SWK 678 - Telebehavioral Health Social Work Practice with Individuals

This course is a continuation of the Foundations of Telebehavioral Health in Social Work Practice course and focuses on telebehavioral health practice with individuals. It addresses identifying a client population, client issues, and best practice online mediums for identified client populations. Students in this course will develop online assessments and evaluation measurements for individuals. Students will create an emergency plan and develop information and referral resources. Students will also develop telebehavioral health policies that are necessary for telebehavioral health practice. Students will evaluate and analyze secure, HIPAA-compliant video conferencing platforms used in telebehavioral health practice. Students will evaluate third party reimbursement and payment policies and procedures for telebehavioral health services. Additionally, students will examine the importance of maintaining ongoing consultation and supervision for telebehavioral health practice. Using technology to provide telebehavioral health services to individuals requires comfortability with the online medium used. Accordingly, this course includes role play opportunities using different online mediums. This will also include process recordings, evaluation of recorded sessions, and completion of treatment plan and progress notes.