ACADIA UNIVERSITY
School
of Education
EDUC 50D3
PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN COUNSELLING
SPRING 2013
CLASS SCHEDULE
Instructor: Ron Lehr
Office: 216
Emmerson
Email: ron.lehr@acadiau.ca
Phone: 902-585-1302
Fax: 902-585-1028
Office Hours: Please see below.
Class Times: Classes begin May 6th and end June 12th . Class times are
1:00 p .m. to 4:00 p.m. on the following dates: May 6, 8 22, 27, 29; All Day on
May 23rd and June 3, 5, 10, and 12. If we schedule May 13th for a
class, we can end on June 10th.
Class Schedule
May –June 2011
Please Note: due to amount
of material to be covered, classes will begin on time.
May 6, 2013
Introduction and overview of Course (1.5 hr.)
Logistics –group and pair formations
What do you hope to achieve from this class?
In-Class Exercise (1.5 hr)
Complete
on-line questionnaire: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3P8SCH6
May 8, 2013
Professional Issues and Ethical Decision Making
(Values and Principles)
CCPA Ethical Decision Making Process
Overview of CCPA Code
of Ethics and Standards of Practice
Case discussions Read
“Values,
Virtue and Care in Counseling” by Cottone and Tarvydas (2007)
Readings for
Today
Read Text: Chapter One
Read CCPA website –Ethical Complaints
Procedure.
Read CCPA Code
of Ethics
Read CCPA Standards
of Practice
Please bring
two questions gleaned from your readings to class for discussion.
*NOTE: No
classes week of May 13th. CCPA National Conference in Halifax. May
20th is a statutory holiday and so there will be no classes.
May 22, 2013
Ethical and Professional Issues in Schools: A Panel Discussion
with Professional Counsellors
Confidentiality and Informed Consent in School.
Terry Lane, George Armstrong; Robin McGee, Marilyn Campbell, Betty Nicholson,
and Betty Ann Buott.
Ethical cases –a school-based discussion
If you have not already done so, complete and submit
On-line questionnaire and write two questions as a result of your reflection on
Tracy Nigra’s research article on dual relationships. A link to the survey will
be sent to you via email.
Please bring
two questions gleaned from your readings to class for discussion.
May 23, 2013 [1:00-4:00]
Principle Ethics v.
Value Ethics and the process of Ethical Decision Making
Class discussion will focus on the above issue.
Experiential class using case-studies and various
theories of ethical decision making. In this class, your group will be given a
case study to examine. In your group you will use the ethical decision process
outlined by Schultz et al., Cottone and Tarvydas, or another you studied and
discuss the steps and process you would use to resolve specific ethical
dilemmas.
Bartering and gifts in counselling and psychotherapy
Text Chapter One; Appendix D
Read these articles in preparation for class: First
read Meara,
Schmidt & Day (See Required Readings
in Course Outline). Next, read the two responses one by Bersoff,
and one by Kitchener.
Come to class prepared to answer and discuss the thesis proposed by Meara et
al. After reading their paper and the responses to their paper, do you believe
that constructs from principle ethics
derived from common morality, virtue ethics based on community wisdom,
practice, or tradition, and the integration of these approaches can enhance
ethical decision-making and policy setting? Provide arguments from your
readings and your own personal life that support your position.
Read “Values and Decision
Making” by Cottone and Tarvydas.
On Bartering, Read http://www.zurinstitute.com/bartertherapy.html
and giving gifts http://www.zurinstitute.com/giftsintherapy.html
Please bring
two questions gleaned from your readings to class for discussion
May 27, 2013
Client Rights and Responsibilities
Informed Consent
Mature minor
Emancipated minor
Legal issues Read
Text: Chapter 2 and 8
Read Consent
for Minor Clients –Alberta Law
Read: Preserving
Hope in the duty to protect: Counselling clients with HIV/AIDS
Read “Issues For the Client To
Consider
In Counselling or Psychotherapy”
Limits to confidentiality and consent for services:
Working With Minors and Dependent Adults See: http://www.cap.ab.ca/pdfs/limitconf.pdf#search=%22JSC%20and%20CHC%20v.%20Wren%22
Record Keeping and Informed
Consent: http://www.zurinstitute.com/ethicsofrecordkeeping.html
Please bring
two questions gleaned from your readings to class for discussion.
May 29, 2013
Boundary Issues and Violations in Counsellor-Client
Relationships
Read Text: Chapter 4
Read Article on dual Relationships by Tracy Nigro: Page one of article
and the rest
of the article (Some parts of the article have missing text).
Dual relationships: see http://www.zurinstitute.com/dualrelationships.html
May 30, 2013 (9:00-12:00)
First Group
Presentation*
Confidentiality Read
Text: Chapter 3 and 9 and selected articles PIPEDA article by Glenn
Sheppard: Notebook on Ethics.(Very
short article begins on page 5).Recommended reading: How
Private is Private? By Bryce and Mahaffey.
Please bring
two questions gleaned from your readings to class for discussion
May 30, 2013 (1:00-4:00)
Skype with Dr. Cristelle Audet, Chair, CCPA Ethics
Committee and in-person with Beth Robinson. 1.0 hr
Second Group
Presentation*
Please bring
two questions gleaned from your readings to class for discussion
June 3, 2013
Third Group
Presentation
Counselling in a Culturally Diverse Society
Case discussions Read
Multicultural
Counseling as the "Fourth Force"
Read “Multicultural
Perspective Principle and Virtue Ethics”
Read Text: Chapter 5 and selected articles
Please bring
two questions gleaned from your readings to class for discussion.
June 5, 2013
Fourth Group Presentation
In class exercises based upon questions posed during previous classes and examination of typical ethical dilemmas.
Please bring
two questions gleaned from your readings to class for discussion.
June 10, 2013
Fifth Group
Presentation
Ethics and Technology
Case discussions
Read Article “Practical
Aspects to Online Counseling” Greyar
151 -Regulating
Technology
Read Text, Appendix C, pp. 355-360
Read Article
by Alleman: http://imagesrvr.epnet.com/embimages/pdh2/pst/pst392199.pdf
Please bring
two questions gleaned from your readings to class for discussion.
June
12, 2013
Sixth Group
Presentation
Professional Issues Assignment Presentation and
Discussion
Wrap up and Review
Course Evaluation
Please come prepared to present your professional
issues assignment
*All presentations will take place at the
beginning of class except May 30th .
|
Course Activity |
Weighting |
Due Date |
|
Attendance, participation and preparation |
15 % |
Two questions (Typed) must
be submitted each day at start of class. |
|
Professional Issues
Assignment Presentation |
20% |
June 5th |
|
Ethics Assignment-Seminar
Presentations |
25% |
See above dates |
|
Academic Paper
–Essay |
35% |
June 5th |
|
Total |
100% |
|