Ethical Practice in School Counseling
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Course Introduction
This course explores the principles and standards of ethical practice for school counselors, emphasizing the legal and ethical responsibilities inherent in working with diverse student populations. Students will examine decision-making models, confidentiality, informed consent, professional boundaries, and the application of ethical codes within the context of school environments. Through case studies and real-world scenarios, learners will strengthen their ability to navigate complex ethical dilemmas, foster safe and supportive school climates, and advocate for students while upholding the integrity of the counseling profession.
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Ethics in Counseling and Therapy Developing an Ethical Identity 1st Edition by Rick A. Houser
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) _________ and Native American perspectives of ethics include consideration of the effects of and one's responsibility to nature.
A) Western
B) Eastern
C) Northern
D) Southern
Answer: B
Q2) As a counselor, when considering the nature and dimensions of an ethical issue it is a good idea to
A) Consult with your clients
B) Not tell any colleagues that you are facing an ethical dilemma
C) Refer to the APA ethical codes
D) Consult the professional literature
Answer: D
Q3) Professional associations typically do not establish the ethical standards for a profession.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Professional Identity and Ethics
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Q1) The resolution of the ___________stages at various points in one's life contributes to the development and formation of the person's identity.
A) psychosocial
B) psychobio
C) biosocial
D) socialbio
Answer: A
Q2) A review of reports of therapist misconduct to state licensure boards discovered that ___________ was/were the most frequent complaint(s).
A) self-disclosure
B) dual relationships
C) abandonment
D) breaking confidentiality
Answer: B
Q3) Schemas are generally developed around specific scripts or views of roles and situations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Awareness and Sensitivity to Ethical Issues
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Q1) Traditionally, the processes involved with moral sensitivity were defined primarily as ___________ and were focused on how an individual consciously attends to the moral features of a situation.
A) cognitive
B) social
C) behavioral
D) psychological
Answer: A
Q2) One theory that explains how ethical motivation may function can be found in:
A) cognitive motivation theory
B) social relation theory
C) cognitive dissonance theory
D) social motivation theory
Answer: C
Q3) When dissonance is present, the individual is comfortable.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Cognitions and Reasoninghermeneutics
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Q1) His famous six-stage model became the most influential perspective on how moral understanding was both cognitive and developmental.
A) Kohlberg
B) Glasser
C) Jung
D) Rogers
Q2) There are two elements that constitute autonomy: freedom to choose a course of action and competence to make an informed choice.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The second-most-common complaint to state licensure boards against counselors involved:
A) Dual relationships
B) Competence
C) Inappropriate record keeping
D) Breach of confidentiality
Q4) Confidentiality is always guaranteed.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Client Autonomy and Client Rights
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Q1) Providing consent and informed consent prior to the ________ was based on an attempt to obtain compliance, not based on patient rights.
A) 1900s
B) 1800s
C) 1700s
D) 1600s
Q2) E. Brussgaard studied untreated syphilis in Caucasians and published his results in _______.
A) 1969
B) 1929
C) 1959
D) 1979
Q3) Children in most states are not able to legally give informed consent before the age of ____.
A) 14
B) 15
C) 17
D) 18
Q4) Discuss autonomy as it relates to informed consent.
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Chapter 6: Dual Relationships
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Q1) Training setting relationships include the relationship between the teacher and student, the role each plays in the relationship. This is referred to as:
A) Shifts in professional roles
B) Personal and professional role conflicts
C) Circumstantial multiple roles
D) Structured multiple roles
Q2) This type of supervision involves exploration into the counselor's personal issues that interfere with the client counselor relationship.
A) clinical
B) administrative
C) executive
D) managerial
Q3) Greeting a client in a public setting may unintentionally break confidentiality.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Define dual relationships and give two examples.
Q5) Pearson and Piazza (1997) identified several types of relationships that affect professionals. Please list and describe the four types of relationships they identified.
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Chapter 7: Counselor Competence
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Q1) Discuss three of the five stages of the stages of counselor development.
Q2) A counselor who has a clear understanding of client problems and how interventions may be applied is considered to be in the ____________ stage.
A) advanced beginner
B) novice
C) competence
D) proficient
Q3) Counselors who report good supervision indicate they have higher levels of counselor burnout/counselor fatigue syndrome.
A)True
B)False
Q4) ________competencies concern the development of certain attitudes or internal frames of reference or understanding by the counselor: professional identity and professional ethical identity.
A) Functional
B) Foundational
C) Practical
D) Realistic
Q5) Discuss self-reflection and why it is important in counseling.
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Chapter 8: Diversity and Multicultural Competence
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Q1) Recent surveys of Americans have found that _____% report belief in God.
A) 5
B) 30
C) 50
D) 95
Q2) According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the population estimates of major minority groups in the United States, such as Asian, Black, and Latino groups, are approximately____ million.
A) 4
B) 14
C) 104
D) 504
Q3) Counselors are primarily ____________.
A) American Indian
B) African American
C) European American
D) Asian American
Q4) Discuss multiculturalism and include its relationship to diversity.
Q5) What are the three competencies set forth by The Association of Multicultural Counseling and Development?
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Chapter 9: Use of Technology and Ethics
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Q1) The purpose of this act is to set up the Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology with the intent of coordinating the electronic use of patient health information.
A) Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009
B) Health Information Portability Act of 1996
C) Health Information Technology for Efficiency and Clinical Health Act of 2009
D) Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 1996
Q2) Those who are young, affluent, well educated, and highly functioning appear likely to benefit the least from online counseling.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Those attending in-person counseling have higher ratings of satisfaction than those who attend online counseling.
A)True
B)False
Q4) One of the key issues for online clients appears to be the lack of nonverbal communication.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Supervision and Ethics
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Q1) Ronnestad and Skovholt described the ________ approach as the use of "one's own solutions for the problems encountered"
A) lay helper's
B) novice professional's
C) beginning student's
D) advanced student's
Q2) Beginning counseling students have been found to have a somewhat rigid view, which results in their seeking to find absolute truths in counseling.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Ronnestad and Skovholt (2003) suggested that students in this phase are particularly sensitive to criticism from faculty or supervisors.
A) lay helper
B) novice professional
C) beginning student
D) senior professional
Q4) Describe potential dual relationships that may occur between supervisor and supervisee.
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Chapter 11: Ethical Use of Research in Counseling Practice
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Q1) __________results in many individuals' being falsely accused of sexual abuse as a consequence of counselors' engaging in recovered memory work/counseling.
A) False Memory Syndrome
B) False Abuse Syndrome
C) Recovered Abuse Syndrome
D) Recovered Memory Syndrome
Q2) ____________lists a registry of evidence-based programs and practices addressing alcohol and substance abuse.
A) The American Counseling Association
B) The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
C) The Psychological Association
D) The American Mental Health Counselor Association
Q3) One source of EBP reviews is the ___________ website.
A) Cochran Collaboration
B) Ellis Collaboration
C) Cohen Collaboration
D) Zeller Collaboration
Q4) Kettlewell identified several benefits of using EBP. Name and describe two of these benefits.
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Chapter 12: Professional Codes of Ethics and the Law
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Q1) One of the more frequent reasons for such lawsuits against counselors is:
A) dual relationships
B) breach of confidentiality
C) the client's committing suicide.
D) Improper documentation
Q2) Some states have _________ laws against having sex with patients, regardless of age.
A) Common
B) Civil
C) Criminal
D) Statutory
Q3) Compare and contrast criminal and civil law.
Q4) This is commonly associated with the relationship between lawyers and clients, clergy and parishioners, and doctors and patients.
A) Confidentiality
B) Privileged communication
C) Secrecy
D) Privacy
Q5) Describe FERPA and discuss why it is important for counselors.
Q6) Discuss the Tarasoff case.
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Chapter 13: Western Theories of Ethics
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Q1) There were several early contributors to natural law. St. Augustine in the 13 century and St. Thomas Aquinas in the 4th century offered a Christian version of Aristotle's ethics.
A)True
B)False
Q2) This requires professionals to address inequities in access to their care and services.
A) fidelity
B) benevolence
C) justice
D) autonomy
Q3) A basic premise of ____________theory is that humans seek out happiness and pleasure.
A) human
B) natural
C) utilitarian
D) biological
Q4) Anything that interferes with the sociability inclination is considered wrong.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Eastern Theories of Ethics
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Q1) __________ concludes that suffering, impermanence, and no-self are fundamental components.
A) Hinduism
B) Taoism
C) Buddhism
D) Confucianism
Q2) According to Hinduism, this means not injuring or killing others:
A) Ahisma
B) Confucianism
C) Buddhism
D) Sataya
Q3) Creel (1977) noted that ethics is a Western term, whereas in Sanskrit, there is no clear differentiation between religion and ethics or between philosophy and ethics.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Ethics in Hinduism may be understood as including virtues such as humility, patience, and honoring others.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Middle Eastern Ethical Theories
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Q1) One of the major writers on Muslim ethics was:
A) Abd al-Jabbar
B) Jabbar al-Abd
C) Kabbar al-Dba
D) Dba al-Kabbar
Q2) What are the four components of good?
Q3) Give a brief overview of Judaic Ethics.
Q4) These are defined as "disgraceful, shameful or bad acts":
A) Evil or forbidden acts
B) Undesirable acts
C) Neutral acts
D) Desirable acts
Q5) An undesirable act does not harm others and there is not a positive outcome.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Judaic ethics is founded on several sources including the__________.
A) Torah
B) NIV
C) Qur'an
D) Judaic Bible
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Chapter 16: Native American, Hispaniclatino, and African Ethics
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Q1) Africans as a whole are composed of groups from various tribes and groups from Africa with various influences and characteristics that may influence ethics and morality including all but which:
A) Bushmen
B) Nilotic
C) Swahili
D) Rentorins
Q2) Compare and contrast the origins of Hispanic and Latino cultures.
Q3) Hawaii was discovered by Captain Cook in the late 1800s.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In Native American ethics, _______ is pursuing a balance between the four components of humans.
A) value of words
B) respect for others
C) serving others
D) moderation
Q5) According to Hispanic/Latino ethics, what is Marianismo?
Q6) Give a brief overview of African ethics.
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