4 Hours | 4 CEs

This on-demand professional training program on Ethics in Forensic Practice and is presented by Michelle R. Guyton, Ph.D., ABPP, in partnership with The American Academy of Forensic Psychology. 

This program uses a case-based approach with active discussion to consider several ethical issues pertaining to forensic practice. Cases focus on competence in general and with culturally and linguistically diverse individuals and manage complex professional relationships. Ethical principles from psychology and psychiatry are explored and applied to different cases.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

  • Describe and distinguish main ethical mandates in civil and criminal forensic cases

  • Describe and utilize an ethical decision-making model to manage a range of ethical dilemmas in forensic matters

  • Describe key ethical principles and obligations as applied to a number of diversity issues

Presented By

Michelle R. Guyton, PhD, ABPP

Michelle Guyton co-owns the Northwest Forensic Institute, providing evaluations and education in forensic psychology since 2008. She is a licensed psychologist and certified forensic evaluator in Oregon. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degree in psychology at Sam Houston State University and her doctorate at the University of Utah. She is one of five board-certified forensic psychologists in the state and the first female to hold this status. In Oregon since 2005, Dr. Guyton worked at the School of Graduate Psychology at Pacific University in Hillsboro, Oregon for ten years. There she functioned as an assistant then tenured associate professor, director of the forensic track, and in other administrative capacities. She and her students presented papers and posters at a variety of regional, national, and international conferences focused on forensic and correctional psychology. She has published in the area of violence risk assessment, inmates’ adjustment to prison, and forensic assessment instruments. Dr. Guyton also worked at the Oregon Department of Corrections where she provided treatment and assessment services to male and female inmates with serious mental illnesses. Dr. Guyton is the director of the Oregon Forensic Evaluator Training Program since its inception in 2012, a state-contracted program that provides initial and recertification trainings for evaluators conducting competency and criminal responsibility evaluations. She is the training director for NWFI’s postdoctoral fellowship and practicum student programs. Dr. Guyton also provides trainings to forensic mental health professionals, lawyers, judges, and other justice-related agencies. She provides consultation to attorneys, government agencies, and other psychologists. In the criminal forensic domain, she conducts evaluations that focus on fitness to proceed, criminal responsibility, sentencing, other competency issues, violence and psychosexual risk assessments. Dr. Guyton also conducts evaluations in the civil domain, including IMEs, personal injury, testamentary capacity, and fitness-for-duty evaluations.
  • Intended Audience

    This self-paced program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals.

  • Experience Level

    This self-paced program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.

  • CE / CPD Credit

    APA, ASWB, CPA, NBCC Click here for state and other regional board approvals.

Curriculum

    1. Review Before Proceeding

    1. Lesson 1 Video

    2. APA Ethics Code

    3. Lesson Quiz

    1. Lesson 2 Video

    2. Lesson Quiz

    1. Lesson 3 Video

    2. APA guidelines on race and ethnicity

    3. APA multicultural guidelines

    4. APA Guidelines for the Practice of Telepsychology

    5. Lesson Quiz

    1. Lesson 4 Video

    2. Lesson Quiz

    1. Lesson 5 Video

    2. Lesson Quiz

About this course

  • $200.00
  • 17 lessons
  • 3.5 hours of video content

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American Academy of Forensic Psychology

We are proud to partner with the American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP) for this training. AAFP is a non-profit organization of board certified forensic psychologists whose mission is to contribute to the development and maintenance of forensic psychology as a specialized field of study, research and practice. The Academy does this by providing high quality continuing education workshops, providing a forum for the exchange of scientific information among its members, and conferring awards upon outstanding students and practitioners in the field of forensic psychology.

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