The LPC Code of Ethics The Texas Law and the Practice of Psychology (TL,2014, pp.2-7) book, defines sexual exploitation as a pattern, practice, or scheme of behavior, which may include sexual contact, that can be taken as being for the purposes of sexual stimulation of someone else. This term does not include the reception of information about a client’s sexual past within standard accepted practice while treating a sexual or marital issue. The professional will take accountability for sexual misconduct if the client or former client openly or incidentally experiences mental, physical, or emotional harm. This can result from contact and manipulation between the client or former client and the professional and therapeutic dishonesty. If someone
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The Texas Law and the Practice of Psychology book does give step by step instructions for protecting the child. Causing a child to be in a situation in which the child sustains a mental or emotional injury that result in an observable and material impairment in the child’s growth is considered a form of abuse (TL, 2014, pp. 151-152). Neglect towards a child includes but not limited to, placing a child in or failing to remove the child from a situation in which the child would be exposed to a substantial risk of sexual conduct harmful to the child (TL, 2014, pp. 153). Any person that has reason to suspect neglect or abuse towards a child should report it immediately. The name of the person making the report may remain anonymous expect in certain situations. A report can be submitted to any local of state law enforcement agency. If a professional has reason to believe that abuse or neglect has taken place, the professional should make a report no later than 48 hours after the first suspicion that the child was in danger. A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally makes a report that is false. A person also commits an offense if the person is required to make a report and knowingly fails to report the abuse or neglect (TL, 2014, …show more content…
These rights include, the right to protection from manipulation and abuse because of the person’s mental retardation and the right to live in the least deterring setting appropriate to the person’s individual needs and abilities (TL, 2014, pp. 229). Treatment and services for individuals with intellectual disabilities should be centered around the person’s needs and increases their skills to survive in their environment (TL, 2014, pp. 231). Each person with intellectual disabilities has the same rights as other citizens unless this rights have been lawfully revoked (TL, 2014, pp. 232). The individual has the right to not be victimized, abandoned, or harmed by a service provider. During the admission for mental health services, the client, and their parent, if the client is a minor, should be given a written notice of the rights guaranteed to the client. The notice should be in plain and simple language (TL, 2014, pp. 234). The LPC code does not mention abuse of the intellectually disabled; however, the American Mental Health Counselors Associations code of ethics mentions that counseling environments should be accessible to all clients, especially being sensitive to individuals with disabilities (AMHCA,
The Texas Law and the Practice of Psychology book does give step by step instructions for protecting the child. Causing a child to be in a situation in which the child sustains a mental or emotional injury that result in an observable and material impairment in the child’s growth is considered a form of abuse (TL, 2014, pp. 151-152). Neglect towards a child includes but not limited to, placing a child in or failing to remove the child from a situation in which the child would be exposed to a substantial risk of sexual conduct harmful to the child (TL, 2014, pp. 153). Any person that has reason to suspect neglect or abuse towards a child should report it immediately. The name of the person making the report may remain anonymous expect in certain situations. A report can be submitted to any local of state law enforcement agency. If a professional has reason to believe that abuse or neglect has taken place, the professional should make a report no later than 48 hours after the first suspicion that the child was in danger. A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally makes a report that is false. A person also commits an offense if the person is required to make a report and knowingly fails to report the abuse or neglect (TL, 2014, …show more content…
These rights include, the right to protection from manipulation and abuse because of the person’s mental retardation and the right to live in the least deterring setting appropriate to the person’s individual needs and abilities (TL, 2014, pp. 229). Treatment and services for individuals with intellectual disabilities should be centered around the person’s needs and increases their skills to survive in their environment (TL, 2014, pp. 231). Each person with intellectual disabilities has the same rights as other citizens unless this rights have been lawfully revoked (TL, 2014, pp. 232). The individual has the right to not be victimized, abandoned, or harmed by a service provider. During the admission for mental health services, the client, and their parent, if the client is a minor, should be given a written notice of the rights guaranteed to the client. The notice should be in plain and simple language (TL, 2014, pp. 234). The LPC code does not mention abuse of the intellectually disabled; however, the American Mental Health Counselors Associations code of ethics mentions that counseling environments should be accessible to all clients, especially being sensitive to individuals with disabilities (AMHCA,