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What is 2014
Counselors act to avoid ___________ their clients.
What is harming?
Counselors protect the private information of prospective and current clients. Counselors share information only with appropriate consent or with sound legal/ethical justification.
What is confidentiality?
To protect client ______, counseling supervisors have a primary obligation to monitor the services provided by supervisees
What is welfare
Counselors continually ______ their effectiveness as professionals and take steps to improve when necessary
What is monitor
In what year was the first Code (only 5 pages long) published?
What is 1961
Concept that proves clients have the freedom to choose whether or not to enter into a counseling relationship and provides adequate information about the counseling process and the counselor
What is informed consent?
In minimal _____, clients are informed before confidential information is disclosed, to the extent possible, and involve clients in the decision-making process.
What is disclosure
Counselor educators teach about _____ to ensure that students are aware of the ethical responsibilities and standards of the profession and the ethical responsibilities of students to the profession
What is ethics
Counselors practice only within the boundaries of their ________, based on their education, training, supervised experience, and appropriate professional experience.
What is competence (or scope)
The ACA code of ethics contains ____ main sections
What is 9
Informed consent, avoiding harm, respecting client rights, maintaining boundaries...which of these does not fall under The Counseling Relationship section of the ACA Code of Ethics
What is respecting client rights
Multicultural/diversity considerations, multiple clients, couple and family counseling, contagious/life-threatening diseases...which of these does not fall under Confidentiality section of the ACA Code of Ethics
What is multiple clients
Conducting research, online supervision, ethical responsibilities, counselor educators...which of these does not fall under the Supervision/Education section of the ACA Code of Ethics
What is conducting research
Qualified for employment, accurate advertising, recruiting through employment, reasonable precautions...which of these is not part of the Professional Responsibility section of the ACA Code of Ethics
What is reasonable precautions
The number of fundamental principles of professional ethical behavior included in the Code of Ethics.
What is 6?
Counselors obtain client _____ prior to engaging in counseling or advocacy efforts.
What is consent?
In ____, counselors clearly explain the importance and parameters of confidentiality for the specific gathering of people.
What is group work
Supervisors or supervisees have the right to ____ the supervisory relationship with adequate notice
What is terminate
Counselors recognize the need for ________ to acquire and maintain a reasonable level of awareness of current professional information in their fields of activity
What is continuing education
Any two of the nine main sections that are addressed in the ACA Code of Ethics.
What is the counseling relationship, confidentiality & privacy, professional responsibility, relationships with other professionals, supervision, distance counseling/technology/social media, evaluation/assessment/interpretation, research/publication, and resolving ethical issues
Sexual and/or romantic counselor-client interactions or relationships with former clients, their romantic partners or their family members are prohibited for a period of _________ following the last professional contact
What is 5 years
Under respect for ____, Information shared in a consulting relationship is discussed for professional purposes only
What is privacy
Students and supervisess monitor themselves for signs of _____ from their own physical, mental or emotional problems
What is impairment
What do you call the expectation for counselors to make a reasonable effort to provide services to the public for little or no financial return
What is contributing to the public good/pro bono