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| What is a counselor's duty before beginning an evaluation? |
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| Explaining to the client the difference btw an evaluation and counseling, obtain written consent from the client unless the evaluation is court ordered |
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| collaborative process in which counselor and client contribute to gaining a better understanding of the client's problems |
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| produce objective findings to be used in reports or testimony |
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| What is the most impt dual role to be avoided in evaluation and testing? |
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| a counselor should never evaluate a client they are also seeing for counseling |
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| What information shld a counselor share with a client before conducting an assessment? |
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| the nature and purpose of the assessment in language the client can understand |
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| What is a counselor's ethical obligation when developing and publishing tests? |
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| use est scientific procedures, relevant standards, and current professional prof knowledge when designing the test |
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| What do good tests have in common? |
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validity
reliability
appropriate norms
a manual that explains how to use and interpret the test, its strengths/limitations and which kinds of clients it may be helpful/unhelpful for |
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| What is the ethical and legal obligation of counselors re: test security? |
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protect the test from improper usage, copying or dissemination
locked away to prevent unauthorized usage |
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| What is the ethical responsibility of multiple criteria? |
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| counselor should never use a test as the sole criteria for making clinical or educational decisions |
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| What are the considerations a counselor shld take into account when dealing with the release of test records |
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- if a counselor receives test results from another practitioner they shld never forward them on to someone else, the person requesting the results shld go to the prof who originally created them
- don't release test data to anyone who isn't qualified to read and interpret the information
- transfer them in a secure manner |
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| What are the counselor's duties when explaining testing to a client? |
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- Give them option of engaging or refusing the test procedures
- give an explanation of the results of any test taken by the client
-explain the nature and purpose of the assessment
- what conditions produce the most favorable test results
- educate clients about the strengths/limitations of the assessment |
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| when a test item refers to experiences that are not familiar to certain populations |
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| What is the Education for All Handicapped Children Act? |
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| tests be in a child's language and be appropriate for intended use, parents must give consent for testing and access to test protocols after testing has been completed |
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| What is the Americans With Disabilities Act? |
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| mandates testing be appropriate for the indl being tested, that reasonable accommodations be made in testing, and that results may not be used to discriminate in employment choices for people w/ disabilities |
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| What are the functions of diagnosis? |
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- facilitate effective treatment
- help counselors predict the course of a disorder
- facilitate communication among professionals
- helps counselors ID disorders that may require the care of a physician
- framework for research |
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| What is the double-edged sword of diagnosis? |
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can be comforting for clients to learn that their condition has a name
can be a self-fulfilling prophesy, create challenges finding certain kind of employment, have difficulty obtaining health insurance, have diagnosis used against them in a child custody case |
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| What is a counselor's obligation regarding medicine? |
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| if the condition might be helped by taking medicine, client must be made aware of the option |
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| What are the qualifications to diagnose? |
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| No absolute standard for determining adequate training, counselors must self-assess competence |
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| What are the 3 main ethical problems with using the DSM-IV with diverse clients? |
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1. DSM is based on a medical model of mental illness that defines problems as residing within the indl w/o regard to systemic effects of things like poverty
2. tends to pathologize the problems of racial/ethnic minorities and females
3. tends to perpetuate a paternalistic approach to mental health care that reinforces societal oppression of women and minorities |
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