The Texas Law and the Practice of Psychology (TL, 2016, pp. 2-7) book, confirms that sexual abuse by the mental health provider is considered an illegal and unethical course of action. Sexual abuse can be considered but is not limited to emotional, mental, and the most common form to be reported physical. Sexual abuse is known as the unwanted secual behavior from one person to another. Forms of sexual abuse include but are not limited to rape, stalking, and non-consensual gestures. In the Texas Law and Procedure (TL, 2016, Sec.81.002) The employer of the mental health service provider is responsible for the patient or former patient if he or she suffers directly or indirectly, a physical, or emotional injury caused by, or resulting from the
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681.42) Sexual Misconduct is mentioned but it is not to the extent and as specific as that in the Texas Law and the Practice of Psychology. This section describes what sexual contact, sexual exploitation, and therapeutic deception, is as well as that in the Texas Law and the Practice of Psychology. However, the Texas Administrative Code does does go into detail unlike that of the Texas Law and the Practice of Psychology about sexual contact. Some examples of sexual contact include: gestures, behaviors, or expressions that may be interpreted in a sexual manner, sexual comments, requests of sexualual history (likes and dislikes), fondling, kissing, and masturbation. Both, Texas Law and the Practice of Psychology and Texas Administrative Codes goes into detail about reporting as stated previously but does not make the reference the person doing the reporting has to up to the 30 days after he or she has known about these …show more content…
As we begin this section of the law it goes straight into describing abuse. Abuse, it can be mental or emotional, physical causing bodily harm or an injury, sexual, or encouraging the child to behave in obscenely in sexaual manners. Next the section goes on to speak about neglect which includes leaving a child in a exposed area where he or she may be at risk, failure to provide the child with food, and failure to arrange the necessary care for the child. If someone is to make a report the following must take place. The report shall have the name and address of the child, name and address of the person in custody of the child, and any other information that is relevant to the situation going on. As we move on to the next topic it is wise to not that this next topic unlike any other has a purpose. The Texas Law and the Practice of Psychology (TL, 2016, Sec.59.002, Purpose) gives the users of these codes a brief description on the purpose including member that are intellectually disabled. One of the main purposes for the inclusion of such topic is to accurately give those that are intellectually disabled the right of becoming a productive member in society. This is mainly because a person with an intellectual disability has been denied rights solely because they are the person that is intellectually disabled. With that fact others in the community should be actively
681.42) Sexual Misconduct is mentioned but it is not to the extent and as specific as that in the Texas Law and the Practice of Psychology. This section describes what sexual contact, sexual exploitation, and therapeutic deception, is as well as that in the Texas Law and the Practice of Psychology. However, the Texas Administrative Code does does go into detail unlike that of the Texas Law and the Practice of Psychology about sexual contact. Some examples of sexual contact include: gestures, behaviors, or expressions that may be interpreted in a sexual manner, sexual comments, requests of sexualual history (likes and dislikes), fondling, kissing, and masturbation. Both, Texas Law and the Practice of Psychology and Texas Administrative Codes goes into detail about reporting as stated previously but does not make the reference the person doing the reporting has to up to the 30 days after he or she has known about these …show more content…
As we begin this section of the law it goes straight into describing abuse. Abuse, it can be mental or emotional, physical causing bodily harm or an injury, sexual, or encouraging the child to behave in obscenely in sexaual manners. Next the section goes on to speak about neglect which includes leaving a child in a exposed area where he or she may be at risk, failure to provide the child with food, and failure to arrange the necessary care for the child. If someone is to make a report the following must take place. The report shall have the name and address of the child, name and address of the person in custody of the child, and any other information that is relevant to the situation going on. As we move on to the next topic it is wise to not that this next topic unlike any other has a purpose. The Texas Law and the Practice of Psychology (TL, 2016, Sec.59.002, Purpose) gives the users of these codes a brief description on the purpose including member that are intellectually disabled. One of the main purposes for the inclusion of such topic is to accurately give those that are intellectually disabled the right of becoming a productive member in society. This is mainly because a person with an intellectual disability has been denied rights solely because they are the person that is intellectually disabled. With that fact others in the community should be actively