COUN-6306-21-Ethics and Legal Issues.question and answers

• Question 1 0.5 out of 0.5 points Many states have laws requiring reports of suspected abuse of all of the following EXCEPT: Selected Answer: • Question 2 a. Abused spouses or domestic partners. 0.5 out of 0.5 points When reporting suspected child abuse in good faith, counselors should review their particular state statute to determine all of the following EXCEPT: Selected c. Answer: Counselor liability for defamation of character. • Question 3 0.5 out of 0.5 points In order for a counselor to be competent to engage in group work, the counselor Selected Answer: • Question 4 d. must have had a minimum of group work preparation and supervised experience. The primary purpose of the ACA Code of Ethics is 0 out of 0.5 points Selected Answer: • Question 5 c. to set standards for ethics committees to use when complaints are filed. 0.5 out of 0.5 points If a subpoena for the counseling records of a client is received, a counselor who works in a mental health agency should Selected Answer: • Question 6 e. Ask his or her supervisor to obtain a legal opinion as to whether the records should be copied for the attorney who has issued the subpoena. Pre-screening of group members 0.5 out of 0.5 points Selected Answer: • Question 7 d. is required by the ACA Code of Ethics. 0.5 out of 0.5 points Parents who object to their child’s participation in counseling Selected Answer: • Question 8 c. may have the right to demand that services be discontinued. 0.5 out of 0.5 points The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) Selected Answer: • Question 9 d. Has been generally accepted as the model curriculum for training counselors. Informed consent in group counseling should include 0.5 out of 0.5 points Selected Answer: • Question 10 c. an explanation of ways the group may be congruent and incongruent with individual members’ cultural values. 0.5 out of 0.5 points It would be ethically permissible for you to consider entering into a bartering arrangement with a prospective client if Selected Answer: • Question 11 a. bartering is an acceptable practice among other professionals in your community. Generally, counselors create clinical case notes 0.5 out of 0.5 points Selected Answer: • Question 12 a. For their own use, so that they may be effective counselors. 0.5 out of 0.5 points Studies regarding cultural bias in diagnosis have shown that Selected Answer: • Question 13 d. African American clients are more likely to be diagnosed with severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia 0.5 out of 0.5 points Within the counseling profession, the primary national voluntary certification agency is Selected Answer: • Question 14 e. National Board for Certified Counselors. 0.5 out of 0.5 points As advocates, counselors are aware that Selected Answer: • Question 15 b. Clients’ mental health is affected by their experiences of discrimination and marginalization. A counselor’s self-disclosure in a counseling session 0.5 out of 0.5 points Selected Answer: • Question 16 a. may be acceptable if the counselor believes the disclosure will benefit the client. 0.5 out of 0.5 points If a counselor wants a person other than a biological parent (such as a step-parent or grandparent) to have confidential information regarding a child client, a simple solution is to Selected Answer: b. get a signed statement from one of the biological parents allowing the counselor to disclose information to the step-parent or grandparent. • Question 17 0.5 out of 0.5 points Competence is most closely related to the moral principle of Selected Answer: • Question 18 b. Do no harm 0.5 out of 0.5 points In the process of explaining informed consent in family counseling, counselors should Selected Answer: • Question 19 c. describe possible changes in family relationships that could occur as a result of family counseling. 0.5 out of 0.5 points If a counselor is asked to disclose privileged information about a client who cannot be located, then the obligation to assert the privilege rests with Selected Answer: • Question 20 b. The counselor. 0.5 out of 0.5 points A fundamental tenet of the wellness model is that Selected Answer: • Question 21 e. Mental health exists along a continuum. 0.5 out of 0.5 points When a husband subpoenas a counselor to reveal information in a court hearing that was provided by the wife in joint couples counseling sessions, and the wife objects to the information being revealed, the counselor Selected Answer: a. Should consult with an attorney because laws and court cases vary as to whether the counselor will have to reveal the information over the wife’s objection. • Question 22 0.5 out of 0.5 points Malpractice is a type of civil lawsuit that can be filed against counseling professionals for practicing in a manner that leads to Selected Answer: • Question 23 a. Injury to a recipient of their services. 0.5 out of 0.5 points Privileged communication statutes Selected Answer: c. Protect clients from having confidential communications with their counselors disclosed in a court of law without their permission. • Question 24 0.5 out of 0.5 points The term “culturally encapsulated counselor” refers to a counselor who Selected Answer: a. Defines reality according to one set of cultural assumptions and fails to evaluate other viewpoints, which renders the counselor insensitive to cultural variations. • Question 25 Boundaries serve to protect the welfare of clients because 0.5 out of 0.5 points Selected Answer: • Question 26 d. clients are vulnerable in counseling relationships. 0.5 out of 0.5 points Cultural competencies in working with LGBTQIQ clients include Selected Answer: • Question 27 b. Having a comfort and familiarity with LGBTQIQ sexuality and how it is expressed. 0.5 out of 0.5 points It is impossible for counselors to understand all aspects of the law but the best advice for counselors who face legal questions is to Selected Answer: • Question 28 a. listen to their lawyer and do what the lawyer says. 0 out of 0.5 points The primary difference between counselors and other mental health professionals is Selected e. Answer: Only counselors provide mental health counseling services. • Question 29 0.5 out of 0.5 points Family counselors often view the family system as their client and treat the family as one entity, as opposed to treating individual family members, and our laws Selected Answer: • Question 30 a. View family members as having separate and distinct rights and responsibilities that are individual in nature.