Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling Children and Adolescents

Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling Children and Adolescents provides counselors and other professionals with clinical cases and accurate, up-to-date information on both ethical standards and case law. Chapters take a comprehensive, developmental approach to legal and ethical decision making when counseling children and adolescents, one that presents each chapter topic from the perspective of an adult and then explores accommodations important to children and adolescents. The book is a vital resource for faculty who recognize the limited scope with which other texts cover the topic and for practitioners looking to better understand the legal and ethical concerns around working with young people. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 About the Authors......Page 10 Contributing Authors......Page 12 Preface......Page 18 Acknowledgments......Page 24 1 Introduction to the Unique Legal and Ethical Challenges When Counseling Children and Adolescents......Page 26 2 Ethics of Working With Children, Adolescents, and Their Parents......Page 30 3 Understanding How Personal and Professional Struggles Contribute to Practice......Page 46 4 The Ethical and Legal Differences and Similarities of Working With Children and Adolescents in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Professional School Counseling......Page 56 5 Ethical and Legal Issues in Adolescent Residential Treatment, Adolescent Groups, and Working With Severe Emotional and Behavioral Disorder (SEBD) Populations......Page 78 6 Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling LGBTQ Children and Adolescents......Page 87 7 Professional and Ethical Use of Expressive Arts......Page 106 8 Legal and Ethical Issues in Administering and Interpreting Tests and Assessments With Children and Adolescents......Page 118 9 The Ethical and Legal Boundaries All Counselors Must Understand in the Process of Reporting Abuse/Neglect and Not Tainting Legal Investigations......Page 131 10 Working With a Psychiatrist While Counseling Children and Adolescents: Ethical, Legal, and Practical Considerations......Page 140 11 Navigating Legal Issues and Serving Your Client......Page 148 12 Technology: Relevance to Ethics With Minors......Page 159 13 The Importance of Networking/Webbing......Page 175 14 Challenging Cases......Page 185 Concluding Thoughts......Page 199 Multiple Choice Questions......Page 202 References......Page 216 Index......Page 228 1. Introduction to the unique legal and ethical challenges when counseling children and adolescents / Bill McHenry, Jim McHenry, and Teri Ann Sartor -- 2. Ethics of working with children, adolescents, and their parents / Teri Ann Sartor, Bill McHenry, and Jim McHenry -- 3. Understanding how personal and professional struggles contribute to practice / Teri Ann Sartor, Bill McHenry, and Jim McHenry -- 4. The ethical and legal difference and similarities of working with children and adolescents in clinical mental health counseling and professional school counseling / Trigg A. Even -- 5. Ethical and legal issues in adolescent residential treatment, adolescent groups, and working with Severe Emotional and Behavioral Disorder (SEBD) populations / Don Redmond -- 6. Legal and ethical issues in counseling LGBTQ children and adolescents / Cyndi Matthews -- 7. Professional and ethical use of expressive arts / Andrea Davis -- 8. Legal and ethical issues in administering and interpreting tests and assessments with children and adolescents / Darren E. Dobrinski and Joseph R. Engler -- 9. The ethical and legal boundaries all counselors must understand in the process of reporting abuse/neglect and not tainting legal investigations / Brian Peterson -- 10. Working with a psychiatrist while counseling children and adolescents : ethical, legal, and practical considerations / S. Dean Aslinia, Amir Abbassi, and M. Sarfaraz Khan -- 11. Navigating legal issues and serving your client / Laurel Clement -- 12. Technology : relevance to ethics with minors / Kathryn C. MacCluskie, Stephanie S.J. Drcar, and Darnell L. Robinson -- 13. The importance of networking/webbing / Salene J. Cowher -- 14. Challenging cases / Teri Ann Sartor "Provides counselors and other professionals with clinical cases and accurate, up-to-date information on both ethical standards and case law. Chapters take a comprehensive, developmental approach to legal and ethical decision making when counseling children and adolescents, one that presents each chapter topic from the perspective of an adult and then explores accommodations important to children and adolescents."--Provided by publisher