1 . Confidentiality is key to building trust in counseling, but there are times when a counselor must break that confidentiality to ensure safety. According to Kanel (2015), counselors may breach confidentiality if a client is a danger to themselves or others, if there’s suspected abuse or neglect of children or vulnerable adults, or if … Read more
Confidentiality is vital to the counseling relationship, however, there are limitations to that confidentiality. When may a counselor breach confidentiality? In your discussion, you should refer to your reading and the ACA Code of Ethics. After discussing these limitations, explain how the Tarasoff Case altered the way that human service professionals respond to crisis.
Briefly summarize major findings of your interview and share with your classmates. Be sure to keep your interviewee’s identity private. When responding to others compare what you found in your research and interview to others’ gathered data.
Describe your understanding of feminism before you read chapter 1. Did your perspective change after reading the text? Explain. Identify which branch of feminism most closely aligns with your behaviors and perspective and why.
Discuss the role of science and research in human services. What final thoughts do you have about this process? How has your knowledge base changed as a professional? What advice would you give to a new student in human services about the role of research and best practices in human services? Share any final … Read more
In this assignment you are to prepare a PowerPoint presentation of your research study. The purpose of the presentation is to share the information with others in the field to become an informed practitioner.
Human services professionals are required to continue to learn, engage, and stay current in their field of choice. Discuss your target population, future/current work goals, and how professional development will fit into your future career development. Why is this important? What else would you like to learn related to your future career?
Topic 8- Summer Learning Loss (Chapter 9): According to studies, all students return from summer vacation with decreased academic levels of achievement. For low-income students, however, the decrease is greater than that for middle-class children. What conditions may contribute to this difference? Discuss at least two (2) possible ways that the “summer loss gap” can … Read more
This week, you explored different types of multiple relationships. Some multiple relationships are unavoidable and unanticipated, such as human services professionals working in a rural community might have a neighbor as a client. However, other multiple relationships, such as developing a romantic relationship with a client should never happen.
As you learned this week, clients expect the information shared with their human services professionals to be kept private and confidential. With the increase in the use of technological devices (computers, smartphones, tablets, etc.) within the helping professions, human services professionals must be aware of potential concerns regarding confidentiality, privacy, and privileged communication.