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.

Teri Ann Sartor, PhD, LPC-S, NCC, CHST, is an assistant professor of counseling at Texas A&M University-Texarkana. Bill McHenry, PhD, LPC, is the dean of graduate studies and research and associate professor of counseling at Texas A&M University-Texarkana. He has coauthored four books, including What Therapists Say and Why They Say It and A Counselor's Introduction to Neuroscience. Jim McHenry, EdD, NCC, LPC, CRC, is professor emeritus at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. He has coauthored three books, including What Therapists Say and Why They Say It and A Counselor's Introduction to Neuroscience.

About the Authors Contributing Authors Preface Acknowledgements 1.Introduction to the Unique Legal and Ethical Challenges when Counseling Children and Adolescents Bill McHenry 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 Differences and Similarities of Working with Children and Adolescents in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Professional School Counseling Trigg 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 Mathews 7. Professional and Ethical Use of Expressive Arts Andrea Davis 8. Legal and Ethical Issues in Administering and Interpreting Test and Assessments with Children and Adolescents Darren 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 Potential 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 Concluding Thoughts by Jim McHenry Multiple Choice Questions References