College of Education
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Lexington, KY 40506-0017
Department of Educational
and Counseling Psychology

EDP 606 Professional Issues
Fall, 2002
Dr. Wm. E. Stilwell
westil3@pop.uky.edu
606-257-3395
606-257-5662FAX

Nature of the Course

I. Description

EDP 606 is a two-semester professional course in the graduate curriculum of Counseling Psychology. The course will be taught by Program Faculty and will address both historical and current professional topics. Included will be the professional identity of the Counseling Psychologist, an intense study of the ethical of the ethical guidelines provided by the American Psychological Association for practice and for research, legal aspects of psychological practice including licensing and confidentiality, research and training issues in Counseling Psychology, issues in counseling minorities and special populations, and current topics of professional concern. II. Learning Objectives
  1. To identify and explore core components of Counseling Psychology as a psychological specialty area (odd numbered year);
  2. To identify and discuss contrasting models in Counseling Psychology Training and the competencies that are generated under alternative models (odd);
  3. To become knowledgeable about critical professional issues that guide the practice of counseling psychologists, including ethical and legal concerns (even numbered year);
  4. To examine and evaluate the range of issues and concerns for diverse client populations, and some alternative modalities for constructive intervention (odd);
  5. To consider research strategies that are appropriate for Counseling Psychology and ethical implications for their use (both);
  6. To project and evaluate career opportunities for the Counseling Psychologist (odd);
  7. To develop and maintain productive student participation in the procedures, content, and management of the doctoral program in Counseling Psychology (both).
III. Course Format EDP 606 is conducted as a seminar. Each week a resource professor or student member will present a topic and coordinate the discussion. From time to time a resource person from outside the program will be asked to present a topic as well. Students will be responsible for regular attendance, prior reading of the material assigned, contribution of one seminar paper and discussion, and active participation in the class discussion. The examination at the close of the second semester of EDP 606 serves as a preliminary section of the doctoral qualifying examination, and is required for all second year doctoral students in Counseling Psychology. IV. Assignments Reading lists will be made available on email. In addition each seminar instructor may wish to assign additional articles or publications. These readings will be declared two weeks in advance of the seminar in which they will be discussed. Each student will be expected to create their own homepage and make the URL available by the Final Examination date. V. Evaluation Evaluation of progress will be determined by the following criteria:
  1. Attendance: at least 90% of the seminars. (10%)
  2. Participation in class discussions (article summaries, oral contribution). (25%)
  3. Construct own webpage (5%) by the last class prior to the Final Examination date.
  4. Complete a seminar paper on a professionally relevant topic. (See the list of topics and paper attributes) (45%). Scoring for the paper will follow this rubric: APA format (1), use of pronouns (1), paragraph construction (1), content (3), 5-URLs (1), 5-old citations (1), and the electronic version of the Quality Assurance form (1). The paper is submitted as an attachment by the last class prior to the Final Examination date.
  5. Power-point presentation of the professionally relevant topic to the class, with handouts (30 minutes). In the presentation, the individual will demonstrate/discuss the application of the APA Ethical Principals to a selected topic. (15%)
  6. Preliminary examination (Second Year ONLY)
Final course grades will be assigned on the basis of accumulated performance criteria. Because of the seminar nature of the course, no "I" grades will be assigned. Students who miss substantial segments of the coursework will be expected to make up the deficit in the semester the course is again offered (even numbered years). If a student has serious problems in meeting course requirements, students are expected to work out a satisfactory arrangement with the professor prior to the Final Examination. VI. Texts American Psychological Association (1992). Ethical Principles. Washington, DC. American Psychological Association (2001). Publication Manual, Fifth Edition. Washington, DC.

Bershoff, D. N. (1999). Ethical conflicts in psychology (2nd Edition). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Canter, M. B., Bennett, B. E., Jones, S. E., Nagy, T. F. (1994). Ethics for psychologists: A commentary on the APA Ethics Code. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Abstracts & Articles; Therapy Research & Therapist Resources; Ethics, Malpractice, & Psychology

Statement by the Ethics Committee on Services by Telephone, Teleconferencing, and Internet (APA)

Standards for the Ethical Practice of WebCounseling (NBCC) Counseling Psychology Program Handbook
 American Psychological Association, Division 17, Counseling Psychology
 VII. Suggested Paper Topics You may select one of your own interest and show the application of the ethical principles to the topic! If you feel you need additional help in writing your paper, please contact The Writing Center.
Pros and cons of prescription privilege
Pros and cons of professional licensing
Master's level practitioners
Ethical issues in assessment
Professional identity of counseling psychologists
The impaired student/therapist/faculty member
The case for skill in counseling minorities (e.g., ethnicity, age, sexual orientation)
Integrating theory into supervision
Pros and cons of managed psychological services
Counseling Psychology: one of four or one of many specialties
A prevention-community view of counseling psychology
Integrating scientific and personal values in professional counseling
The Counseling Psychologist as a Health Professional
Empirically validated treatments
New frontiers for ethical principles and code of conduct
Issues in assessment with special populations
 VIII. Paper Outline In order to help you prepare your paper for this course, the following outline is suggested. In making this suggestion I am not saying that you will be evaluated on how closely you follow the outline. I am pointing out that you can effectively cover almost any topic with the following structure:

Problem. In this section you will want to characterize the problem. You might handle part of the definition of the problem by raising some rhetorical questions which you will subsequently try to answer in the course of the full paper (about 1 1/2 pages); Define terms. In this section you do not have to use "define terms" as a heading, but the section allows you to establish the territory which you will cover in the paper. This statement of terms also defines the limits of your paper (about 1 page); Review the literature. In this section let me suggest that you examine alternative and conflicting views in the literature. In the several subsections in your discussion cite a minimum of five journal references from more than 20 years ago, five journal references from the last ten years, and five URLs. Raise five research questions. Now that you have become an "expert" in a counseling psychology area, you are ready to raise some questions which heretofore have not been answered (about 1 page); and,
Summary. In this section which is very small and probably less than a half of a page, you will summarize what you have done in the previous 13-14 pages. Please cover the major issues in a manner which is comfortable to you. Please do use the heading and referencing systems described within the American Psychological Association's publication manual (5th Edition).

IX. Office Hours

Please make an appointment, preferably on-line, prior to meeting with me. Do not make an appointment for an emergency; come in. X. CHEATING AND PLAGARISM The minimum punishment for either of these offenses is an "E" in the course.

XI. DISABILITY

If you are a student with a disability, please obtain appropriate certification through the Disability Resource Center

XII. SCHEDULE

Turn off cell phones and pagers in class.

Date Topic Assignment Presenter(s)
September 3 Orientation/Warm-up . .
September 10 Faculty Panel: academic,
professional, research		 EDP Faculty Publications
on Reserve 		EDP Faculty
September 17 Practicum/internship:
Opportunities, guidlines
Program Research (EDP 765)		 Handbook Review
Paper topics due		 Dr. Stilwell
September 24 APA Code of Ethics

APA Code Notes
APA Code of Ethics
Bersoff 3; Canter 1&2

Dr. Stilwell
October 1 Confidentiality
Practicum Application due		 Confidentiality Notes
Bersoff 4
site information form
site interview form 		Mary Bolin-Reece at 4:30
October 8 Code of Conduct KRS 319 and 201KAR26:145
KRS 335.500 and 201KAR36:040 		Lea Perritt, Board Member
October 15 Dual Relationships Bersoff 5  
October 22 Assessment Ethics Bersoff 6  
October 29 Research Ethics Bersoff 8; Canter 8 Larry Iten 4pm
November 5 Forsensic Ethics Bersoff 9; Canter 9  
November 12 Business of Psychology Bersoff 10 TLShurling 4pm
November 19 Intervention Ethics Bershoff 7  
November 26 Second Year FINAL No Class  
December 3 Power Point Presentations   .
December 10 Power Point Presentations
PAPER DUE TODAY		 Gray
Howell 		 
December 19 Power Point Presentations
FINAL EXAM TIME: 3:30		 Korfhage
Duhigg
Hansel
Moore
Leach

 


All submitted papers must be accompanied by a Quality Assurance Contract. Electronic submissions included.

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