Notebook on Ethics

This is a compilation of selected submissions to the "Notebook on Ethics, Legal Issues and Standards for Counsellors", a past feature in Cognica.

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Click on any of the following links to download a specific article from the notebook:

• A Few Interesting Decisions from Case Law
• Child Abuse and the Duty to Report
• Custody Evaluations
• Dealing with Requests for Information
• Duty to Warn
• Guidelines for Dealing with Subponeas and Court Orders
• Issue of Confidentiality when a Client Dies
• Landmark Decision with Implications for Counsellors in Canada
• Ethics, E-mail, and the Counselling Profession
• Parent Denied Access to Counselling Notes
• Personal Information Protection and Electronics Document Act (PIPEDA)
• Record Keeping Ideas for Counsellors 
• Reflections on Ethics Education in Counsellor Education Programs
• Scope of Practice for Counsellors
• Sexual Abuse of Clients: A Continuing Concern in the Helping Professions
• Special Education  and the Charter: No Pressumption in Favour of Integration
• Valuing Diversity and Acting Ethically
• What is Counselling: A Search for a Definition
• When Counsellors Cease to Practice
• Quelques questions intéressantes tirées de la jurisprudence
• Aide-mémoire sur la déontologie