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Upon completion of a Masters of Education in Guidance and Counseling, my hope to be employed as a school counselor in elementary education.

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Option #  1                                     Top Five Legal and Ethical Issues Involved in Elementary School Counseling

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Option #  1                                     Top Five Legal and Ethical Issues Involved in Elementary School Counseling

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Penelope Flores, an elementary school counselor at Bryant Elementary in the Katy Independent School District, shares legal and ethical issues involved in her leadership role.

# 1: Maintaining student confidentiality when discussing teacher and parent concerns about the student is the counselors key role.

# 2: Knowing the limitations of confidentiality is important when it comes to counseling children in the school setting. Counselors have a legal and ethical responsibility to report student admissions of imminent self-harm or harm to others.

# 3: Counselors are morally, legally, and ethically required to report suspected cases of child abuse.

# 4: Since the Santa Fe school shooting and the rise in student suicide, the school district is providing training on suicide threat and risk assessment to ensure counselors know the requirements for prevention and response.

# 5: When dealing with students of coworkers, counselors must practice care to maintain boundaries when it comes to dual relationships.

(P. Flores, personal communication, January 17, 2018)

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Option #2                              American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Legal and Ethical Issues

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Option #2                              American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Legal and Ethical Issues

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The latest news on the push for laws that include access to mental health services and career development are some of current legal issues for education counselors.

The federal government has recognized a growing need for improving student’s mental health and wellness and have worked with ASCA to update and introduce an improved version of the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act. If passed, the bill would provide funding to states to lower the student-staff ratio of school counselors, psychologists, and social workers, ensuring more students would receive much needed services

Additionally, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) was recently signed into law, mandating school counselors plan and carry out career exploration and professional and career development programs for Career and Technical Education, providing students with skill needed to pursue high wage, in demand jobs.

(Legislative Affairs, 2019).

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Legislative Affairs | American School Counselor Association (ASCA)

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Option #2                                            The American Counseling Association

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Option #2                                            The American Counseling Association

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ACA discusses the need for more funding for counselors in the education setting, as well as the need for more counseling services for children separated from their parents on the Texas Border.

The Association understands the risk of confidentiality when it comes to technology and offers online courses for counselors in regard to safeguarding client information.

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American Counseling Association | A professional home for counselors

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Angelo State University Library Research Regarding Title IX and Bullying 

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Angelo State University Library Research Regarding Title IX and Bullying 

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The article summarizes instances of bullying in the education setting based on nonconformity of gender norms and the lack of protection for students under Title IX.
(Vartak, 2018)

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Online Research of Title IX and Bullying

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Online Research of Title IX and Bullying

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The American School Counselor Association is an excellent source for defining the role and legal responsibility of the school counselor in regard to reporting, preventing, and intervening  in instances of  bullying on and off school campus.

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Personal Interest in Legal and Ethical Issue- Title IX and Child Abuse

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Personal Interest in Legal and Ethical Issue- Title IX and Child Abuse

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The legal and ethical issue I chose to research is the mandated reporting of bullying by education counselors. I chose this topic, because bullying is an ongoing problem in the education setting.

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Legal and Ethical Standards. (2019). Retrieved from American School Counselor Association: https://www.schoolcounselor.org/asca/media/asca/Ethics/EthicalStandards2016.pdf

Legislative Affairs. (2019). Retrieved from American School Counselor Association: https://www.schoolcounselor.org/school-counselors-members/legislative-affairs

Vartak, K. (2018). Title IX Protections Against Bullying in Schools for Sex, Gender, and Orientation. Law & Sexuality: A Review of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Legal Issues, 27, 91. Retrieved from https://easydb.angelo.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edo&AN=129741428&site=eds-live

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Summary of information I gained in my research.

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Summary of information I gained in my research.

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Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 mandates that school counselors report bullying, dating violence, and sexual harassment to school administration and proper authorities for discipline, while personally providing services for victims and perpetrators. Additionally, school counselors are required by state and federal law to report child abuse and neglect and provide for their safety following reports. Finally, school counselors attend training and facilitate student and staff training for prevention and intervention of bullying, violence, and neglect (Legal and Ethical Standards, 2019).