Ethics

Front 1

What two issues should you always address?

Back 1

Compentence and Diversity

Front 2

What are the 5 areas of competence?

Back 2

1. Education/Training (knowledge)
2. Supervised clinical experience (skills)
3. Attitude
4. Values
5. Judgement

Front 3

Supervision MUSTS

Back 3

1. Diversity/ethical focus must be integrated into supervision.
2. Must assess training needs of supervisee.
3. Must provide timely and efficient supervision/feedback loop.

Front 4

What must be considered in a 3rd party request for services?

Back 4

1. Evaluee does not get any results or evaluations.
2. Evaluee must be made aware that all communication counts in the evaluation.
3. Anything someone might want to know must be included in the informed consent.

Front 5

What should be covered in informed consent?

Back 5

Cost/collections procedures
Confidentiality/limitations
Logistics
Emergency contact information
Audio/video recording permission
Areas of expertise
Are you receiving supervision?
Termination
And so on...

Front 6

5 Guidelines of Informed Consent

Back 6

1. Given voluntarily (no coercion)
2. Person competent to consent (cognitively & legally)
3. Actively ensure understanding of what they are understanding/not
4. Documented

Front 7

6 Virtues/General Principles?

Back 7

1. Beneficence
2. Non-Malevolence
3. Fidelity
4. Autonomy
5. Justice (fair/equal tx to all)
6. Self-care (psychological wellness)

Front 8

Mandatory Limits to Confidentiality

Back 8

1. Duty to Warn/Protect/Treat
-Imminent harm to identifiable other; notify intended victim and police
2. Suspected (reasonable suspicion) Abuse/Neglect of minor (physical/sexual/neglect)
3. Suspected Abuse/Neglect of vulnerable adults (abuse/neglect/self-neglect/exploitation)
*Do they live independently?
4. Court order by judge

Front 9

Boundaries & Multiple Relationships Decision-Making Model

Back 9

- What options/alternatives exist? (ex. providing svcs to child's principal)
- Consult with colleague (supervision)
- Consult Ethics Code
-Consult relevant laws

Front 10

Informed consent is an _____?

Back 10

ONGOING process and discussion

Front 11

What ethics should be considered when conducting resedarch?

Back 11

- Consent is necessary to have access to subjects.
- Must use the risk/benefit decision-making process
- Competence to provide services/conduct research
- Subjects have the right to access test data, but NOT test materials.

Front 12

3 MUST and 1 MAY for termination.

Back 12

MUSTS:
1. Client no longer benefitting from tx (OR tx goals met).
2. Inappropriate or multiple relationship develops or is discovered.
3. Case exceeds competence.

May:
If you are threatened/stalked, then abrupt termination OK.

**Termination is a part of informed consent.