Event Description
This training was developed in response to the passage of House Bill 68, which has become law in Ohio. The law contains significant practice changes for social workers and other behavioral healthcare providers. Much of the new law created by HB 68 affects the ability of minors to access medical gender-affirming care, but HB 68 also places restrictions on behavioral health professionals’ ability to provide gender-affirming mental healthcare to gender diverse youth. This law contradicts the ethical codes of practice for social workers and behavioral health care professionals as it relates to clients’ confidentiality, commitment to non-discrimination and alignment with evidence-based practice. This law is an unprecedented change to behavioral health practice.
The purpose of this training is to provide behavioral health professionals with the knowledge and tools needed to provide high-quality person-centered care to transgender and gender non-conforming individuals in Ohio while navigating legal threats to gender-affirming care. It will include a gender-affirming care (GAC) overview; practical analysis of legislative attacks on GAC and the implications for behavioral healthcare; risk and liability management; responsive informed consent and documentation practice licensing; and in-depth ethical decision making.
Approved for 6 ethics CEUs for social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, chemical dependency and psychology licensees.
Open to current students, faculty and staff, and field supervisors/liaisons associated with Case Western Reserve University.
In-person registration begins at 8:45 a.m. on March 29, and will be capped at 70 attendees.
Event Location
Mandel Center, Room 108
11402 Bellflower Road
Cleveland, OH 44106
OR
Zoom
