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Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) enacted in 1974, aka the Buckley Amendment, is a federal law that was created to specify the rights of parents if the child is a minor and nonminor students to access & examine the educational record, petition to have incorrect info found in the record amended, & ensure that certain info isn't released to outside agencies w/o permission educational record refers to any document or info kept by the school relating to a student, such as attendance, achievement, behavior, activities, & assessment 18; begins college under FERPA, parents have the right to access their children's educational info until the child is ______ or _______, whichever comes first, at which point the rights shift to the student written permission educational institutions are required to obtain this before releasing any info in a student's educational record directory information schools have the ability to give out this without written permission, which includes the student's name, address, phone #, DOB, place of birth, honors/awards, & dates of attendance Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) a civil rights law passed to guarantee that students w/ disabilities receive the services they need to gain the benefits of education Frank Parsons father of vocational guidance; opened the Bureau of Vocational Guidance in Boston Clifford Beers leader of the mental health movement, which advocated for the construction of mental health clinics & more humane treatment of institutionalized patients w/ psychological disorders Clifford Beers Clinic founded in New Haven, CT, considered the first outpatient mental health clinic in America E. G. Williamson created the Minnesota Point of View in 1930s Minnesota Point of View a trait & factor theory considered to be one of the first counseling theories Wagner O'Day Act passed in 1932 & created U.S. Employment Services to aid the unemployed in finding work through vocational guidance Community Mental Health Act signed into law in 1963 by Lyndon Johnson & alloted money for the creation of mental health centers Donaldson v. O'Connor the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in this 1975 case resulted in the deinstitutionalization of patients in state mental hospitals & barred mental institutions from committing individuals involuntary if they were not an immediate threat to themselves or others Virginia in 1976, this state was the first to offer counselors the option to seek licensure California in 2009, this state was the last to offer counselors the option to seek licensure 21 Children are eligible to receive services under IDEA from birth to this age free appropriate public education (FAPE) all students w/ disabilities must be given this, which addresses their individual needs & helps ready them for higher levels of edu or employment individualized education plan (IEP) every student eligible to receive special ed service under IDEA must have one of these on file, which delineates what services the student will receive, when & how often, & goals for learning least restrictive environment (LRE) it's required that each student's IEP ensure that the child receive the benefits of edu in this way, mandated to allow as many students as possible to remain in regular classrooms if their needs could be met there with only limited accommodation U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) civil rights act that protects individuals w/ disabilities from being discriminated against or denied equal access to services & opportunities b/c of their disability major life activities eligible individuals under Section 504 must have a physical or psychological impairment that substantially limits at least one of these 504 plan dictates the accommodations or other special considerations the student is entitled to receive under the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) a federal law passed in 1996 to protect the privacy of individuals' medical & mental health records privacy policy all patients must be given a copy of the HIPAA ____________, which outlines their rights, with whom their PHI might be used or shared, & procedures for requesting that their info not be released to certain parties protected health information (PHI) individually identifiable health information 30 under HIPAA patients have a right to obtain a copy of their medical record usually within this many days child abuse/neglect according to Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), "any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation; or, an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm 72 any counselor who suspects child abuse or neglect is required by law to report the suspicion to the local CPS agency within this many hours from the time of first awareness of potentially abusive or neglectful event Older Americans Act was passed in 1965 to increase social & nutrition services for older persons & was reauthorized in 2006; Title II & Title VII are particularly salient to the topic of elder abuse accreditation a process that eligible educational institutions & organizations can elect to undergo to demonstrate that the institution meets set standards Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) the association in charge of the accreditation for the majority of counseling & counseling-related programs, & undergo its accreditation process application, self-study reports, on-site visit, report steps of CACREP accreditation advocacy counseling concerned w/ supporting & promoting the needs of clients & the counseling profession at all levels health maintenance organizations (HMO) aka managed care organization; a health care organization that allows members to access health & mental health insurance plans within their network after paying a monthly fee licensure emerging in the 1970s, an effort to validate the counseling profession by passing state laws controlling who could legally practice counseling reciprocity this would allow a counselor who's licensed in one state to work in another state w/o having to reapply for licensure or fulfill additional requirements National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) founded in 1982 as a result of an ACA committee recommendation, it's the chief organization in the U.S. for professional counselors seeking certification; a nonprofit organization that certifies counselors have met its criteria for edu & training & have passed the NCE National Counselor Examination (NCE) developed & administered by the NBCC