Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling

Catalog description

This course provides an orientation to ethics in the counseling profession through identifying and exploring relevant issues in counseling practice through research, teaching and examining ethical dilemmas commonly experienced by professional counselors. Coursework covers ACA ethical standards, national and state laws, and regulations as related to accountability, responsibility, client welfare, emotional health, institutional policies, cross-cultural and cross-social class practices, and their impact on the counseling profession. Focal areas include professional roles and functions, professional identification, the discipline appropriate professional associations and organizations, and publications regarding best practices and strategies in providing counseling services to students, individuals, and families in various counseling settings.