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List 2 facts about receiving gifts from clients:
1. You can't decline a small gift of $20 or less.
2. You can accept and be respectful to client's background and cultural beliefs.
What is Bartering?
(Don't work for chickens)
Exchanging goods for services is only acceptable when it does not harm client.
Establish appropriate fees and discuss openly w/clients on how non-payment of fees is handled.
Know your value you are not going to work for free.
How many years do you have to wait if you want a romantic relationship with client?
5 years
Define extending counseling boundaries.
Counselors should consider the risks and benefits of extending current counseling relationships.
-weddings, graduation, funerals.
Counselors take appropriate professional precautions such as informed consent, consultation, supervision, and documentation to ensure no harm is done.
Dual relationships
(also known as "multiple relationships") results when a counselor has another signifcant relationship with the client that hinders objectivity. Exceptions are made only in instances where an individual’s situation warrants counseling intervention and another alternative is unavialable. Counseling a co-worker who just had a panic attack at work with a counselor being 150 miles away.
US. Rehabilitation Act 1973 (Section 504)
civil rights law that protects individuals with disabilities from discrimination.
504 Plan
accommodations or other special considerations the student is entitled to receive.
Tarasoff Act (California)
Duty to warn & protect- warn someone about harm.
Depending on the state.
Defamation:
revealing info that is extremely damaging to a client’s reputation.
NBCC (National Board for Certified Counselors):
Focuses very heavily on professional credentialing
APGA (American Personal and Guidance Association)
formed in 1952 then the AACD (American Association for Counseling and Development) changed to ACA (American Counseling Association) in 1992
NCC (National Certified Counselor):
generic certification for counselors given by NBCC
Scope of Practice:
Counselors should only practice using techniques for which they have been trained.
Suicide:
11th or 12th leading cause of death in US (ages 15-24 suicide is the 2nd or 3rd leading killer)
Firearms account for more suicides than all the other methods put together.
More likely in rural areas and in times of economic recession or depression
Famous person commits suicide rates increase
Most occur in spring at the end of april or may and about 75-80% will give warning
Privillaged Communication
anything said to the counselor by client will not be divulged outside the counseling setting without client’s permission.
Impaired professional:
deterioration in the ability to funciton as a counselor.
1st state to license counselors in 1976, American Counselor Education and Supervision.
Virginia
Reciprocity:
occurs when one state or orgnaization accepts the license or credential of another state or oganization.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA):
A federal law that protects the rights of students' educational records. Information about grades, attendance, disciplinary records, report cards, transcripts, and so forth cannot be given to anyone not specifically listed on a FERPA form that is signed when a student enters a school.
Abandonment:
when a counselor stops providing services and does not refer the client to another helper.
Hindering counseling experience
explain to the client and refer
CMC (Computer managed counseling):
can schedule appointments, helps manage your practice, bookeeping, client sheduling, printing bill statements, and compiling referral services.
CAC (Computer assisted counseling):
Like an asisstant doing the counseling for you. Type in symptoms, questions you. Has been well received since it cuts down time on paperwork, scheduling, and record keeping, but there is a mixed reaction to CAC as some feel it depersonalizes counseling.
NBCC Code of Ethics: preamble and seven sections.
Section A: The Counseling Relationship
Section B: Confidentiality, Priviledged Communication and Privacy
Section C: Professional Responsibility
Section D: Relationships with Other Professionals
Section E: Evaluation, Assessment and Interpretation
Section F: Supervision, Training and Teaching
Section G: Research and Publication
Section H: Distance Counseling, Technology and Social Media
Section I: Resolving Ethical Issues
1958 National Defense Education Act (NDEA):
provided financial aid for graduate education in counseling, expended school guidance services and improved guidance for gifted children.