Leslie S. Tsukroff, MSW, LCSW
Psychotherapist • Consultant • Supervisor • Educator
License # NJ Social Work 44SC04781400
License # PA Social Work CW021709
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Psychotherapist: For over 25 years, Leslie has been providing psychotherapy to children, adolescents and adults in a safe, supportive and non-judgmental environment.
Practice Consultant: As New Jersey’s premier ethics consultant, Leslie offers a wide range of services for mental health practitioners focused on enhancing clinical skills, incorporating traditional business methods and minimizing malpractice risk.
Missed a workshop?
Leslie offers a series of Ethics Continuing Education workshops approved by the ASWB/ACE Individual Course/Conference Approval program for New Jersey social workers and social workers who are licensed in states that recognize ASWB/ACE Individual Course/Conference Approval. According to ASWB, most states accept courses with ACE Individual Course/Conference status. These courses are not accepted in New York and West Virginia.
CLICK HERE to verify your state's CE requirements.
She is also available to customize a presentation for your agency, hospital, organization or peer supervision/consultation group. Contact Leslie is you are interested in hosting/sponsoring a workshop.
WORKSHOPS CURRENTLY APPROVED BY THE ASWB INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE/COURSE APPROVAL PROGRAM:
Audit-Proof Progress Notes:
An In-Depth Look at Documentation and Record-Keeping in Private Practice
This workshop is designed for the intermediate clinician in private practice who wishes to gain a better understanding of how to create an audit-proof mental health progress note.
2 Clinical CEUs
Course Objectives:
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Outline key components of a mental health progress note in private practice
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Identify general documentation and record-keeping guidelines and apply them when writing mental health progress notes in private practice
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Identify the differences between progress notes and psychotherapy notes
New Dates Coming Soon
Missed this workshop?
Warning: Boundary Crossing Ahead
This course is designed for intermediate level social workers who serve as clinicians, managers, case workers, supervisors/supervisees, students, mentors and educators.
5 Ethics CEUs
Course Objectives:
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Identify and successfully manage challenging ethical dilemmas involving boundaries in social work practice
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Implement practical strategies to strengthen boundaries in the social worker/client supervisor/supervisee, and employer/employee relationships
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Develop ethically based, technology-related, policies and procedures for social workers in a variety of practice settings
Saturday, June 11, 2022- Virtual
9:00 AM- 3:00 PM EST
Everything You Need to Know:
Documentation in Private Practice
This workshop is designed for the intermediate level private practitioner who wishes to gain a better understanding of how to fulfill their ethical and legal obligations to create, maintain and protect their clients' clinical and financial case records.
5 Ethics CEUs
Course Objectives:
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Identify and apply general documentation and record-keeping guidelines
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Outline key elements of the clinical and financial case record
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Recite the essential features of a quality progress note
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Discuss ethical standards and legal mandates around privacy and confidentiality relating to clients and others access to the case record and the social worker's obligations to release/protect the client record
Sunday, July 17, 2022- Virtual
9:00 AM- 3:00 PM EST
Are You Ready for An Audit?
Diagnosing, Documenting, Billing and Coding in Private Practice
This workshop is designed for the intermediate level private practitioner who wants to avoid committing fraud and to gain a better understanding of the most accurate and ethical ways to diagnose, code, document and bill.
5 Ethics CEUs
Course Objectives:
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Identify fraudulent practices around billing, coding diagnosing and related clinical/billing documentation
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Outline key elements of avoiding fraudulent billing, diagnosing and related clinical/billing documentation
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Develop and implement practice policies and procedures around approaching ethical dilemmas involving clients' needs, desire for and access to clinical services
New dates coming soon
Missed this workshop?
Avoiding the Slippery Slope in Private Practice:
Managing Complex Ethical Issues
This course is designed for intermediate social workers in private practice.
5 Ethics CEUs
Course Objectives:
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Identify, approach, manage and avoid complicated ethical issues
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Recognize the most frequent ethical issues encountered by private practitioners
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Develop a framework to approach ethical decision-making
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Apply 6 key steps to reduce ethical malpractice risk
New dates coming soon
Using Technology in Social Work Practice:
Ethical and Legal Implications
Although this workshop is designed for the intermediate level social worker, this course is applicable to all social workers who use or plan to use any form of digital technology (ex. e-mail, text, video-conferencing, EHRs) in their work as professional social workers.
5 Ethics CEUs
Course Objectives:
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Cite the various laws, ethical guidelines and regulatory standards that impact their use of digital technology in social work practice.
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Apply the information received to guide them as they develop and implement technology related policies and procedures.
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Apply, analyze and integrate ethical and legal principals into their use of digital technology in social work practice.
New dates coming soon