A comparative analysis between Ontario’s Ethical Guidelines for Ontario School Counsellors and the United States Ethical Standards for School Counselors and the need for an Ethical Guideline specific to Northern schools in remote First Nations communities The Ontario School Councilors’ Association (OSCA) and the American School Counselors Association (ASCA) are both professional organizations geared towards supporting teacher-counsellors and students in terms of Guidance and Career Education. Published in 2014 the Ethical Guidelines for Ontario School Counsellors was created in hopes to clarify Ontario school counsellors’ understanding of their position in terms of the profession’s ethical principles and the law. It is in fact stated that
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Confidentially is the key component in building a healthy foundation for trust. In situations where a student is at its most vulnerable, a school counsellor can help guide the child into a direction where the child’s welfare is best met. Both documents illustrate the importance of privacy, such as sharing information pertaining to the student’s counselling session to other teaching staff or to other students is forbidden. It is also stressed the importance of informing the student that the counsellor has the duty to report any limits to the confidential nature of the information shared. In other words, a counsellor has a duty to inform the appropriate authorizes when or if a child’s welfare is at risk, it is also suggested that the child is to be aware of this obligation prior to counselling. To add, both in the United States and Canada a counsellor who possesses information about a student who poses a physical threat to another person may also need to act without the consent of the student. It is important that each person, whether it be the counsellor or counselee, know there is an obligation to protect the student’s welfare, in doing so, the counsellor may have to contact the correct authorize without the student’s consent. A counsellor’s duty is to protect not only the …show more content…
A school counsellor must respect all student’s beliefs, values, and sexual orientations, no matter the counsellors point-of-view on the matter. A student must feel safe and secure in expressing their personal self-identity without feeling imposing ideas. It is important that each school creates a safe, welcoming environment for all students in hopes that they can feel the necessary encouragement to build positive self-esteem. Counsellors are obliged to respect the integrity and promote the welfare of the counselees with whom they are working through the development and implementation of the Individual Pathways Plan, in other words, a school counsellor must respect the student’s decision so long as it is in the best interest of the child’s well-being. A counsellor must not implement a plan for reason without the student’s consent. Finally, a counsellor’s primary responsibility for ensuring that their counselling services and educational programs of the school consider the total development of every student. The goal of the counsellor is to include all students within the school, and to offer programs that are opened to the entire
Confidentially is the key component in building a healthy foundation for trust. In situations where a student is at its most vulnerable, a school counsellor can help guide the child into a direction where the child’s welfare is best met. Both documents illustrate the importance of privacy, such as sharing information pertaining to the student’s counselling session to other teaching staff or to other students is forbidden. It is also stressed the importance of informing the student that the counsellor has the duty to report any limits to the confidential nature of the information shared. In other words, a counsellor has a duty to inform the appropriate authorizes when or if a child’s welfare is at risk, it is also suggested that the child is to be aware of this obligation prior to counselling. To add, both in the United States and Canada a counsellor who possesses information about a student who poses a physical threat to another person may also need to act without the consent of the student. It is important that each person, whether it be the counsellor or counselee, know there is an obligation to protect the student’s welfare, in doing so, the counsellor may have to contact the correct authorize without the student’s consent. A counsellor’s duty is to protect not only the …show more content…
A school counsellor must respect all student’s beliefs, values, and sexual orientations, no matter the counsellors point-of-view on the matter. A student must feel safe and secure in expressing their personal self-identity without feeling imposing ideas. It is important that each school creates a safe, welcoming environment for all students in hopes that they can feel the necessary encouragement to build positive self-esteem. Counsellors are obliged to respect the integrity and promote the welfare of the counselees with whom they are working through the development and implementation of the Individual Pathways Plan, in other words, a school counsellor must respect the student’s decision so long as it is in the best interest of the child’s well-being. A counsellor must not implement a plan for reason without the student’s consent. Finally, a counsellor’s primary responsibility for ensuring that their counselling services and educational programs of the school consider the total development of every student. The goal of the counsellor is to include all students within the school, and to offer programs that are opened to the entire