nrw756 School and Professional Counseling Study Scenarios 2023

nrw756 School and Professional Counseling Study Scenarios 2023 Ethical Standards and Legal Considerations The school counselor meets with a fifth-grade Caucasian female student, Rita, for issues related to social skills. The school counselor meets with a different fifth-grade student, Regina, an African American female, for issues related to social skills, but takes a different approach. The school counselor is applying which ethical principle in these two students' cases? A. Fidelity B. Nonmaleficence C. Justice D. Autonomy E. Beneficence - ANS-C. Justice A school counselor has been subpoenaed to appear in court in state that does not recognize privileged communication between school counselors and students. The school counselor expresses her reluctance to answer the attorney's questions regarding the case of Donna, the 15 year old student that the school counselor has been providing individual counseling services to for the past four weeks. When the judge requires that the school counselor answer the attorney's questions, the school counselor responds by attempting to explain the importance of maintaining counselor-student confidentiality and requesting a withdrawal of the requirement. What are the ethical implications in this case? Are Donna's actions in accordance with professional ethical standards? - ANSDonna should submit to the court order Confidentiality Robert is an elementary school counselor. In an attempt to establish a partnership with parents toward the well-being of their children and to ease parents' concern about their child having sessions with the school counselor, Robert announces during a PTA meeting and a school open house that he is happy to share information and working together in order to help students to be successful. What do you think about Robert's approach to promoting positive school counselor-parent relations? Are ethical concerns to be considered here? - ANS-School counselors do not divulge the content of counseling sessions to parents. Instead, school counselors explain to parents the need for confidentiality in counseling sessions for establishing a trusting relationship with their children, reassuring parents that confidentiality will be breached if needed in order to protect the child or others. Also, sharing with parents that you encourage students during counseling sessions to talk to parents about the issues shared. Harm to Self or Others Patrick, a ninth grader was referred to you by a teacher who said Patrick expressed suicidal intentions because he is having some personal and family issues. You talk to Patrick long enough to assess that he is at imminent risk of suicide. Understanding that Patrick is a minor, the school counselor contacts that students parents and prints a resource list of community mental health counselors to give to the parent. Is this the best course of action, ethically and legally, on behalf this student? - ANS-If parents are implicated, state guidelines would warrant a call to social services instead of a call to Patrick's parents Child Abuse and Neglect Charlie is a 9 year old student who went to the school nurse because his back was hurting. The school nurse did not see any visible signs of injury, but asked the school counselor to talk to Charlie because he said that while he was staying with his dad last weekend his dad punched him, so he called his mother crying to come and get him. The school counselor talked to Charlie and found out that his father was very angry and hit Charlie, repeatedly, in the stomach and back about a week ago. Charlie had been out of school for the past week while back with his mother, who told Charlies teacher that he was playing and fell out of a tree. Since the school counselor knew that Charlies parents were separated and this happened at the dads house, the school counselor called the mother. Do you agree with the school counselors actions in this case? Why or Why not? - ANS-Contacting CPS is best, based on the existing information provided by the child is warranted and essential-err on the side of child safety. Scope of Practice Stuart is a school counselor and a licensed professional counselor. Since counseling students in the school setting for an indefinite period of time and providing diagnoses and therapy is outside of the scope of the practice of school counseling, Stuart has decided to offer his counseling services to students outside of the school day and school setting. Since these students he serves in the schools, he is offering a reduced rate for these families. Are there ethical implications to consider here? - ANSMoonlighting- Make it clear that school counselors do not recruit or gain clients for his or her private practice to gain goods of services. Informed consent In effort to be proactive in promoting child safety, and elementary school counselor conducted a classroom guidance lesson for all fourth-grade and fifth-grade students on internet safety. Police officer came to talk about a child abduction and the child was killed. One student experienced this situation before with a sibling and went home in tears to his mom. Parent was not informed of this program and would have pulled her son out if she would have known about this topic. Are school counselors required to inform parents about the topics of the classroom guidance lessons and school-wide presentations? Should the parent have been informed about this classroom guidance lesson? - ANS-The topic was sensitive in nature for some students whom experienced this situation, and graphic content that is considered to be sensitive in nature. This topics content warranted informed consent form parents or at least the opportunity for parent to opt the student out of the classroom guidance lesson. Student Records and Counseling Case Notes CONTINUES...