School Psychology Practice in Nova Scotia: An Update and Implications for Role Diversification

A survey of school psychology practice in Nova Scotia was conducted to update and extend previous work. Thirty-one school psychologists completed a survey about their practice across the six areas of competency identified by the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) and their current versus preferred time in various areas of psychology practice. Results indicated that most participants currently practice across all areas of competency to some degree but spend most of their time engaged in assessment and evaluation. Findings suggest that the role of the school psychologist in Nova Scotia has changed very little since the previous work was completed and that school psychologists would like to diversify their practice to include more intervention and professional development. With appropriate training and supervision, the time is right to expand school psychology services to provide much-needed mental health services to a broader range of children and families. Recommendations for training and role diversification are discussed.

Consejería psicológica virtual en la universidad colombiana: más allá del rendimiento académico

El servicio de consejería psicológica que se ofrece desde bienestar universitario a los programas educativos virtuales en Colombia, se ha centrado principalmente en detectar estudiantes con bajo rendimiento académico y riesgo de deserción, dejando un poco de lado los problemas psicológicos de los estudiantes como la ansiedad académica, el desgaste emocional que implica trabajar y estudiar, así como la prevención de situaciones de crisis, que eventualmente se podrían presentar.Desde esta perspectiva, el presente artículo plantea una reflexión acerca de los nuevos retos del psicólogo que trabaja en la consejería psicológica virtual de las universidades y de la necesidad que tiene de formarse en el manejo de plataformas virtuales y la importancia de una regulación ética de sus acciones profesionales de acuerdo con los lineamientos de la American Psychological Association, la Canadian Psychological Association y la New Zealand Psychologists Board.

Ethical Issues in Clinical Psychology

This chapter examines how ethical issues are approached differently by two prominent psychological associations, how they are encountered by psychologists, the formal complaints they give rise to, and how they can be approached systematically to avoid missteps. Included are basic assumptions about ethics; the unique approaches to developing a ethics code taken by the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), and what each of these two codes provides; empirical data about what ethical problems psychologists encounter and what formal complaints they face; four major sets of ethical issues that are particularly complex and challenging (confidentiality, informed consent, competence, and boundaries); an area of major controversy (clinical psychology and national security); steps in ethical decision-making; and four possible lines of future research.

Ethical Issues in Clinical Psychology

This chapter examines how ethical issues are approached differently by two prominent psychological associations, how they are encountered by psychologists, the formal complaints they give rise to, and how they can be approached systematically to avoid missteps. Included are basic assumptions about ethics; the unique approaches to developing a ethics code taken by the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), and what each of these two codes provides; empirical data about what ethical problems psychologists encounter and what formal complaints they face; four major sets of ethical issues that are particularly complex and challenging (confidentiality, informed consent, competence, and boundaries); an area of major controversy (clinical psychology and national security); steps in ethical decision-making; and four possible lines of future research.