763 Flashcards
Regarding NASP Ethical Principles, School psychologists should only engage in practices that they are qualified and competent in
True
Regarding NASP Ethical Principles, I is ethically permissible to keep privates notes as a memory aid, however, they must be accessible to the child’s parent
False
Informed consent means the person that has the legal authority to do so has a clear understanding of what they are consenting to and the knowledge that they have the right to revoke consent at any given time
true
- Practitioners are obligated to pursue the _____ backgrounds of students, clients, and families
a. Cultural
b. Linguistic
c. Experiential
- When it comes to the principles for professional ethics, what does the term “assent” mean?
A minor’s affirmative agreement to participate in psychological services or research
- If a psychologist provides a service during an emergency, which ethical standard are they following?
competence
- In the realm of ethics in regard to school psychology, school psychologists provide effective series to help with what?
Children and youth succeed behaviorally, and emotionally
- Why were the NASP principles for ethics developed
b. To address the unique circumstances associated with providing school psychological services
- How many ethical themes provide the Organizational framework for the 2010 Principles for Professional Ethics
4
- School-based practice refers to what?
b. The provision of school psychological services under the authority of a state, regional, or local educational agency
- What is the first step in the ethical problem solving model?
b. Describe parameters of the situation
- When using the Ethical problem solving model you should consult the legal/ethical guidelines of your state. True or False?
true
- What are the Foundations of School Psychologists’ Service Delivery
c. Diversity in Development and Learning, Research and Program Evaluation, Legal, Ethical and Professional Practice
- According to the Ethical Principles of School Psychology, practicing school psychologists are expected to contribute to the profession by mentoring, teaching, and/or supervision less experienced practitioners
true
- According to the NASP Ethical Principles, it is NOT ethically permissible to provide services in an emergency situation without parental consent
false
- School psychologists must receive informed consent from a client if they choose to use case information as a teaching tool in a classroom setting. However, they do not have to remove identifying information
false
- Parents have a right to access any and all information that is use to make educational decisions about their child
true
- Parents have the right to not just inspect but copy their child’s answers to school psychological test questions, even if those answered were recorded on a test protocol
false
- ______ refers to a minor’s affirmative agreement to participate in psychological services or research
c. Assent
- “psychologists seek to promote accuracy, honest, and truthfulness in the science, teaching and practice of psychology” describes what APA principle?
a. Integrity
- Administration pressures to act unethically was ranked among the top ethical concerns faced by newer practicing School Psychologists
true
- The ethical responsibility of confidentiality is descried as not sharing private information that is revealed within the context of the psychologist-client relationship. Under what circumstances are psychologists able to break confidentiality
a. Client requests information about file
b. There is a threat of danger to student or others
c. Suspected child abuse
- As a psychologist you are NOT allowed to…
a. Engage in sexual intimacies with former clients for at least 2 years after termination of therapy
b. Engage in sexual intimacies with former clients even after 2 years following termination of therapy
c. Have a sexual relationship with a current client or the client’s relatives or significant others
- You learn of an ethical violation committed by a colleague after talking with them about it, they told you it would be fine. What should you do?
c. File a report to the state ethics committee and state license
- What are the three elements of informed consent
d. Competent, voluntary, and knowing
- APA’s Principle B: Fidelity and Responsibility means
b. Establishing a trusting relationship
- APA’s Principle C: Integrity means
a. Promoting accuracy and honesty
- What is the most common ethics-related concern reported by school psychologists?
c. Administrative Pressure
- Within the ethical decision making model, the R with the acronym represents which of the following words?
a. Rights
- Which is not a general principles that’s intended to guide psychologists to the highest of ethical ideals
a. Resolving ethical issues
- What does NASO’s Principle II.2 Accepting Responsibility for actions mean?
c. School psychologists accept responsibility for their professional work, monitor the effectiveness of their services, and work to correct ineffective recommendations
- In NASP Ethical Guidelines, there are 3 guiding principles under the section “competence” for school psychologists. Which option is not one of those guiding principles?
a. Higher degrees of education
- Under Standard II.4.1 Notification of Rights and Responsibilities Regarding Records, there are 3 things it states that school pscyhologists must ensure parents and adult students are notified regarding their psychological/educational records. Which is not stated?
d. Replication of psychological/education records
- Which of the following is not an ethical principle within the APA
c. All of the above are ethical principles of APA
NASP’s principle of performing responsible assessment and intervention practices is categorized under the general principal category 4
false (principle falls in line with 2nd principle: grouping))
- How many general principles are there in the APA ethical guidelines and code of conduct
5
- There have been amendments made to the current ethical guidelines and code of conduct
true
- Which of these are NOT something that dual setting practitioners do as SPs (while providing school-based services and engaging in private practice)?
c. Conduct all private practice inside of the house of contracted public employment
SPs only publish data or other information that make original contributions to the professional literature
true
- Which of the following is NOT an ethical principle from the APA guidelines
b. Confidentiality
- Which of the following is NOT an appropriate reason to release information without the client/parent’s permission
c. The student is breaking a school rule
- School psychologists encourage and promote parental involvement by
a. Linking interventions between school and home
b. Tailoring parental involvement to the skills of the family
c. Helping parents gain the skills needed to help their children
- A school psychologist is obligated to mentor less experienced practitioners and graduate students in order to ensure high-quality services in the field
true
- Jane is about to graduate from her third year school psychology program and she will be taking her PRAXIS licensing exam within a month. She is super excited and posts on social media on her graduation day before actually taking the PRAXIS. Her post said “you’re looking at the newest school psychologist!” is this a violation of APA Ethics code?
true/yes
- Cassidy is a school psychologist and a new child was referred to her for family therapy. She realizes the child’s dad was a previous sexual partner but no relationship came out of that experience and they have not talked in years. She figures that it will be fine because it had been several years since that happened and continues to sere the student and family in therapy
d. She did not make the right decision because you are not allowed to give services to individual who they have had previous sexual relationships with
- Psychologists cooperate in ethics, investigations, proceedings, and resulting requirements of the APA or any affiliated state psychological association to which they belong
true
- Which of the following is NOT an example of Human Relations ethical standards
c. Maintaining competence
the principles for professional ethics, like all codes of ethics, provide only broad guidance in making ethical choices
false
- Finish the sentence. A psychological or _______ assessment is based on a variety of different types of information from different sources
d. Psychoeducational
- Justifiable situations to potentially engage in unethical actions:
e. None of the above, these are all unethical
prior to the consideration of disability label or category, the effects of current behavior management and/or instructional practices on the student’s school performance are considered
true
- When can information be released without client/parent permission
a. Danger to self
b. Danger to others
c. Abuse/neglect
- As a SP, it is your responsibility to make your priorities and commitments known
true
- A group of students lead a protest about their social studies curriculum. The admin team strongly advices against this, but you inform them that these students are protected under which amendment?
a. 1st amendment
- As a SP, you can engage in practices for which you are not qualified but are related to social emotional services
false
- Prior to conducting research or providing assessments or services, psychologists must obtained
b. Informed consent
- Psychologists can withhold records that are requested if payment has not been received
false
- To benefit clients, SPs engage only in practices for which they are _______ and _______
c. Qualified; competent
- When using computer-administered assessments/scoring/programs, SPs choose programs that meet professional standards for _____ and _______
a. Accuracy; validity
- What are true of professional ethics
a. Are dynamic
b. Contextualize our professional work
c. describe how professionals in a given field pursue their common ideas
- When can information NOT b released without the client/parent’s permission
b. Whenever u want
- Which is NOT valid reason to terminate therapy
c. When the client/patient does not want to engage properly with services being provided
- School psychologists accept the responsibility to monitor the conduct of other school psychologists
true
- When consulting with colleague it is okay for a psychologist to disclose identifying information out a client without consent because they are both professionals
false
- Before recording someone they provide services to, a psychologist must obtain permission from
a. All persons being recorded
b. The legal representatives of all persons being recorded
- You always need consent to work with a child in a school-based setting
false
- Can a school psychologist have a relationship with a client at is not strictly professional
b. No their relationship must remain strictly professional
- Which of the following are benefits to assessments being administered on computers
a. Quick and accurate score results
b. Fair assessment of those with disabilities
c. Easy se of adaptive testing formats
- Which of the following is NOT type of “time out” that Harris describes
d. Seclusion
- How long after a special education determination is made do schools have to hold an IEP meeting?
30 days
- Testing and assessment are defined as the same
false
- What is ethnic incongruence
a. The increasing diversity of school-aged children
b. The lack of diversity among school psychologists
- What are specific recommendations for furthering the ultural competency research base in school psychology
b. Conduct intervention studies that incorporate measures of culture to determine how they impact outcomes
c. Make concerted efforts to recruit students from diverse backgrounds
- What waives governmental immunity for serious acts of violence that are “fail to exercise reasonable care” for “reasonably foreseeable acts”
a. Claire Davis Act
- When can information be released without the client/parent’s permission
a. There is danger to self
b. There is a danger to others
c. There is abuse/neglect
- Testing and assessment are synonymous terms
false
- What is NOT one of the definitions IDEIA uses to define an infant or toddler with a disability
a. A child under 4 years of age
- Implication for research
b. Make concerted effort to reruit students from diverse ackgrounds, and conduct intervention studies that incorporate measures of culture to determine how they impact outcomes
- How have school psychologists tried to remain culturally competent
b. Training, research, and intervention
- What’s the difference between informed consent and assent
a. Informed consent means that the person giving consent has the legal authority to make a consent decision ad assent refers to a minor’s affirmative agreement to participate in psychological services or research
- How do you define competence
b. To benefit clients, school psychologists engage only in practices for which they are qualified and competent
- in the realm of ethics in regards to school psychology, school psychologists provide effective services to help with what
a. children and youth succeed academically, socially, behaviorally and emotionally
- why were the NASP principles for ethics developed
b. to address the unique circumstances associated with providing school psychological services
- what is one of the function of a professional association
a. to develop and promote standards to enhance the quality of work by its members