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Professional Standards & Ethics Flashcards

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  1. When an SAC transitions a student to a new counselor, ethical practice requires:

    Answer: Facilitating a planned termination process and warm handoff to ensure continuity of care

    Ethical termination involves a planned process and a warm handoff that supports the student's ongoing wellbeing and continuity of care.

  2. An SAC who feels they are losing objectivity with a particular student due to personal issues should FIRST:

    Answer: Seek supervision or personal counseling to address the issue

    Seeking supervision or personal counseling is the ethical response when countertransference or personal issues threaten professional objectivity.

  3. The NASW Code of Ethics and ASCA ethical standards both emphasize that SACs must maintain:

    Answer: Competence within their scope of practice and ongoing professional development

    Both codes require practitioners to practice within their competence and to pursue ongoing training to maintain that competence.

  4. A student shares information that reveals their parent may have a substance use disorder that is affecting the home environment. The SAC should:

    Answer: Assess the impact on the student's safety and well-being and consider appropriate next steps

    The SAC must first assess how parental substance use is affecting the student's safety and welfare before determining what action, if any, is required.

  5. Which action represents an ethical violation related to record-keeping for an SAC?

    Answer: Sharing detailed counseling session notes with a teacher who asks casually

    Sharing confidential counseling notes without proper authorization or release of information is a clear ethical and legal violation.

  6. Under which circumstance may an SAC ethically break confidentiality without client consent?

    Answer: When a student discloses an active plan to attempt suicide

    Imminent danger to self is a recognized exception to confidentiality that requires immediate disclosure to protect the student's life.

  7. Social media contact between an SAC and a current student is considered ethically problematic primarily because it:

    Answer: Blurs professional boundaries and may compromise the therapeutic relationship

    Social media contact creates boundary confusion that can undermine the therapeutic relationship and expose both parties to ethical and legal risks.