The Ethical Thread: Ethics as the Foundation of Professional Competency
1 CE Hour.
Professional ethics are integral to the APA profession-wide competencies and serve as a foundational component of doctoral psychology internship training. This session explores how internship programs can effectively integrate competency development in the area of Ethical and Legal Standards throughout their curricula. Best practices for delivering ethics training at the internship level—as well as common challenges and strategies to address them—will be discussed.
Description
1 CE Hour.
Professional ethics are integral to the APA profession-wide competencies and serve as a foundational component of doctoral psychology internship training. This session explores how internship programs can effectively integrate competency development in the area of Ethical and Legal Standards throughout their curricula. Best practices for delivering ethics training at the internship level—as well as common challenges and strategies to address them—will be discussed.
Learning Objectives
Attendees will be able to:
- Describe the specific behaviors associated with internship level competency in the area of Ethical and Legal Standards.
- List 2 strategies for promoting interns’ ability to recognize and appropriately manage ethical problems as they arise.
- Identify at least 2 solutions to common challenges in the training of Ethical and Legal Standards.












