Concept of privileged communication

Choose 3 of the following questions and respond. 1) What does the concept of privileged communication mean? Does your state protect privileged communication in groups? Although group leaders are themselves ethically and legally bound to maintain confidentiality, do group member who violates another member’s confidences face legal consequences? 2) How does culture affect a member’s views on confidentiality? 3) State laws differ regarding counseling minors. It is important for group workers to be aware of the laws related to working with minors in the state in which they are practicing as well as local policies for those working in a school setting. What are the laws in your state regarding confidentiality for minors who are participating in groups? Would a counselor give information to parents that came from the counselor’s group? This law protects the right to seek treatment of certain populations of youth. List these populations. Before any minor enters a group, best practice requires counselors to notify parents or guardians that their children are participating. What information should be given to the parents? What is a good way to give feedback to parents about their child’s participation in a group? 4) Summarize the Guidelines Regarding Confidentiality. 5) What recommendations does Hays offer for integrating social justice in group work? 6) The Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC, 2008) lists attributes of effective group counselors- what are they? Describe in detail. 7) Techniques can be abused or used in unethical ways. What are some ways leaders might employ techniques unethically? Describe a group leader who is not likely to abuse techniques unethically. 8) What are good questions to self assess yourself recognize your limitations to do group work? Professional competence is not arrived at once and for all. Rather, professional growth is an ongoing developmental process for the duration of your career. The “Best Practice Guidelines” (ASGW, 2008, A.8) provide some general suggestions for increasing one’s level of competence as a group worker-what are these guidelines? 9) The key to avoiding a malpractice suit is to maintain reasonable, ordinary, and prudent practices. What group leader guidelines are useful in translating the terms reasonable, ordinary, and prudent into concrete actions?    

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