Providing your client with an informed consent document at the first session is mandated by all state counseling boards.

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Topic: Informed Consent

Question/Prompt: Providing your client with an informed consent document at the first session is mandated by all state counseling boards.

Initial post:

To complete this thread, search for “professional counseling informed consent form.” Download and read 1 sample of a counselor’s informed consent form from any of the agencies listed from your search.

The initial post consists of three parts. Each question should serve as a heading in the initial post.

1. Compare and contrast the content of the informed consent to the recommendations of the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and your state board rules/regulations.

Then, search for “school counseling informed consent” and look at sample informed consent forms used by school counselors in K–12 settings.

2. Compare and contrast the content of the informed consent to the recommendations of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Code of Ethics and Department of Education regulations.

3. What differences and similarities do you see regarding the ACA and ASCA Code of Ethics and informed consent in content, if any? Include characteristics such as length, content, and dissemination.

Sample Outline for the initial post

Compare and contrast with the ACA Code of Ethics

Compare and Contrast with the American School Counselor Association

Differences and Similarities Between ACA and ASCA codes of ethics in Informed Consent.

Reply Post:

• Comment on the findings and reactions of at least 1 of your classmates.

Your thread is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Thursday of Module/Week 3, and your reply is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module/Week 3.

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1. Please use headings in both posts

2. Identify what question or topic you are responding to at the top of the initial posts.

3. Follow APA 7^th edition guidelines for professional papers

4. The use of information from other sources. You are in a graduate level course which means you should provide support for your comments and opinions. All information from other sources must be properly cited in the body of the posts as well as at the end of the post.

5. Word count – Initial posts – A minimum of 350 – 400 words

Reply posts – A minimum of 250 – 300 words.