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Do the right thing
By Lynne Shallcross
On the surface, ethical behavior would appear to be a straightforward matter,
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“right” decision. Five members of ACA with expertise in counseling ethics discuss
situations that commonly trip up counselors and offer insights on thinking through
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ACAC becomes newest organizational affiliate of ACA
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By Lynne Shallcross
The Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling aims to provide a professional
home for counselors working with young clients in multiple settings, while also
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‘Don’t touch me’
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special needs, but by learning how these disorders also present in adults, counselors
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Reader Viewpoint
To have and to hold
By Mark A. Chidley
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A licensed mental health counselor and certified addiction professional examines
the possibility that unresolved loss, and traumatic loss in particular, is intimately
connected to the development of hoarding behaviors.
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According to SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde,
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What would you do?
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The cover story for this issue different meanings, including a system Lynne Shallcross
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situations in which I thought the “right”
Growing up back in the day
response was a black-and-white decision. CT Column Editors
in Alabama, I was a child of the
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seemed so obvious to me. But as I grew as Scott Barstow
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to the stories and experiences of my
me doing something I had no business
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What Would You Do? is a TV program
I had misbehaved and that someone in
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to correct me. This was the culture of [email protected]
without their knowledge and monitoring
that time, and the adults’ response was
their responses. As I initially watched
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considered proper.
some of the various scenes unfold, I Sheri Bauman
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what I would do. I would confront that feel comfortable correcting someone
New Perspectives
injustice” or “I would say something else’s child or going up to someone and
Donjanea L. Fletcher
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As I sat there, however, I began thinking in some form or fashion for butting in
about who I was and how my culture has and not minding our own business. As a Inside the DSM-5
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changed since I was a child. result, most people these days just sit on
[email protected]
You may be wondering what this has to the sidelines, shake their heads and say,
do with ethics. Give me just a second and “What an awful situation that is” or “The
let’s see if I can make it come together, child has no home training.”
because some of you may possess similar
experiences. You see, ethics has several Continued on page 8
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baseball and he came up to bat, I would
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many years. In addition, voting in the
occasionally say, “OK, Dylan, table is set.” American Counseling Association.
recent ACA election resulted in our largest
This of course referred to having runners
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In this case, the table is set for you, the
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members of the American Counseling address changes to ACA Member Services,
record for our organization.
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We continue to put more services and All rights reserved, 2011 by the American
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insurance, continuing education certificates and guest editorials for possible publication.
products and services to make them more
and many other resources are now available Not all articles will be accepted for publication.
valuable and relevant to today’s counseling through counseling.org. To make sure we Send articles or request a copy of the writing
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fully aware that if we didn’t make constant religion, gender, sexual orientation, age and/or
to continue to deliver information to our
disability.
improvements designed with you in mind,
most valuable asset — our members. Most
ACA would no longer be able to help move of this transition will be completed by June Mission Statement
the profession forward. of this year. The mission of the American Counseling
As the association begins celebrating its What’s next? Well, as I noted above, we Association is to enhance the quality of life
in society by promoting the development
60th anniversary, “resting on our laurels” have “set the table” with you in mind. But of professional counselors, advancing the
doesn’t do anything to provide you with we now need you to come in, explore and counseling profession and using the profession
the products, networking and career then let us know what else we can do to and practice of counseling to promote respect
for human dignity and diversity.
services that today’s — and tomorrow’s help you meet the professional challenges
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Letters
Advocacy efforts of the military, so I certainly understand
still have a way to go the need for it. It brings credibility and
Like Ms. Dominiquie Boyce (Letters,
accountability to our profession. Until
January 2011), I would like to thank the
CACREP accreditation is established in
American Counseling Association and
a significant number of schools, however,
my local chapters for their successful
many counselors who have graduated from
effort to break the code and convince the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to rigorous programs will continue to be shut
Editorial policy
hire professional mental health counselors. out of serving our nation’s veterans. I hope
However, I was terribly disappointed ACA will also advocate for the best care Counseling Today welcomes
to read that only counselors who have for veterans and not just care from those letters to the editor from ACA
graduated from a CACREP-accredited members; submissions from
fortunate enough to have a CACREP-
school need apply. nonmembers will be published
accredited school available to them.
I, too, knew from the time I started my only on rare occasions.
Anne Golembeski, SMSgt, USAF Retired
master’s program that I wanted to work Only one letter per person per
with vets. I am a 24-year veteran who Master’s Student topic in each 365-day period
understands the stresses and issues that University of Phoenix will be printed. Letters will be
vets face. I have seen in person how vets Albuquerque, N.M. published as space permits and are
struggle with addiction and trauma. subject to editing for both length
Three years ago when I started my and clarity. Submissions can be
w
program, there were not many CACREP- sent via e-mail or regular mail and
accredited schools to choose from in must include the individual’s full
my state that were accessible to me. As a Correction: In the February 2011 name, mailing address or e-mail
student who also had to work full time, article “Your witness,” Richard Stride was address and telephone number.
I needed a school that allowed me the ACA has the sole right to
mistakenly referred to as a psychologist. In
flexibility to work during the day. I am in determine if a letter will be
addition to being a licensed professional
my final internship but find that I am still accepted for publication.
counselor in Colorado and a licensed
unwelcome by the VA despite my years Counseling Today will not
mental health counselor in Washington,
of experience and the many intangibles I publish any letter that contains
bring to the workplace. Stride holds the National Certified unprofessional, defamatory,
I think CACREP Standards are Psychologist credential but is not a licensed incendiary, libelous or illegal
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as intended to offend a person
or group of people based on
From The President their race, gender, age, ethnicity,
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Continued from page 5 language, ideology, social class,
Now I know some of you are saying I hope I would do if the situation ever occupation, appearance, mental
that you definitely know what you would presented itself.” I firmly believe we capacity or any other distinction
do in situations such as these, and I cannot know exactly how we would that might be considered by some
applaud your conviction. But many of respond until we find ourselves in a given as a liability. ACA will not print
you are unsure of how you would react. situation. letters that include advertising
Perhaps you even remember a situation in This, for me, is still a great positive. I or represent a copy of a letter
which you wish you had said something review my past behaviors and responses to a third party. The editor
but instead walked away. and contemplate the definition of ethical of Counseling Today will have
responsibility for determining
As counselors, it is ingrained in us to or right behavior. I try daily to move
if any factors are present that
advocate for those who cannot advocate beyond the mandatory ethics of my job
warrant not publishing a letter.
for themselves. It is our responsibility and life and toward the aspirational ethics
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Washington Update -
By Scott Barstow and Dominic Holt
Spending compromise,
government shutdown or both?
As Counseling Today went to program, Community Health Centers Sanchez champions
press, it appeared a federal program and Workforce Investment Act school counseling bill
government shutdown Title 1 programs. On Feb. 11, Rep. Linda Sanchez
might take place for the first time in President Obama has promised to
(D-Calif.) introduced the Put School
15 years unless Congress resolved sharp veto H.R. 1 should it reach his desk,
Counselors Where They’re Needed Act
disagreements over spending levels for while Senate Majority Leader Harry
(H.R. 667) to create a $5 million pilot
the remainder of Fiscal Year 2011, which Reid (D-Nev.) has stated that massive
project to support the hiring of school
ends Sept. 30. cuts focusing exclusively on domestic
counselors and help reduce dropout
On Feb. 19, Republicans in the House nondefense spending are a nonstarter in
rates in at least 10 troubled, low-income
of Representatives passed a spending bill the Senate.
(H.R. 1) for the remainder of FY 2011 With funding scheduled to run out on high schools. Sanchez has championed
that would cut domestic nondefense March 4, a bill to provide two additional this legislation in previous sessions of
discretionary programs by $61.5 billion weeks of government funding, until Congress as well.
compared with current levels, including March 18, was being enacted. Passed Each grant award would be for a term
more than $5 billion in cuts from by the House March 1 on a 335-91 of four years. The bill encourages grantees
education programs. These cuts would vote, the legislation included $4 billion
to hire one additional school counselor
undermine students’ access to school in spending cuts by scrapping funding
for every 250 students identified as being
counselors and other necessary services for earmarks and eliminating programs
at risk of not graduating high school
and supports that help thousands of that the Obama administration wanted
in four years. Grantees can also use the
students to succeed in school and life. to end. Among the cuts were the $250
funds for school counselors’ professional
The bill would eliminate all funding for million Striving Readers program, the
development, for travel expenses for
the rest of FY 2011 for the Elementary $66 million Even Start program, the $88
and Secondary School Counseling million Small Learning Communities home visits to students and for other
Program, Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program and the $64 million LEAP services and materials to support this
grants, the Leveraging Educational program. counseling. ACA applauds Sanchez for
Assistance Partnership (LEAP) program, The two-week extension may not her continued work in support of school
the federal Supplemental Educational be sufficient for hammering out an counselors for at-risk youth.
Opportunity Grants and the High agreement on funding levels for the
We encourage counselors to ask their
School Graduation Initiative (formerly rest of the fiscal year, and the situation
representatives to cosponsor H.R. 667
known as the School Dropout Prevention remained volatile. The likelihood of at
to improve access to school counseling
Program), among others. The House least a temporary government shutdown
services and to improve students’ success.
spending bill would also cut $100 million remained, and the Obama administration
Studies show that providing access to
from the 21st Century Community was developing contingency plans for
school counseling services can have a
Learning Centers program, nearly $25 supporting some federal employees,
million from Federal TRIO Programs, including military, law enforcement, positive impact on student achievement
nearly $20 million from GEAR UP direct-delivery health care workers and that is roughly comparable to the impact
and more than $100 million from the federal employees paid with money of reducing class sizes.
National Health Services Corps. In separate from annual appropriations. To identify your lawmakers and to
addition, H.R. 1 would decrease the The American Counseling Association read draft text for sending them a letter
maximum Pell Grant award by more than continues to believe in the importance
or an e-mail, visit capwiz.com/counseling.
$800; prohibit the use of federal funds of federal investments in education
You can also contact your members
to implement the Patient Protection and health care services and is working
of Congress through the U.S. Capitol
and Affordable Care Act; bar Planned with its partners in Congress and
Switchboard at 202.225.3121.
Parenthood health centers from all federal in allied organizations to maintain
For more information, or to share your
funding supporting provision of birth important programs that are currently
school counseling success stories and
control, cancer screenings and HIV under the knife. For more information,
testing services; and cut more than 40 contact Dominic Holt with ACA at challenges, contact Dominic Holt with
percent of funding from programs from 800.347.6647 ext. 242 or dholt@ ACA at 800.347.6647 ext. 242 or dholt@
the Community Service Block Grant counseling.org. counseling.org. u
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