
Ethics Training #1: Writing Useful, Ethical, & Efficient Session Notes (2 mornings, April 2025).
Date & Time: April 7th & 8th, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. (MT). Dr. Dawn will share strategies she uses to complete session notes that offer continuation of care and involve the client in the charting process. She will offer recommendations to shift away from the medical charting method.


Time & Location
Apr 07, 2025, 9:00 a.m. MDT – Apr 08, 2025, 12:50 p.m. MDT
Online (via Zoom)
About the event
Welcome! An ethics PD training event with Dr. Dawn McBride is well known for overdelivering - packed with ample information presented in a dynamic, fast-paced style. During the training, you will be encouraged to "take what fits -and ditch or modify" any of Dawn's material since there are no shoulds - just ideas and recommendations designed to increase your efficiency and effectiveness in writing session notes.
A. CONTEXT to the ETHICS TRAINING SERIES:
THIS TRAINING --> Part #1 of 3 (WRITING ETHICAL SESSION NOTES) focuses on helping front-line counselling staff write session notes, with their work with adult clients, that are ethical, useful, meaningful, transparent, and efficient (ideally, written under 5 mins.). This is the event you are reading about :) BTW: The phrase "write smarter, not longer" comes from the work of Reamer, 2005.
Part #2 of 3 (ENHANCING YOUR CONSENT FORM & PROCESSES) explores the many topics you…