Ethical & Legal
Issues
Issues
Must act in the best interests of the client and may be subject to legal and ethical ramifications if found not doing so.
Who is a Licensed Professional Counselor?
Only a few state regulatory boards address online practice, but no states do this.
What is prohibit it?
Therapy designed specifically for young children who have behavioral problems.
What is Parent-Child Interaction Therapy?
Before releasing any information, school counselors have an ethical responsibility to ask permission from this subject.
Who is the student client?
When it comes to private practice, out of pocket costs and the need for parental consent can contribute to this.
What is inhibiting children from pursuing counseling?
Ensures effective treatment, protects from risk of abuse or homelessness, protects from third parties, increases cooperation in treatment, and can work to improve the parent-child relationship.
What is confidentiality?
Increases access to therapists when not available in person, reduces waiting times, increases engagement, and provides a comfortable environment to reduce anxiety in children.
What is online or distance counseling?
A play-based therapy aimed at reducing stress in the parent-child relationship.
What is Child-Parent Relationship Therapy?
The students they serve, the parents or guardians of those students, and the school system.
Who are the three groups to whom school counselor’s balance their ethical and legal responsibilities?
This is an ethical consideration that counselors are not able to guarantee for minors.
What is blanket confidentiality?
When a minor is seeking counseling for drug addiction, STDs, pregnancy or birth control, or following a report of sexual assault, this statue may no longer apply.
What is informed consent?
Includes strategies such as using selected video games to teach thinking and executive functioning skills both in the office and as part of therapy homework.
What is Digital Play Therapy?
Method of child therapy practices that involves the use of toys.
What is Child-Centered Play Therapy?
Has a legal obligation to obtain parental consent for counseling unless specified by state law.
Who is a school counselor?
What is to ensure that children receive effective treatment?
These parties must be involved at the onset of counseling when discussing confidentiality of treating a minor.
Who are the parent(s) and the child client?
The clients intellectual, emotional, and physical capabilities to use the technology application; the appropriateness of the technology; the client understanding of the purpose and operation of the technology; and a follow-up of client use.
What are measures that professional counselors must take when technology applications are used in counseling services?
Therapy for children who gravitate towards visual and tactile activities.
What is Art Therapy?
Competence level of minor, potential risks and consequences, seriousness of problem, and pertinent laws.
What are factors a counselor must consider regarding when to counsel minors without parental consent.
While minors have an ethical right to privacy and confidentiality, parents and guardians have this.
What is a legal right?
Counselors balance the ethical rights of client choice and autonomy, client capacity to give consent, parental or familial rights, and legal obligations in these instances.
When counseling minors or persons unable to give voluntary informed consent?
Potential concerns related to privacy, confidentiality, boundaries, appropriateness of use, documentation, counselor competence, misrepresentation, and knowledge of application represent this.
What are ethical issues with the use of technology in counseling?
Therapy to help kids learn how to express themselves in appropriate ways, identify triggers and unhelpful thought patterns, use problem-solving skills, and learn strategies to calm down.
What is Child Anger Management Therapy?
School counselors who receive information of serious and foreseeable danger may need to break confidence under these terms.
What are limits of confidentiality?
This step is encouraged in order to give counselors an opportunity to see how children behave in the presence of their parents or guardians and to help establish boundaries.
What is involving parents or guardians in the initial meeting of the counseling process?