Midterm Flashcards
The Scope of Practice for a Marriage and Family Therapist includes:
Can’t be expanded, Using applied psychotherapeutic techniques, Treating couples, families, groups and individuals, and Assessing, diagnosing and treating
The Scope of Competence for a Marriage and Family Therapist:
Is determined by the therapist’s education, training and experience
The laws for the practice of Marriage and Family Therapy are established and enforced by:
The Board of Behavioral Sciences
The primary purpose of the ethics codes are to
Safeguard client welfare
A therapist may formally refuse to give information to the court in a legal proceeding involving the client by
Asserting privilege
Confidentiality
Sets the foundation for trust in psychotherapy
A Marriage and Family Therapist’s therapeutic duty is
To do no harm
the standard of care
Skill level, knowledge and care in diagnosis and treatment that other reasonably careful therapists would possess and use in similar circumstance, Best practice guidelines for marriage and family therapists, Legal concept used to defend or prosecute therapists accused of negligence or incompetence
Marriage and Family Therapists are mandated reporters of child abuse and therefore must report:
Reasonable suspicion of child abuse that they learn of within their professional capacity
A verbal report of reasonable suspicion of child abuse must be made to:
Child Protective Services immediately (as soon as practically possible)
A written report of reasonable suspicion of child abuse must be submitted to:
Child Protective Services within 36 hours
According to the Jensen Article, a wooden spoon is permissible for spanking a child if:
Certain criteria are met
Which of the following types of child abuse are an optional report
Emotional Maltreatment
Reasonable suspicion of elder abuse must be reported in people ages:
65 and over
A dependent adult is defined as:
An individual who cannot carry out their normal activities or protect their own rights because of physical or mental health issues
Tarasoff is currently defined as
The therapist’s duty to protect
To enact Tarasoff, the therapist must receive communication of a serious threat of physical violence from
The client directly or the client’s family member
When notifying the reasonably identifiable victim, the therapist would
Make a reasonable effort to warn the victim by phone
important steps to consider when managing the therapeutic relationship of clients with potential homicidal behavior:
Increase session frequency
Document all steps
Consider hospitalization of the client
Institute a safety plan
Informed Consent (5 items)
fee, license status, complaint process, privacy practices, use of technology
Consent to Treat
signing that client consents to get treatment
Authorization to Release Info
get or give info to someone who is usually involved in treatment
No Secrets Policy
at the very beginning of therapy for couples and families; not bound by law, up to the therapist’s judgement
4 Types of Child Abuse
Physical, Emotional (not necessarily reportable), Neglect, and Sexual
Warning signs of Child abuse
Markings, bruises (look for various stages of healing), Fx absence from school, burns, Fx trips to ER, hyperarousal, malnourishment, tired, ill-fitting or dirty clothes
What do we report?
reasonable suspicion
who do we report to for Child abuse?
CPS
When do we verbally report child abuse
immediately (within 24 hours)
when do we write the report for child abuse?
within 36 hours
do therapists report every case of child abuse?
No, we report within our professional scope
What if someone has already reported a case you learn about?
you still have an obligation to report
6 types of reportable elder abuse:
isolation, physical, financial, neglect, abduction, abandonment
Outside of care Facility
verbal report to APS
How soon do we verbally report outside of care facility elder abuse?
Immediately (24 hours)
How soon do we write the report outside of care facility elder abuse?
2 working days
Physical abuse with serious bodily injury in long term care reporting timeframe
written and verbal report made within 2 hours to law enforcement, ombudsperson, and corresponding licensing agency
