Barros-Bailey, M., & Saunders, J. L. (2010). Ethics and the Use of Technology in Rehabilitation Counseling. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin , 53(4), 255–259.

Abstract :

Standards for technology ethics were first introduced into the Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors in 2002. Since that time, the proliferation of technology has enhanced practice, changed the American vernacular, and become infused in the delivery of services to and teaching of individuals, families, and groups. The 2010 revision to the Code updates and reinforces standards involving behavior, accessibility, confidentiality, informed consent, security, assessment, records, legal issues, advertising, research and publication, counseling unavailability, disclosure, and distance counseling. However, it introduces new standards that are absent from the literature in the counseling and helping professions specific to technology ethics involving consultative and distance group counseling as well as in teaching, supervision, and training.

1. How comfortable would you feel engaging in distance counseling?
2. How would you feel about engaging in distance group counseling?
3. What can you apply from this article to your current/future practice?