We Embrace the Professional Standards of IACET & New York State Education Department

This include but it's not limited to the following:

• As an informed practitioner, exercise professional judgment when providing professional services.
• Become familiar with the body of rules governing the practice of the professions in New York State.
• Be sensitive to professional ethics.
• Stay abreast of current issues in the health and mental health literature, especially the literature in your area(s) of expertise.
• Critically evaluate the context, including source, application, and results, of publicized findings regarding issues.
• Be aware of the issues concerning best practice, empirically supported treatments, and evidence based practice by taking courses, attending conferences/workshops, etc. to maintain continuing professional competence.
• Be aware of the usual and customary practice in an area.
• Know the boundaries of and utility of interventions chosen.
• Know the limitations/restrictions of patient characteristics as benefiting from empirically supported treatments to determine whether the recommended treatment is applicable.
• Make efforts to insure culturally competent practices which reflect knowledge of the impact of diversity on human behavior.
• Document your professional decisions about appropriate client care needs in your records, demonstrating your awareness of ethical and legal codes of professional practice.
• When you select treatments, be appropriately trained to implement these treatments competently.
• Regardless of the policies, practices or contracts with third party payers or other outside external agencies and entities, know that treatment decisions are ultimately the responsibility of the practitioner.