Acronym
Law/Regulations
Ethics
Responsibilities
General
100
Free and Appropriate Education
FAPE
100
To treat all counselees fairly and to be egalitarian—decision must be fair to all concerned.
Justice
100
Written defamatory statements.
Libel
100
Principle that individuals will be held accountable for any harm they cause to other members of society.
Tort Law
100
Pertains to beliefs and attitudes that provide direction to everyday living, whereas ethics pertain to the belief held about what constitutes “right” conduct.
Values
200
What supervising panel sets national standards, developed the Counselor Education Comprehensive Exam which this program uses, and is based in Greensboro?
NBCC - National Board for Certified Counselors
200
A contest authorized by law, in a court of justice, for the purpose of enforcing a right.
Litigation
200
Individuals work for the “good” of the group/client/society/system.
Beneficence
200
Involves accounting for time, daily attendance, adherence to school policies; usually provided by the school principal.
Administrative Supervision
200
A form which the client signs to allow for the disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in the student's educational or counseling records.
Release of Information
300
Parents may have their child re-evaluated by an outside agency or service.
IEE - Independent Educational Evaluation
300
Appointed by the state to take responsibility of a child and given authority to make decisions in the child’s best interests.
Legal Guardian
300
Deliberate or purposeful behavior
Intentionality
300
To inform endangered individuals of an identifiable threat.
Duty to Warn
300
Mental health is seen as occurring on a continuum from healthy to dysfunctional.
Wellness Model
400
A note taking format of therapeutic sessions to provide clear and concise documentation of the client’s continuum of care.
SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan)
400
If designated under law, a judge may not force the professional involved to disclose what was said in the counseling relationship.
Privileged Communication
400
The highest standards of conduct to which professional counselors can envision and requires that counselors do more than simply meet the letter of the ethical codes; going above and beyond the call of duty.
Aspirational Ethics
400
Counselor’s responsibility to act in a manner that protects the counselee and/or warns potential victims of client’s action.
Duty to Protect
400
An empty space or missing part; a tear in your moral fabric.
Lacuna(e)
500
This legislation guarantees that parents and eligible students (18 and over) be informed of their rights: they are permitted to review educational records; ensure that the institution does not give out personally identifiable information without written consent; and have permission to see the institution’s record of disclosures.
FERPA - Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act of 1974; aka Buckley Amendment
500
Anyone who makes a report to the county department of social services is safe from any civil or criminal liability provided that the person was acting in good faith.
NC G.S. 7B-309- Immunity
500
Historical truth; based on cognition, authority and tradition; “natural law”.
Logical Truth
500
Revealing relevant details on a need to know basis within a professional setting to improve the level of services for a client.
Qualified Privilege
500
A command to a witness to come to court and produce documents; literally, “Come and bring the papers!”
Subpoena Duces Tecum
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