Description
Write a 750-1,000-word paper discussing codes of practice and ethical issues that must be considered when using psychological assessments. Address the following in your paper:
- A description of at least three ethical issues including multicultural and diversity issues
- Implications of each ethical issue
- Ways to avoid the ethical issues in psychological assessments
- A discussion of how a clinician assesses behaviors that stem from cultures or subcultures
- A discussion of how a client’s academic/education, career, personal, and social development impacts assessment choice
Include a discussion of how these ethical issues are addressed in "Section E: Evaluation, Assessment, and Interpretation" from the American Counseling Association Code of Ethics located at: http://www.counseling.org/Resources/aca-code-of-et....
Include at least three scholarly references in addition to the textbook in your paper.
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This assignment meets the following CACREP Standards:
2.F.7.i. Use of assessments relevant to academic/educational, career, personal, and social development.
2.F.7.m. Ethical and culturally relevant strategies for selecting, administering, and interpreting assessment and test results
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Explanation & Answer
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Codes of Practice and Ethical Issues in Psychological Assessments – Outline
Thesis statement: The counselor should follow the directions of ACA to ensure that they serve
the patients well and stay out of legal troubles.
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Counselors responsibility
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Privacy
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Multiculturalism
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Avoiding ethical issues
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Determining cultural behaviors
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Effect of education and career
Running head: CODES OF PRACTICE AND ETHICAL ISSUES
Codes of Practice and Ethical Issues in Psychological Assessments
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Codes of Practice and Ethical Issues in Psychological Assessments
Counselors have the role of working within the ethical guidelines of the American
Counselors Association (ACA) and other documents that guide their work ethics. It is essential
to ensure that when making diagnoses and dispensing one’s duties as a counselor, one considers
several ethical issues that are covered under the ACA guidelines for counselors and
psychologists in the United States of America. One the factors covered in the ACA document is
multicultural diversity (ACA, 2014). The document also covers privacy and the responsibility of
the counselor to the patient and other stakeholders. The counselor should follow the directions of
ACA to ensure that they serve the patients well and stay out of legal troubles.
ACA says that counselors should not share the data of...
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