Ethical Issues in Child Advocacy Services

Join Dr. Michael Gillette in this highly interactive, case based full day
seminar which will provide attendees with an opportunity to discuss a variety
of ethical issues related to child advocacy services.  We will begin by
reviewing a practical approach to ethical analysis that will help the attendees better manage ethical issues that they encounter in their professional lives. We will then move on to discuss a variety of case studies designed to
highlight ethical issues such as professional boundaries, management ethics
in child welfare services, confidentialilty and the management of competing interests and concerns among providers, family members and children, and
the ethics of working in a cross-disciplinary environment.  

This training will benefit anyone who works on a collaborative multidisciplinary team to respond to child abuse: Child Advocacy Center staff, forensic interviewers, law enforcement, child protective services, prosecutors, victim advocates, mental health and medical providers.  

"Dr. Gillette challenged our team to confront our own assumptions and think logically about how we make decisions. We left with a road map for better interdisciplinary collaboration based on a heightened awareness of the connection between roles, ethics, and ethical decision making. After working with Dr. Gillette, our team had a much better understanding of differing perspectives on the MDT and ways to move forward productively even when there is not total agreement."  
CAC Director, Virginia

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 from 9:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
at the Holiday Inn Express, Lexington, VA
lunch on your own from 12:00-1:00

COST - $60 per person

 Michael A. Gillette, Ph.D.

 Dr. Gillette attended Brandeis University as an undergraduate  where he graduated magna-cum-laude with majors in  philosophy and classical Greek and was elected Phi Beta Kappa.  He went to Brown University for his Masters and Ph.D. in  Philosophy where he wrote a doctoral dissertation entitled  "Paternalism in Psychiatric Medicine: A Philosophical  Perspective".  Dr. Gillette has taught philosophy at several  colleges and universities, received tenure at Randolph-Macon  Woman's College, published several articles in the field of  clinical ethics and has received numerous teaching awards.  He  is presently President of Bioethical Services of Virginia, Inc., a medical ethics consulting business that works with a wide range of healthcare providers to support their ethics programs.  Dr. Gillette also has experience in local government, serving on Lynchburg City Council from 2004-2016 and as Lynchburg's Mayor from 2012-2016, and has consulted with local governing bodies regarding public sector ethics.  In addition to providing extensive policy and case consultation services to a variety of different organizations, Dr. Gillette is a dynamic speaker who presents to audiences around the country.  

GROUP LODGING is available
for Wednesday night., Sept. 22 at the per diem rate of $89 + tax at the
Holiday Inn Express, 880 N. Lee Hwy., Lexington, VA  24450.   
Please call 540-463-7351 & use code CAV when making reservations.

CUT-OFF DATE FOR GROUP RATE IS MONDAY, AUGUST 22

Complimentary wifi
Complimentary hot breakfast each morning 6:30-10:00
Complimentary parking