Updates to the American Psychological Association (APA) Telehealth Guidelines

Description

Stay ethically aligned and clinically competent in the digital age with the APA’s newly updated 2024 Guidelines for the Practice of Telepsychology. Navigating the rapidly evolving digital landscape requires psychologists to maintain strict ethical alignment and clinical competence under the American Psychological Association's updated standards. As telepsychology transitions from a temporary crisis-response framework to a permanent fixture of modern practice, mastering these shifting guidelines is critical to protecting client privacy and avoiding professional liability.

This online self-study course offers a comprehensive deep dive into the updated APA revisions, transforming a high-value live session into an accessible, on-demand educational experience. Clinicians can seamlessly review essential updates on data security, informed consent, and interjurisdictional compliance at their own pace to enhance remote service delivery.

Led by Dr. Amy Marschall, Psy.D., a licensed psychologist, certified telehealth provider, and author of the Telemental Health with Kids Toolbox, this training delivers insights grounded in extensive real-world practice. Dr. Marschall runs a private practice specializing in trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming care, bringing unmatched practical expertise to legal, ethical, and clinical documentation.

Dr. Marschall utilizes a highly engaging, transparent, and practical instructional approach that bridges the gap between complex administrative rules and daily practice. By integrating unscripted case examples, risk-management consultations, and real-life problem-solving strategies, she translates dry regulatory text into actionable clinical wisdom.

The course addresses core telepsychology competencies, focusing heavily on modern data security protocols, such as vetting Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) for home offices and navigating the hidden ethical gaps of emerging AI note-takers. Clinicians explore strict data disposal methods—ranging from HIPAA-compliant shredding to physical hard drive destruction—alongside critical guidelines for interjurisdictional compacts like PSYPACT. Additionally, the training covers tele-assessment standards, including the use of in-room proctors, and advanced emergency planning strategies that involve tracking regional crisis resources to prevent counterproductive emergency interventions.

Key Takeaways:

• Implement practical household BAAs: Learn how utilizing signed confidentiality templates with family members protects a home office against catastrophic privacy breaches and licensing board discipline.
• Navigate emerging tech liabilities: Understand the current risk-management stance on AI note-takers, recognizing how data gaps in transcription software can expose practices to ethical violations.
• Streamline interjurisdictional compliance: Discover mobile tools like telehealth law tracking applications to manage state-by-state reciprocity rules and strict originating-state requirements.

Why this course?

• Expert risk-management guidance: Access cutting-edge insights filtered through professional liability insurance standards and real-world clinical ownership.
• Flexible on-demand learning: Fulfill critical ethics continuing education requirements through a high-impact, one-hour recorded format that fits into any busy schedule.
• Actionable practice tools: Gain direct access to adaptable informed consent templates and clear, real-world strategies that immediately elevate clinical standards.

Learning Objectives:

• Apply updated APA telepsychology guidelines to ensure ethical, legal, and competent delivery of telepsychology services across diverse clinical scenarios.
• Evaluate informed consent processes and data security protocols to protect client confidentiality and privacy when conducting telepsychology.
• Analyze interjurisdictional, documentation, and emergency planning considerations to maintain compliance with evolving telehealth regulations and best practices.

If you’re a psychologist looking to meet ethical obligations or striving for best practices, this course offers a valuable opportunity to update your skills and improve your telehealth delivery. Embracing these modern telepsychology benchmarks allows you to fulfill your ethical obligations while significantly enhancing the quality of remote care you provide. Register today to update your clinical skills, build bulletproof administrative protocols, and move forward with absolute professional confidence.

Register now for this important training and feel confident that you're practicing at the highest ethical and professional standards.

Format and Access

This is a non-interactive, self-study course and consists of 1 hour of video instruction and a post-test.

Course Details

Availability: 

From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.

Who Should Attend: 

This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services. CE hours are offered for Psychologists only.

Teaching Methods: 

This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.

How to Attend: 

Course access and completion instructions.

Instructor and Disclosures

Instructor

About Amy Marschall, Psy.D.

Dr. Marschall earned her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut. She completed her pre-doctoral internship through the National Psychology Training Consortium and her post-doctoral residency at Family Psychological Center, PA.

Dr. Marschall has been in practice since 2016 and currently owns a private practice, RMH-Therapy, where she provides therapy primarily to children and adolescents and psychological evaluations. Her clinical specializations include trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming care, trauma therapy, autism, and ADHD. She also provides ADHD assessments through ADHD Online and therapy services through Spring Health. She teaches continuing education through PESI, Spring Health, and the Telehealth Certification Institute. Dr. Marschall is certified in telemental health and is the author of Telemental Health with Kids Toolbox and Telemental Health with Kids Toolbox: Volume 2.

She is also the author of the following:

• I Don’t Want To Be Bad: A CBT Workbook for Kids, Parents, and the Professionals who Help Them
• Clinical Documentation with Children and Adolescents
• A Year of Resiliency: 465 Journal Prompts to Become Your Strongest Self
• Armani Doesn’t Feel Well: A Book to Help Sick Kids.

She created a website, Resiliency Mental Health, to provide resources for therapists and anyone who wants to learn more about mental health.

Disclosure Statement: 

The instructor(s) for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.

CE Hours

Credit Hours:

This course consists of 1 ethics continuing education hour of credit. CE hours for this course are offered for Psychologists (APA) only.

Psychologists:

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Psychologists #PSY-0128.

This course is a non-interactive, online self-study.

Participants may request a printed version of their certificate of completion to be delivered by mail. A shipping/handling fee of $6.95 will be charged per request. Shipping internationally may require an additional charge.

Accommodations and Policies

Close Captioning is available for live webinars and recorded video presentations.

You can click on the following links to view our policies:

• Accommodations for Individuals with Disabilities.
• Cancellation Policy
• Grievance Policy
• Support Options
• Disclosure Statement