Deck 12: Legal and Ethical Issues in School Settings

Question 1

In this component of your notes, you should include your ideas about what interventions you want to use and toward which goals:

A)Subjective
B)Objective
C)Assessment
D)Plan

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Supervisors' first and foremost responsibility is to protect:

A)clients
B)themselves
C)supervisees
D)the counseling profession

Answer 2

A

Question 3

This is also known as the Buckley Amendment:

A)PPIHA
B)HIPPA
C)FERPA
D)REFPA

Answer 3

C

Question 4

When a student threatens him or herself, threatens others, or reports being abused, the plan of action is:

A)ambiguous
B)clear
C)confusing
D)vague

Question 5

While working in this role, supervisors invite supervisees to focus on their own experiences as they work with clients:

A)coach
B)counselor
C)teacher
D)consultant

Question 6

You should avoid using words that are judgmental in your counseling notes.Which of the following words is judgmental:

A)worried
B)spoiled
C)anxious
D)fidgety

Question 7

This document outlines an excellent process for identifying, assessing and managing students who may pose a threat to others within the school environment:

A)Assessment of Risk
B)Risk in the Community
C)Identification of Threats
D)Threat Assessment in the Schools

Question 8

Minors _______ legally give consent to receive counseling services

A)occasionally can
B)can
C)cannot
D)sometimes can

Question 9

The A-B-C-D-E strategy is a(n)

A)note taking format
B)ethical decision making framework
C)crisis intervention model
D)technique related to Reality Therapy

Question 10

School counselors primarily follow which set of ethical codes?

A)National Association of Social Work
B)National Association of School Psychologists
C)American Psychological Association
D)American School Counselor Association

Question 11

Supervisors engage in these three primary roles:

A)teacher, friend, and counselor
B)teacher, coach, and counselor
C)teacher, consultant, and coach
D)teacher, consultant, and counselor

Question 12

If a younger person has made an explicit threat toward another named individual, the professional must:

A)keep the information confidential
B)both warn that individual and his or her parents if the child is a minor
C)warn that individual only
D)warn the parents if the child is a minor

Question 13

If you are being supervised, you will want your supervisor to:

A)review and sign your notes.
B)never see your notes
C)review but not sign your notes
D)write your notes for you

Question 14

At this age, a trip to the school-based professional helper's office is generally not a problem:

A)4-10
B)11-14
C)14-16
D)16-18

Question 15

A professional helper has a legal duty to report all but which to the appropriate authority:

A)peer to peer bullying
B)physical abuse
C)emotional abuse
D)sexual abuse

Question 16

Requirements for post degree supervision of school-based professionals are regulated by state departments of education, and:

A)are consistent across states
B)vary from city to city
C)vary from state to state.
D)vary from school to school

Question 17

Additional training requirements and obtained additional certification or licensure as appropriate for all but which:

A)Play therapy
B)EMDR
C)Dialectical Behavior Therapy
D)The Empty Chair Technique

Question 18

According to the ASCA Ethical Standards, primary obligation of confidentiality is to the:

A)student
B)parent
C)teacher
D)counselor

Question 19

Threat Assessment in the Schools was developed by:

A)The CIA and the FBI
B)The Secret Service and the FBI
C)The Secret Service and the Department of Education
D)The Department of Education and the FBI

Question 20

Your notes should be kept:

A)in a box on your office floor
B)in a file in a locked file cabinet
C)in a file on your desk
D)in a file in an unlocked file cabinet

Question 21

Consent from the student includes an agreement on the purposes and goals of counseling and well as the techniques and procedures.

Question 22

In emergency situations or when a student self-refers, the school psychologist may not assist a student client prior to obtaining informed consent from parents or caregivers.

Question 23

If a student client has been referred for your services by another individual (e.g., parent or teacher), it is important to obtain student assent.

Question 24

As a professional within the schools, you will need to know school policies but will not need to know the federal and state laws related to working with minors and families in school settings.

Question 25

Discuss dual relationships and how you will handle them as a school counselor

Question 26

Write an example SOAP note.

Question 27

There is no need for school psychologists to obtain informed consent and parental permission prior to working with a student in the school.

Question 28

Describe the A-B-C-D-E ethical decision making model.Identify what each letter represents and include examples.

Question 29

According to the ASCA Ethical Standards, there does not appear to be a definite answer to the question of whether a school counselor is required to get permission from a student's parents or caregivers to engage in a counseling relationship.

Question 30

A student who makes a threat may be placed on a safety plan.

Question 31

When formal informed consent is sought, parents are not asked to sign documentation indicating that they have received this information.

Question 32

This means that a person giving consent has the legal authority to make a consent decision, a clear understanding of what it is he or she is consenting to, and that his or her consent is freely given and may be withdrawn without prejudice:

A)Informed consent
B)Assent
C)Confidentiality
D)Privacy

Question 33

Discuss the "duty to warn".As a school counselor, what types of situations may arise where you will have to perform this duty?

Question 34

Once the parents have acknowledged that they have heard and understand their rights and those of their child within this counseling relationship, this creates a sort of contract that permits treatment.

Question 35

Within school settings, issues related to informed consent, confidentiality, privileged information, and parental rights complicate service delivery, but also provide us with important guidelines that protect children and families.