Legal & Ethical Issues

Question 1

4 Principals for Professional Ethics

Answer 1

Respect the Dignity and Rights of All persons, Professional Competence and Responsibility,Honesty and Integrity in Professional Relationships, Responsibility to Schools, Families, Communities, The profession & Society

Question 2

Respecting the Dignity and Rights of All Persons. 3 things

Answer 2

Autonomy and Self determination, Privacy & Confidentiality, Fairness, Equity, & Justice

Question 3

Professional Competence & Responsibility. 5 things

Answer 3

Competence, Accepting responsibility for actions, Responsible assessment & Interventions, responsible record keeping, responsible use of materials

Question 4

Honesty and Integrity in Professional Relationships-4 things

Answer 4

Accurate representation, Forthright explanations, respecting other professionals, integrity in relationships (conflicts of interest)

Question 5

Responsibility to Schools, Families, Communities, The Profession & Society

Answer 5

Promote healthy school, family & community, respect law, maintain public trust by self & peer monitoring, contribute to profession-mento, teach, supervise, contribute to SP knowledge base

Question 6

FERPA

Answer 6

protect informational privacy right of students & parents (educational records)

Question 7

4 things for FERPA

Answer 7

must adhere to record keeping procedures to get fed $, confidentiality of student records (can’t disclose PII w/o consent), Parents have access to records (reply cannot take longer than 45 days), parents have right to challenge accuracy of records and request admendment

Question 8

6 guiding principles from APA

Answer 8

Non-Maleficence, Fidelity, Beneficence, Integrity, Autonomy, Justice

Question 9

Tarsoff I

Answer 9

Duty to Warn

Question 10

Tarsoff II

Answer 10

Duty to Protect

Question 11

Ethical Standards are

Answer 11

Higher than law

Question 12

What is the #1 guiding principle

Answer 12

Do no Harm

Question 13

Education is

Answer 13

a property right protected by 14th admendment

Question 14

where are ethical codes derived from

Answer 14

profession

Question 15

Are codes reactive

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Which standard suggests psycho avoid multiple relationships & conflict of interest?

Answer 16

Honesty and Integrity in professional relationships

Question 17

Are all assessment results automatically confidential

Answer 17

YEs automatically confidential

Question 18

What is assent

Answer 18

affirmative agreement of minor to participate in psychological services

Question 19

IDEAL problem solving model

Answer 19

I=identify the problem, D=Define the Problem, E=explore possible strategies (intervention options), A=Anticipate & Act, L=Look and learn from results