ACA Code E or ASCA A.14
Counselors do not misuse assessment results and interpretation and they take reasonable steps to prevent others from misusing the information.
What is Client Welfare E.1.b. or ASCA A.14.g.?
You're working in an accessibility office. You realize that you've sent a student/client's assessment data to the student's teacher, not the psychologist as initially intended.
What is E.4. Release of Data to Qualified Personnel or ASCA A.14.c or g?
Your supervisor asks you to administer a inkblot test to a client who does not speak English. You've not administered this test before, nor were you trained to. Additionally, you only speak English.
What is E.2.a. Limits of Competence?
Counselors release data in which client/student is identified only with the permission of the client/student and only released to those persons qualified to interpret the data
What is E.4. Release of Data to Qualified Professionals or ASCA A.14.c. or g.?
You begin to use the MMSE on the client. The client indicates that English is not their native language.
What is E.8. Multicultural Issues/Diversity in Assessment or ASCA A.14.a?
After a long day of clients, you score client results on the SCL-90R. The next day, you're discussing results with a client and realize you made a scoring mistake.
What is E.2.b. Appropriate Use?
Counselors explain the nature and purpose of the assessment and the use of the results. The explanation will be given in the language of the client/student.
What is Explanation to Clients- E.3.a. or ASCA A.14.f.?
A counselor conducts an intelligence test with a Latino client. The counselor realizes that the test may not accurately reflect the client's abilities due to cultural biases.
What is E.5.b. Cultural Sensitivity, E.5.c. Historical and Social Prejudices in the Diagnosis of Pathology, or E.8. Multicultural Issues/Diversity in Assessment, or ASCA A.14.a.?
Your client enters a college counseling center. Once checked-in, the desk worker hands them the SCL-90R and instructs them to take the assessment. Meanwhile, down the hall, a class is playing a loud game (say personal trivia baseball). The game is so loud, the client can't focus. You decide to have the client take the remainder of the assessment in your office.
What is E.7.b. Provision of Favorable Conditions?
Counselors use with caution assessment techniques that were normed on populations other than that of the client.
What is Multicultural Issues/Diversity in Assessment E.8. or ASCA A.14.h.?
A counselor is pressured by a student/client's parent to administer an ADHD assessment to their child, despite the child's reluctance.
What is E.1.a. Assessment, E.1.b. Client Welfare, or E.3.b. Recipients of Results or ASCA A.14.d. or f.?
Your client is in a bitter custody battle after their divorce. One day the client asks: "I've told you how they [their ex-partner] act and what they say, isn't that enough for you to assess their behavior. Can't you say that they are unfit as a parent?" *Note your client does NOT indicate the presence of any abusive behaviors
What is E.13.c. Client Evaluation Prohibited?
Counselors should use assessment to collect multiple types of data
What is Instrument Selection E.6. or ASCA A.14.e.?
To fully understand a client's career values and interests, you administer a value card sort and a Strong Interest Inventory.
What is E.6.a. Appropriateness of Instruments or ASCA A.14.e.?
A counselor administers a trauma assessment to a client and discovers past experiences of abuse. The client requests that the counselor not document the findings in their file due to concerns about confidentiality.
What is E.9.a., Reporting? Any others?