Ethical and Legal Implications of Informed Consent in Rehabilitation Counseling

2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9
Author(s):  
Terry L. Blackwell ◽  
Jeanne B. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Informed Consent ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Counseling Process ◽  
Legal Implications

This article explores the role of informed consent in the rehabilitation counseling process under the revised Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors (CRCC, 2001). In addition to describing the elements of informed consent, the authors provide recommendations and examples for ensuring informed consent throughout the rehabilitation process.

Clinical Judgment and Bias Due to Client Race or Ethnicity: An Overview with Implications for Rehabilitation Counselors

1996 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Rosenthal ◽  
John F. Kosciulek
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Clinical Judgment ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Bias Reduction ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Counseling Process ◽  
Potential Sources ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Rehabilitation Needs

Rehabilitation counselors are responsible for determining eligibility of clients for services, assessing rehabilitation needs, and developing service plans to meet those needs. Patterns of inequitable treatment of minorities have been documented in all major junctures of the vocational rehabilitation process. This article provides an overview of clinical judgment and discusses stereotypes and prejudice due to client race or ethnicity as potential sources of bias within the rehabilitation counseling process. Implications for rehabilitation counselors are discussed and specific bias reduction strategies are provided.

Employee Assistance Programs: An Emerging Vista for Rehabilitation Counseling

1982 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 18-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Dickman ◽  
William G. Emener
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Employee Assistance Programs ◽  
Employee Assistance ◽  
American Industry ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
And Training

The continuous growth and developemnt of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) in American industry, the basic elements of EAP's, and the effectiveness of EAP's, are presented. Following a discussion of the rehabilitation process, and the knowledges, skills, expertise, and roles and functions of rehabilitation counselors, implications and recommendations offered within the proposition that professionally trained rehabilitation counselors are optimally prepared to provide and coordinate EAP services. Implications for education and training, structural considerations, and professionalism are also included.

The Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors: The Administrator and Supervisor Perspective

2001 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 20-26
Author(s):  
Jodi L. Saunders ◽  
Sandra L. Peck
Keyword(s):  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Counseling Supervision ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Ethical Guidance ◽  
Counseling Supervisors

This article discusses the ethical issues facing rehabilitation counseling supervisors and administrators (RCS/As). A brief overview of supervision in rehabilitation counseling is provided in addition to: a) an examination of common ethical issues in rehabilitation counseling supervision, b) the availability of ethical guidance, and c) uses and limitations of the recently revised Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors. Recommendations for facilitating and supporting ethical practice are also presented.

Rehabilitation Counseling Practice: Some Sociological Insights

1976 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-39
Author(s):  
Jean O. Britton ◽  
Kenneth R. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Counseling Practice

The purpose of this article is to selectively offer insights from the discipline of sociology which rehabilitation counselors could find useful in improving the practice of their profession. Among the dominant topics discussed are the role of society in shaping and defining man's behavior, the role of society in rehabilitation, the concept and conferment of deviance, and Merton's self-fulfilling prophecy construct. Implications for rehabilitation counseling practice are presented.

Enhancing the Professional Preparation of Rehabilitation Counselors for Improved Services to Ethnic Minorities with Disabilities

1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tennyson J. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Professional Preparation ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Counseling Profession ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Insight Into

Past and recent research on ethnic minorities with disabilities has indicated that they have identifiably unique characteristics and present special challenges to the rehabilitation counseling profession. Demographic data and research findings are presented which provide insight into how these characteristics and challenges impact the rehabilitation process. Recommendations are offered on how to enhance the professional preparation of rehabilitation counselors for improved services to ethnic minorities with disabilities.

Rehabilitation Counseling in the Year 2011: Perceptions of Certified Rehabilitation Counselors

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Barros-Bailey ◽  
John J. Benshoff ◽  
Jerome Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Aging Workforce ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Sociopolitical Environment ◽  
Client Population ◽  
Counselor Certification ◽  
Certified Rehabilitation Counselors

In the 2006 Job Analysis of Certified Rehabilitation Counselors, the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification asked counselors where they thought the profession would be in 5 years. A total of 529 counselors gave their opinions about the future of rehabilitation counseling within the context of the sociopolitical environment in which they practice, about general trends in the profession, and about how these might affect the sector in which they are employed. Perceptions included concerns about the aging workforce and client base, the role of assistive technology, counseling skill development to meet the needs of a more complex client population, funding resources, and licensure/certification issues. Implications of their answers within the emerging generational context were explored, as were ideas for future research.

Employee Assistance Programs: A Place for Rehabilitation Counselors?

1984 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 29-30
Author(s):  
Mary Ann Hastings
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Skill Level ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Employee Assistance Programs ◽  
Employee Assistance ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
The Status ◽  
Advocacy Role

A questionnaire containing sixty statements about skills considered important to rehabilitation counseling was sent to fifty companies thought to have Employee Assistance Programs. The purpose of the survey was to determine whether or not persons working in EAP's thought skills rehabilitation counselors possessed were applicable to the EAP field. Although most of the thirteen respondents agreed that skill correspondence was high, there was some indication that they saw the advocacy role of rehabilitation counselors as highly threatening to the status quo in business. Therefore it is questionable whether EAP's are actually feasible targets for the employment of rehabilitation counselors despite the fact that they are matched in skill level to EAP workers.

Rubbish Man - Alleviating the Personal Impact of Economic Misfortune: An Opportunity to Expand the Role of Rehabilitation Counseling

1995 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-59
Author(s):  
Robert J. Gregory
Keyword(s):  
Job Loss ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Financial Loss ◽  
Personal Impact

The role of rehabilitation counselors could expand to people affected by situations other than disability, such as financial loss, including job loss. A cross-cultural case study presents a person unable to meet financial and social obligations, followed by a discussion of bankruptcy and other displacements, and ideas for counselors.

Forensic Ethics and Indirect Practice for the Rehabilitation Counselor

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-47
Author(s):  
Mary Barros-Bailey ◽  
Jeffrey Carlisle ◽  
Terry L. Blackwell
Keyword(s):  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Specialty Area ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Unique Relationship

For nearly 50 years, the specialty area of forensics has emerged as an established practice setting in rehabilitation counseling, and it is predicted to be the fastest-growing area of practice in the profession. Reflecting the increased number of practitioners in the specialty, the revised Code for Professional Ethics of Rehabilitation Counselors names Section F (Forensics and Indirect Services) as a guide to the ethical practice for rehabilitation counselors in this specialty. The section includes 17 standards specific to clients' and evaluees' rights, rehabilitation counselors' forensic competency and conduct, forensic practices, and forensic business practices. Furthermore, the unique relationship of the forensic rehabilitation counselor with the person receiving services is clarified through the introduction of the definition of evaluee, a term that has gained unilateral agreement throughout the field of forensic rehabilitation.

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