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Professional counselors and their staff are exposed to sensitive client information and records. The helpful receptionist and whose privilege videos, show how to apply both the American Counseling Association Code of Ethics (ACA Code of Ethics) and state board counseling laws to common ethical scenarios. The content explores aspects designed to call attention to favorable and unfavorable skills and techniques in handling such matters. These two videos demonstrate the limitations of confidentiality and privileged information. As a professional counselor one is expected to uphold the principles of confidentiality and privilege according to the ACA Code of Ethics and state laws. One may conclude that the helpful receptionist video shows clear violations of confidentiality. While the whose privilege video indicates the significance of insuring that counselors comprehend state laws and ethics codes pertaining to confidentiality and privilege. Furthermore, counseling professionals are held accountable for violating ethics codes and state laws as well as training staff on informed consent.

The first ethical issue that counselors have to worry about in counseling children is to be a competent counselor. It includes that the counselor must be familiar with child and adolescent development. Also, in order to be competent in counseling children, a counselor must frequently participate in trainings, specialized education, and supervised practice (Henderson & Thompson, 2011). Another ethical issue in counseling minors is privacy and confidentiality. According to the American Counseling Association (ACA) (2014) Code of Ethics, when counseling minors a counselors protect the confidentiality of information received (ACA, 2014, B.5.a). Counselors also have responsibilities with the child’s parents such as inform parents about the role of counselors and the confidential nature of the counseling relationship (ACA, 2014, B.5.b). When a counselors needs to release confidential information, he needs to seek permission from the child’s parents, legal guardians, or the appropriate third party in order to disclose the information (ACA, 2014, B.5.c). According to Henderson and Thompson (2011), children have to have their parents’ consent to see a

The AASECT ethical code that I can relate to the most is competence and integrity. Competence and integrity relates to a counselor’s responsibility for the consequences of their acts, by commission or omission, and making reasonable efforts for provision of all professional services in an adequate and appropriate manner (Long, Burnett, & Thomas, 2006). As human sexuality counselors, I believe that it is critical for us to maintain client’s confidentiality by ensuring the information obtained from clients is used for counseling purposes only and is kept private and confidential. This can only be done through competent practice and maintenance of professional integrity.

This paper is a response to a video discussing the issues of confidentiality, privilege, reporting, and duty to warn. This paper looks at these issues and their explanations in the American Counseling Association Code of Ethics as well as the Georgia State Board of Professional Counselor’s ethical guidelines and provides a commentary on the laws. It was found that these issues are not always black and white, but there is some debate on these issues. Confidentiality is both an ethical and a legal responsibility yet there are often times when the ethical demands clash with the legal demands. This paper explores some of those crashes and explains what I have learned from the video and the professional and stage guidelines concerning confidentiality and its implications and how I will apply what I have learned into future practice.

Remley and Herlihy (2016) defines confidentiality as an ethical concept which refers to the counselor 's obligation to respect the client 's privacy and in session discussion will be protected from disclosure without their consent (p.108). The receptionist never disclosed what was being discussed in wife A session; however, her inadvertent breach of confidentiality occurred the moment she divulged the fact that wife A is a patient at a mental health facility. An important premise to understanding the ethical principle of confidentiality is base that a counselor respects the client 's right to privacy (Remley & Herlihy, 2016; Quigley, 2007). Premise one states the "counselor honor the rights of clients to decide who knows what information about them and in what circumstances" (p.110).

Another key value in this case is Confediality, mostly for the safety of the family. As NASW describes “Social workers should discuss with clients and other interested parties the nature of confidentiality and limitations of clients’ right to confidentiality” (National Association of Social Workers, 2008); since the school has been discussing the family in negative ways I would want to have a talk with faculity about the attention this can cause. In reality the family being put out in the

In making my decision I would consider choosing the decision that is ethical, in addition, I would come up with alternatives that can help save employees’ jobs.

I am a junior at Ballard high school but I take classes at Shoreline Community College as a running start student. For my first two years of high school I took Advanced Placement (AP) and honors level classes. In my AP classes I had splediferous teachers that always helped me and explained everything wonderfully, but they always gave busy-work and only focused on preparing for the end of the year AP exam. In community college each class is only 10 weeks long so the teachers have to give out focused assignments. Running Start is a more efficient way to learn than taking AP courses in High School.

The next time I am confronted by a decision of this magnitude I will be cautious in my choice and that choice will reflect my values and needs(punc.: ,) not that of my employer, my friend, my parents or anyone else. At the end of the day we all have to sleep with our own conscience and no one

Such information includes, but is not limited to, any and all information, data, documents, writings, reports, and/or files of any sort. Failure to keep information confidential is a violation of the ethical code and the counselor is subject to a malpractice suit.

The trust between Heather and me as a Counsellor is a vital part of our therapeutic relationship. I am aware that my client must feel that whatever she discloses in therapy will be treated confidentially. As a counsellor I am not to disclose information unless required by law or authorized by my client. The informed consent document Heather has signed prior to our first session does not state particularly that the Counsellor has to break confidentiality in instances of child abuse.

The topic of this paper focuses on the battles school counselors face as the law and ethical standards collide. School counselors face a number of legal and ethical issues and recognizing a clear decision isn’t always easy. School counselors have to work with a large number of students, parents, and administrators while conforming to ethical codes, state laws, and school board guidelines. This topic is of great relevance to me as I will be going into the school counseling profession. It is also a meaningful topic to me because life-changing decisions are made every day in reference to legal and ethical issues. Researching this topic has shed some light on the difficulty for school counselors to fulfill both legal and ethical

I ended up teaching fifth period after the semester change. The class is predominantly white, with about a quarter of the class being either Native or Latino. There are about 15 students in the classroom on any given day due to there almost always being one or two students missing per day. The students generally come from middle to lower economic bracket households. There are at least a couple children from military families and there is a strong naval tie with the school in the form of a drill squad. The school is classified as a Jr. High and it is not considered an alternative school. We are transitioning into the Common Core curriculum and are in a sort of hybrid year. I was told the district just took the Common Core standards from Oregon and adapted them a little for Washington, the Shelton district and the schools. In the classroom we do not use textbooks. The only book I have seen us read is To Kill a Mockingbird, I was told it will be the only book we read this year, however we are about to start a short story unit but I do not know where those stories will be coming from or what they will be. Other than that I have seen a lot of packets, and youtube clips. The English teachers plan their lessons together, and try to stay pretty in unison. There are computers in the classroom, a projector and a TV. Many of the student also have easy access to their smart phones, which are actively engaged for class. It is a district mandated curriculum and the primary language spoken

The second ethical issue occurred when the psychologist disclosed information about Mr. Hartwig’s to his psychiatrist without Mr. Hartwig’s consent. The psychologist motivations for contacting Mr. Hartwig’s psychiatrist appears to be ethical. He was attempting to establish a collaborative relationship with the psychiatrist in order to maximize the effectiveness of each for of treatment in order to best serve the client (APA, 2002). However, The APA guidelines on stipulate that while psychologist should attempt to establish a collaborative relationship they must request release from the client before disclosing confidential information (APA, 2002). The client shared the name of his psychiatrist, but there was no evidence that the client consented to an exchange of information between the two professionals. In addition to the psychologists’ obligation to obtain consent to disclose information to the psychiatrist; he was also ethically obligated to ensure that the client understands what he/she is giving consent for. Koocher and Keith-Spiegel, suggest elements that a release-of-information form should include; who the information is to be released to, and any limitations on the information to be released (2008). If the client consented to disclosure with the

I am a junior student at Lancaster High School. I also take dual credit course after school for Cedar Valley College. In addition to school work, I am also in the high school band playing the tuba as the section leader. I am very sensitive in the heart and I also love puppies to the point I cannot look at one without getting excited. On some days, I go to the recreation center and do community services work when I am bored and have no plans other than that. With this, I have seen many spectacular things and have met interesting people at the most. I have a sister who is nine years younger than me and is currently attending Rolling Hills Elementary in the second grade. I love her dearly and cherish the moments that are spent with her, even if I am not the mood to want to play with her. Just seeing her face raises my mood. While she may not need the help most of the time, I take out my time when needed to help her with her problems. I have also done many other random things including carrying a dead squirrel, carrying my grandma on my back and go through obstacles that life presents at me like weight loss when I use to be called Bubbles or Tuby Tuby. For my future, I plan on going to college for the safe route. However, even though I plan on going to college, I have a feeling that I do not want to go to college because I do not see the benefits of it and that school doesn’t seem like a natural fit for me. But because of what society tells you and what your parents have taught