Professional Behavior and Ethics

Catalog description

All professional activities performed by a school psychologist involve other individuals who are part of society and who are probably served by an organization. Many ethical situations in school settings involve conflictive decision making which intends to protect students and their families, based on the NASP Principles for Professional Ethics. Such interactions and the obligation to safeguard the needs and rights of those being served in the professional context will be a major component of this course. The nature and types of ethical and legal dilemmas will be examined from a conceptual standpoint as well as from an applied perspective. The course will gear around multiple cases that by themselves illustrate the different ethical and legal issues that are most confronted in clinical and school practice.