tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63602652011-04-21T15:16:45.409-07:00Confessions of a Dancing BearA posting of Jeff's thoughst and quiz responses for the above class.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807957163276113087noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360265.post-1082665532476781982004-04-22T13:14:00.000-07:002004-04-22T13:29:40.123-07:00The Passing of Dancing Bear...
Before the last class of the semester, I wanted to take a second and reflect back on my experience of the class. When looking back at how an unnamed classmate and I first joked about taking a second ethics course, calling it "More Reasons Why Not to Have Sex with Your Clients", I realize how far I have come. I want to thank Dr. Combs for providing a safe Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807957163276113087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360265.post-1082061613134525212004-04-15T13:39:00.000-07:002004-04-15T13:44:10.873-07:00Ummm. Tuskegee. 1932 is a long time ago. It’s 72 years ago. The technology wasn’t there to treat the subjects. It was an era of racial distrust. Who can be surprised that an event like this occurred? It was 72 years ago, practically the dark ages in terms of ethics and racial equality.
What was that?
It ended when?
Did you just say 1972?
Did I just hear that the study didn’t end Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807957163276113087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360265.post-1081436031139044412004-04-08T07:53:00.000-07:002004-04-08T07:57:38.856-07:00Quiz answers: A, A, D, C, D
After reading Pope’s article on the responsibility of a testing clinician to provide feedback to a client, I find myself questioning my practicum. I am using the WISC-IV and the Rorschach to test juvenile sex offenders for a residential program. I’ve conducted 14 of these assessments and provided feedback on 0 of them. I administer the test with a brief explanationJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807957163276113087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360265.post-1080855205330480462004-04-01T13:12:00.000-08:002004-04-01T13:37:47.546-08:00I realize, of course, that I am writing this Blog 25 minutes before class begins. Why wait so late? I'd like to offer an explanation by looking to the chapter that we read for this week, challenging us to examine the ability of psychologists and other social scientists to make predictions about mental illness, as well as our client's specific behaviors, what ever those behavior be. I found Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807957163276113087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360265.post-1079450010015812452004-03-16T07:12:00.000-08:002004-03-16T07:16:46.733-08:00Oh yeah. Almost forgot: A, C, B, C, D, C, C, D, D, D, B, CJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807957163276113087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360265.post-1079449823883237902004-03-16T07:09:00.000-08:002004-03-16T07:13:40.640-08:00I’d like, if I may, to take you on a slight tangent. To preface my tangent I ask you to remember our discussion of 3-11-2004. We were discussing prescription privileges as a possible means that psychologists assure that they have a future career and that the degree will have some meaning in an uncertain future. The idea that psychologists feel the need to rearrange the system so that we can Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807957163276113087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360265.post-1077236704180963302004-02-19T16:13:00.000-08:002004-02-19T16:27:45.640-08:00Quiz: D, B, D, A, C, B, A, B, A, C
As I read and look over the article for this week and find myself wondering about my own training here at the university. We have discussed, both in Ethics class and in clinic team/practicum seminar the dangers of being sexually attracted to a client. However, I find myself wondering how I might answer the following paraphrased question asked of the research Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807957163276113087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360265.post-1076690723367329902004-02-13T08:45:00.000-08:002004-02-13T08:47:55.936-08:00Quiz: D, A, B, C, A, B, B, B
I just looked up both the NJ and PA specific child-abuse reporting laws, and find myself in a bit of a quandary. I work full time as a manager of a crisis unit in NJ. In that role I am responsible for assisting the staff in doing evaluations, making difficult decisions and offering the best possible disposition for anyone we evaluate. Last week we interviewed a Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807957163276113087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360265.post-1076457434787703462004-02-10T15:50:00.000-08:002004-02-10T15:59:44.076-08:00Quiz: D, A, B, C, A, B, B, B
Week of 2/12/04
Tarasoff, Dangerousness, Duty to Warn or Duty to Protect. These are terms that frighten the junior psychologist! Read the article for the week and feel the fear intensify. There are paragraphs upon paragraphs of how to avoid legal nooses aimed at our pockets and our necks. The clients that we help are anxiously waiting to engage in terrible acts Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807957163276113087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360265.post-1075511419607641582004-01-30T17:10:00.000-08:002004-01-30T17:12:33.700-08:00I was reading Chapter 4 o the Ethics text and thinking about some of the questions posed to us by Dr. Combs in the last few classes and our mutual reaction to the sex-with-a-client case. I am thinking specifically of Standard 1.05, the standard that indicates that psychologists should report ethical violation “only if the violation has led to or has the potential to lead to substantial harm and Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807957163276113087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360265.post-1074830699826415702004-01-22T19:32:00.000-08:002004-01-22T20:07:03.123-08:00After reading chapters 1-3 and discussing, in class, the importance of critical thinking when it comes to ethical dilemmas, it comes as something of a shock that an psychologist would argue that the APA code of ethics could pose a serious threat to psychologist. The webpage given in the syllabus offers the opinion that the ethics code’s language, described as being broad enough to avoid Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807957163276113087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360265.post-1074650851341383622004-01-20T16:45:00.000-08:002004-01-20T18:09:31.780-08:00Internet therapy? Telephone therapy? Phone conferencing with clients? Where does the APA ethics board stand on this most recent intersection of psychology and technology?
"The Ethics Code is not specific with regard to telephone therapy or teleconferencing or any electronically provided services as such and has no rules prohibiting such services."
As I looked at the APA Ethics web site Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807957163276113087noreply@blogger.com