Practice Pointers
Link to any of these short articles designed to address common professional dilemmas faced by social workers like yourself and to provide suggestions that could reduce your exposure to an ethics complaint, licensing complaint or malpractice suit.
- Burned Out: And at Risk
(Spring 2004) - The "Distance Counseling" Cyberfrontier, Part I
(Spring 2004) - The "Distance Counseling" Cyberfrontier, Part II
(Spring 2004) - Client Records: Keep or Toss?
(Winter 2003) - Supervisor Beware: Reducing Your Exposure to Vicarious Liability
(Winter 2003) - Malpractice & The Suicidal Client
(Winter 2003) - Facing a Malpractice Claim
Volume 3, No. 3 (Winter 2002) - Divorce Mediation: Facilitating A Resolution
Volume 3, No. 2 (Winter 2002) - Avoiding Insurance Coverage Gaps
Volume 3, No. 1 (Winter 2002) - Computer Security: A Moving Target
Volume 2, No. 3 (Spring 2001) - Liability and the Office Staff
Volume 2, No. 2 (Spring 2001) - Retiring from Practice
Volume 2, No. 1 (Spring 2001) - Managed Care Contracts
Volume 1, No. 12 (Winter 2001) - Allegations of Child Abuse
Volume 1, No. 11 (Winter 2001)
Revised February 2002 - Child Custody and Consent to Treatment
Volume 1, No. 10 (Winter 2001) - Professional Competence
Volume 1, No. 9 (Fall 2000) - Insuring Against Educational Malpractice
Volume 1, No. 8 (Fall 2000) - Educational Malpractice
Volume 1, No. 7 (Fall 2000) - Changing Your Records
Volume 1, No. 6 (Spring 2000) - Sharing Office Space
Volume 1, No. 5 (Spring 2000) - Supervision
Volume 1, No. 4 (Spring 2000) - Collecting Fees
Volume 1, No. 3 (Winter 2000) - Insurance Billing Practices
Volume 1, No. 2 (Winter 2000) - Referrals
Volume 1, No. 1 (Winter 2000)
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