Overview of the ACA Code of Ethics

The ACA and NAADAC code of ethics will help the counselor with decision making. When the counselor is not sure how to act or say about an issue, it is important that she goes back and review the ACA and NAADAC code of ethics to make sure she is not being biased or discriminating a client in her practice. ACA and NAADAC is a guide that will help the counselor to reference.

The 2014 ACA Code of Ethics provides structure that protects clients. Responsibilities that counselors to be aware of is avoid imposing their own values, attitudes and beliefs on clients (Ethics, 2014). Developing a relationship with clients requires providing counseling in a culturally sensitive manner (Ethics, 2014). Counselors respect the diversity of clients take measures to ensure that they are not of risk of imposing their values onto clients (Ethics, 2014).

In conclusion as I mentioned before counselors must remain confidential in all aspects of their job including testing and assessment. The ASCA and ACA provide codes of ethics to follow. Counselors should follow these code of ethics to prevent misuse of test, releasing client information and many more. Now that we live in an era where technology is advanced school counselors must be mindful to ensure that their clients information will remain confidential. There are numerous of assessments that require proper training before administering. Counselors must be competent in an assessment before they can administer it. It is up to counselor to determine of they are competent enough to administer a test but there are sources that can help a counselor

A nurse is given an opportunity to help patients, either if its by helping them through a very serious sickness or just helping a patient get to the bathroom on time, or a time when happiness is overfilling the room and a child is being born. Registered nurses provide a wide variety of patient care services (Mitchell, p.12). A Nurse must always know where to begin and where to stop, as any other career in the health field there is always something that cannot be done by everyone but only the certified person, a nurse must always remain inside her scope of practice to prevent any misunderstandings. A nurse must also follow a code of ethics , the code of ethics of the American Association of Medical Assistants states that a nurse should at all times render service with full respect and dignity of humanity, respect confidential information obtained by a patients file, uphold the honor and high principles the profession and accept its discipline, and last but not least always want to improve her services to better serve the health and well being of the community. (Mitchell, p.65).

Canada is a multicultural country. Healthcare providers, therefore, face certain challenges associated with this. The CMA Code of Ethics recommends that “physicians provide patients with whatever information that will, from the patient's perspective, have a bearing on medical care decision-making and communicate that information in a way that is comprehensible to the patient.” [1]. This statement has a very important message, which implies that the truth telling is not a mandatory burden that every patient must endure but rather a stage-like process delivered by a healthcare provider and guided by the patient.

There are multiple precautions and/or practices that private practitioners can adopt that will minimize their liability, while also promoting the best possible practice and therapy for their clients. Following the Code of Ethics, while maintaining current educational and supervision practices also help.

There is much to learn from all ancestral cultures including the new coin phrase sexual minorities . Mental heath professional is consistently evolving and practitioners must adapt to the changes within practice and ACA ethical guidelines. This paper explores a counselor 's level of competence, etiology findings for homosexuality, controversies with treatment practice by professional and paraprofessional therapy, and new frontier approach with client-centered approach. Since the multicultural movement has become a pillar for ACA code of ethics, it is with great importance to embrace new cultural styles. Although, the counseling field has a great paucity in empirical research; ACA task force remains optimistic in filling this gap. The objective is to help clients find congruence in their identity, belief, and values within their sexual orientation. Counselor must arm themselves with proficient training in multicultural competence, client-centered approach toward client identity edification, and having the integrity to guard clients from harmful clinical practice.

Bartering is an issue that is associated with boundaries and non-sexual dual relationships. Ethical Standards of the counseling profession has not prohibited baring with a client for goods or services, however it is not recommended as a routine practice. The motivation behind most bartering arrangements is the desire to provide service to clients with limited financial resources. Exchange for service is one type of bartering arrangement, another type is the exchange of goods for counseling services. For example, a client who is a mechanic might wish to pay for counseling services by fixing the counselor’s car. Issues that occur within bartering is the issue of quality of services and also the issue of how many hours of counseling is equivalent

In the case of 33 years old Ken, presented in his friend's office of is a Mental Health Counselor. He is dealing with depression, he broke up with his fiance, and has no job since moving to be with his ex fiance. He does not know what to do, he feels worthless, he feels like when he make choices about his life, they never go the way he plans it. He starts telling his friend about what is going on. He is asking for his friend professional opinion.

A hypothetical experiment is proposed that inquires into the effects of cutting a specific part of the hypothalamus of cats. In the experiment, cats would have a surgery in which their hypothalamus is cut, when the cat would recover from the surgery, their behavior would be observed. The cats would then be painlessly euthanized via an injection of poison. This research raises a question as to whether the experiment is ethical and follows the guidelines described in the Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals (developed by the American Psychological Association's Committee on Animal Research and Ethics [CARE]). After careful examination of the APA CARE guidelines, the experiment would be ethical because there were no technical

The ACA Code of Ethics devised Standard A.1.d for counselors to accept and recognize the importance of family members in the treatment plan. HIPPA provisions force counselors to create a written agreement document explaining the need to communicate with family member when needed. It is up to the client to sign the agreement (Remley & Herlihy, 2014). As a future counselor, I can see this issue emerging on numerous occasions. In my opinion, it is extremely important to have a strong support system. Having family aware of the important issues that are occurring can benefit the client in the long run. If I encounter a client who does not feel comfortable signing the form, I would try to explain how important it is to have the support

can discuss how to apologize for the misinformation and inform the client, the behaviour manager, including the EAP company of my actual qualifications. According to Marvin Simner (2009) in the province of British Columbia a person would have to have completed a doctorate level of education in order to be called a doctor (psychologist). Also, the BCACC standards for promotion and advertising (2014) states the RCC should make an “effort to correct inaccurate statements made by others about themselves” (p. 2). If I do not, I would be falsifying my credentials and mislead everyone. As well, the BCACC code of ethics (2014) requires an RCC to “commit to truthfulness and accuracy in communications” (p. 7). In order for me to build trust with my

Clinton and Ohlschlager define a code ethics as: “a systematic statement of ethical standards that represent the moral convictions and guide the practice behavior of a group…” (2002 p.245). The AACC Code of Ethics exists to provide counselors with a set of ethical guidelines to for ethical conduct in a field that can be perilous and dangerous to navigate. The two ethical questions raised in situation one are consultation and disclosure.

At this point as a student, I believe I have a firm grasp on the foundations of the ACA Code of Ethics. The ACA Code of Ethics is organized for several valuable reasons. The ACA Code of Ethics serves the community, the members of the ACA, and helping professionals (CASEBOOK). The ACA Code of Ethics was created to protect and promote the wellness of the community, educate members of the helping profession and community, improve the practice of helping professionals, and protect the clients and the practitioners (LEGAL). The approach the ACA Code of Ethics uses is holding health professionals accountable for their clients. This allows clients to be protected and to be counseled in a safe and non-judgmental environment. There are five core values the ACA holds for all helping professionals. The first is enhancing growth and development for clients. The second core value is brining awareness to diversity and multicultural views. Third value is to promote social justice. Fourth value is building integrity and trust with the client. The last core value is practicing in an ethical manner (CASEBOOK). I understand the reason behind the ACA Code of Ethics, however I hope this class will teach me more about the individual codes.

Standard one of the APA Code of Ethics of resolving ethical issues states the misuse of the psychologists work because of misinterpretation. In this case, the clinical health psychologist is involved in classes throughout the program for pre-diabetics. The psychologist is licensed and trained for health promotion, especially for nutritional behaviors. I am the prevention coach and the program coordinator for the classes. When describing the reason to the participants for having a subject matter expert (SME) participates to teach part of the lesson, I tell them nutritional behaviors. Some participants assume they are the dietician or nutritionist and ask general questions for the psychologist to answer appropriately.