CPSY 618 - Law and Ethics

Unit(s): 3

This course will provide knowledge of legal and ethical standards in the practice of school counseling and professional clinical counseling to deliver competent services. Professional and ethical standards will be considered as they relate to the relationship between the counselor’s sense of self and human values. Licensing laws and the process of credentialing and licensure will be reviewed and discussed. A variety of legal and ethical standards will be introduced such as confidentiality, communicating and collaborating with others, mandated reporting requirements, threat to self and other, attendance, truancy, school records and record keeping, violence in schools, and special education law. Differences between the practice of school counseling and professional clinical counseling will be considered.

Restriction: College restricted to School of Education; Field of study restricted to Counseling Psychology Major
School of Education