As a future counselor, it is important to have a plan for continued professional growth as well as an understanding of the required counseling dispositions. Additionally, it is considered good practice for professional counselors to join a professional counseling organization. Research a professional organization that you might join, such as the American Counseling Association (ACA), your state’s counseling association, or another relevant professional organization. Write a 1,200-1,750-word paper in the third person about the ethical and legal considerations of the developing counselor to include professional organizations and a plan for continued professional growth. Save this assignment for your e-portfolio that will be submitted later in the program. Include the following in your paper:Ethical and Legal ViewpointVolunteerism: What standards do counselors need to uphold in a voluntary position or providing free/pro bono work?Self-Disclosure: Should counselors disclose personal information to a client? If so, when and how is it appropriate?Objectivity: Why is it important for counselors to remain objective with clients?Self-Care: How can counselors prevent professional burnout?Spirituality: How can counselors maintain spirituality in and out of practice?Counseling Dispositions: A review of three counseling dispositions as well as an analysis in regard to personal strengths and challenges in regard to the selected dispositions.Professional Organization ReviewA professional organization overview that includes the following:Membership benefits, available activities, and/or services to members.Current issues addressed by the organization that are relevant to the counseling profession. Note: These items are usually listed on the association’s website, but you may research elsewhere for one or two current issues in the field. Examples of current issues could include lobbying efforts for particular populations or specialties in the field, proposed or changing laws/regulations, high profile court cases involving ethical violations, or the like.When writing the paper, consider the following level-one APA headings to help organize the content:Ethical and Legal ViewpointProfessional Organization ReviewA comprehensive reference page that lists the sources used should be included at the end of the document. The paper should be written in the third person.Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

I. The passage below is found on the online version of the The New York TimesShear, Michael. “Students Lead Huge Rallies for Gun Control Across the U.S.” New York Times, 24 Mar. 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/24/us/politics/students-lead-huge-rallies-for-gun-control-across-the-us.html. Accessed 25 Mar. 2018.The students, as they seized the nation’s attention on Saturday with raised fists and tear-streaked faces, vowed that their grief about school shootings and their frustration with adults’ inaction would power a new generation of political activism.For many of the young people, the Washington rally, called March for Our Lives, was their first act of protest and the beginning of a political awakening. But that awakening may be a rude one — lawmakers in Congress have largely disregarded their pleas for action on television and social media in the five weeks since the Parkland shooting.II. The passage below is found on the online version of the The New York TimesHarris, Elizabeth. “Displaced by Storm, Puerto Rican Students Land in New York.” New York Times, 28 Jan. 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/28/nyregion/hurricane-maria-puerto-rican-college-nyc.html. Accessed 28 Jan. 2018.Four months after the hurricane, Puerto Rico is still far from mended. About a third of utility customers are still without electricity. Hundreds of schools are in the dark. And last week (Links to an external site.), the administration of Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló released a financial rescue plan that projects Puerto Rico would not be able to pay down any of its $70 billion debt for five years because of the storm.III. The passage below is found on page 225 from the following cited source:Hargrove, David S., and Roland P. Perdue. “A Broader Perspective of Gun Control.” American Journal of Orthopsyciatry, vol. 85, no. 3, 2015, pp. 225-227, http://dx.doi.org.db29.linccweb.org/10.1037/ort0000066. Accessed 25 Mar. 2018Psychological and theological interpretations of gun control may rest on a systems perspective of human behavior. Chronic anxiety lies at the basis of intense fear leading to the polarization of the public and its governmental representatives. Emotionally driven proposals for solutions further polarize legislative bodies, preventing thoughtful collaboration required for responsible public policy.For each passage:Provide a paraphrase (not a summary) of any portion of the passage. Add an in-text parenthetical citation at the end of your paraphrase.Using a signal phrase, provide a quote from the passage using two different strategies. You may quote the same sentence twice. Add an in-text parenthetical citation at the end of your quote.a. With the author in the signal phraseb. With no author in the signal phrasePreviousNext