioral Health Institute (TBHI) reports continuing education to CE Broker in some states. Licensed professionals should contact Telebehavioral Health Institute to determine if TBHI is active with CE Broker in their state and discipline. When contacting TBHI, please provide your licensure details and the specific name of your state licensing board.
California Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, Counselors & Nurses — California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS)
When California MFTs, LCSWs and LPCCs turn in certificates to the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS), they will accept the CE credit hours based on TBHI’s APA approval.
The Telebehavioral Health Institute, Inc. (TBHI) has partnered with Alliant International University to bring you Continuing Education for the training you complete at TBHI. Alliant is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing to provide continuing education for Nurses (provider #CEP11235). Alliant maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
— NOTE —
Please verify the appropriateness of TBHI training for your needs by contacting your state/provincial board or your state/provincial professional organization. Some state and provincial regulations are in flux, complex and can be confusing. Some require additional documentation. Some states restrict the number of CE hours you can complete online. TBHI is does not accept responsibility for being aware of or meeting your state’s regulatory or licensing requirements.
TBHI Training has also been approved for AMA CME Hours. Contact us for details.
