Collaboration allows counselors to exchange information about their common client in order to get to the root of the issue and have a more successful counseling that has a positive impact on the clients’ wall fair(A.1a).
Another form of collaboration in this scenario that exists is between the child therapist and the school teacher. According to Remley, T. P., Jr., & Herlihy, B. P. (2014) minors or adults who are incompetent do not have a legal right there for their parents or guardian controls their legal right. As a results counselor have legal duties to the parents or guardian of a minor or incompetent adults, also have a obligations to their clients as well.
However the clients are minor and according to the code of ethics (A.2d) Inability to Give Consent, the mother has to be aware and give consent for any form of collaborations. The collaboration between the child therapist and school teacher would provide the therapist information about Johnny and Jane, such as their behavior at school or any recent changes. Based on the collaboration therapist then is able develop a treatment plan based on the amount of information is provided by the teacher. From the ethical standers of counseling during this collaboration therapist has to be aware of HIPPA and respecting privacy (B.1b) and respecting confidentiality (A.1c) …show more content…
According to Rhodes, Hill, Thompson, & Elliott, 1994 with that in mind clients may view the relationship differently and may not disclose to one therapist all their thoughts.
During the process of collaboration therapist and psychologies must keep in mind that their clients well fair and rights are very important and they must not been jeopardized during the collaboration process .The role of the psychologies is evaluated and assesses the clients; create a treatment plan that is effective. As the lead person in the case I would initiate collaboration or any third party with client’s permission (B.3d) only if required. Client’s privacy and confidentiality are very essential; therefor any type of collaborations will be only is client’s treatment is not being