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For this assignment, examine the ethical issues related to confidentiality, privileges, mandated reporting, and duty to warn. The purpose of this assignment is to expose you to common ethical dilemmas experienced by counselors, develop your ethical decision-making skills, and familiarize you with your particular state board of professional counseling rules and regulations regarding these issues.

To complete this assignment, you will need to access 3 sources:

· Your state board of professional counseling website. For more information on how to access your state board of professional counseling, search for your state board of professional counseling or marriage and family therapy (e.g., “Texas State Board of Professional Counseling”). Once you have found the website, you will need to find the prerequisite requirements for licensure. You may have to look around the website to find the information you need. Try looking under terms such as “application for licensure” or “laws, policies, rules.” Additionally, see “How to Find Your State Board of Counseling’s Rules and Regulations” under Additional Materials in Modules/Weeks 4 and 6.

· The American Counseling Association’s (ACA) Code of Ethics.

· Your textbook

Once you have read your textbook and both your state board rules/regulations and the ACA Code of Ethics, write a 2–4-page paper that is divided into the following sections:

1. Summary:

· Summarize the your textbook’s commentary of confidentiality. Specifically,

· Under what conditions must a counselor take action and breach confidentiality?

· What are the limits of confidentiality as it applies to groups, couples, families, and children?

2. Discovery:

· What does the ACA Code of Ethics say about:

· Confidentiality and its limits?

Make sure to include the section identifiers (e.g., ACA Code A.1.b) where you obtained your information.

· What does your state say regarding:

· Confidentiality and its limits?

· Under what circumstances are you required to break confidentiality?

Make sure to include the section identifiers where you obtained your information.

3. Reaction and Action:

· What were your thoughts and reactions as a result of this assignment?

· Describe how you will apply what you have learned from the textbook, the ACA Code of Ethics, and your state board rules/regulations to your future practice as a professional counselor.

Your paper must be clearly written and well-thought-out with proper grammar, spelling, and sentence structure. Your paper must be written in current APA format and must include a title page, abstract, and reference page with at least 2 references.

When you have completed your paper, save it as a Microsoft Word document under your name and assignment title (Example: Doe_J_Ethical_Vignette_Paper_1). Submit your paper through SafeAssign using the draft link provided in Module/Week 4. Your goal is to get a SafeAssign similarity index of less than 25%. When your report is less than 25% matching, submit your final paper through SafeAssign using the regular (non-draft) link. If the final paper you submit has a similarity index greater than 25%, it may indicate either unintentional or intentional plagiarism. You may be contacted by your instructor.

Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module/Week 4.

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