Ethics Educators
For psychologists and psychology educators, ethics influences how future professionals approach care, consultation, supervision, advocacy, and accountability across diverse academic and clinical training environments. If you teach ethics, supervise interns and postdocs, or educate future psychologists, your guidance helps trainees turn ethical standards into daily professional judgment through every lecture, consultation, case discussion, and corrective conversation.
Ethics teachers translate complex ethical principles into actionable guidance that shapes how the next generation of psychologists will practice with confidence and integrity. The Pennsylvania Psychological Association recognizes the unique challenges you face and is committed to supporting your ongoing development.
Join us for the annual Ethics Educators event on October 23, 2026, and earn 6 CE credits while connecting with fellow ethics educators. This full-day program addresses evolving challenges you encounter in training settings, from safety and self-care to diversity and remedial supervision. This support can help you bring renewed clarity, connection, and practical perspective to your teaching.
Strengthening Your Practice Through Shared Expertise
Throughout the program, you’ll explore practical, ethics-focused topics designed to support your teaching, supervision, and training responsibilities. Together, these sessions offer space to reflect on your role as an educator, exchange strategies with peers, and leave with ideas you can apply in upcoming training conversations.
- Safety as Self-Care: Ethics and Situational Awareness: Led by Donald McAleer, PsyD, ABPP; Molly Cowan, PsyD; Brett Schur, PhD; and Valerie Lemmon, PsyD, this workshop covers personal and professional safety as critical competencies in training. You’ll learn practical frameworks to help trainees identify threatening situations and incorporate safety-related ideas into supervision.
- Practice What You Teach: Developing Self-Care as an Ethical Competency in Graduate Training: Randy Fingerhut, PhD, and Maria Turkson, PhD, address a challenge many educators witness firsthand. This workshop explores how doctoral programs can integrate self-care more effectively and offers concrete strategies for fostering a culture that prioritizes student welfare.
- Ethical Issues in Remedial Supervision: Following the Ethics Educators Award Presentation and lunch, Donald McAleer, PsyD, ABPP; David Zehrug, PhD; and Brett Schur, PhD, will help you navigate the complexities of supervision in training and remedial contexts. You’ll examine common supervisory errors and the vital principles underlying effective leadership.
- Ethics in Action: Systems, Diversity, and Ethics in Psychological Practice: Presented by John D. Gavazzi, PsyD, ABPP; Jeanne Slattery, PhD; and Linda Knauss, PhD, ABPP, this interactive session demonstrates a case-based teaching approach using the SHAPE decision-making model. You’ll explore how macro-environmental factors intersect with ethical decision-making and examine ways to identify bias in diagnostic processes while maintaining professional boundaries.
Connect With Your Community of Ethics Educators
Gather to build relationships with colleagues who understand the complexities of teaching ethics and support one another in this essential work. Registration closes October 20, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.
Registration is $100 for PPA members, $200 for nonmembers, and $30 for student members. Please note that CE credit is not awarded with student registration.
Join PPA and Strengthen Your Professional Community
PPA membership connects you with a community of Pennsylvania psychologists committed to advancing education, ethics, advocacy, and community welfare. Members receive significant discounts on continuing education programs, specialized resources, and consultation support. When you join PPA, you invest in your professional growth and the collective strength of our field.
