LibGuides: EDC602: Module 1

Module 1 Required Resources

Stone, C. B. (2022). Ethics and law: School counseling principles (5th ed.). American School Counselor Association. ISBN: 1929289693

Access this textbook from the Dart eBook page located under the Getting Started module of your course.

Chapter 1: Introduction
- In this first chapter, you will review and become acquainted with the ethics of the school counseling profession, including the STEPS Model for ethical decision-making.
Chapter 2: Professionalism
- This chapter articulates the core characteristics that distinguish the school counseling profession from other occupations. You will explore relevant case studies regarding professional challenges such as dual relationships that school and college counselors often face.
Chapter 3: Cyberspace
- This chapter discusses the influence technology has had on the way school and college counselors interact with students, school personnel, and parents/guardians. Direct student services in synchronous and asynchronous online delivery is discussed.
Chapter 4: FERPA
- This chapter leads school counselors through the primary FERPA guidelines that will protect student confidentiality under FERPA legislation. The chapter explores these guidelines through relevant case studies.
Chapter 14: Legal and Ethical Advocacy
- An important chapter explains the ethical standards relating to advocacy for all students and describes how a school counselor’s behavior promotes equity and opportunity for all students. Discusses why school counselors must challenge institutional barriers to promote success for all students.

ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors
ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors—American School Counselor Association (ASCA). (2022). https://www.schoolcounselor.org/About-School-Counseling/Ethical-Legal-Responsibilities/ASCA-Ethical-Standards-for-School-Counselors-(1)
Important ethical standards that all school counselors must follow.
California Education Code 49602
Educational Counseling, CA Education Code EDC § 49602. Chapter 10 added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 426. (1987). https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=49602.&lawCode=EDC
“Any information of a personal nature disclosed by a pupil 12 years of age or older in the process of receiving counseling from a school counselor as specified in Section 49600 is confidential.“
FERPA Summary Page
CA Dept of Education. FERPA summary page - Data governance. Www.cde.ca.gov. https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/ed/dataprivacyferpa.asp
Summary of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

The Danger of a Single Story
Adichie, C. N. (2009). Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story | TED Talk [TedTalk Video]. https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story
(18:83 minutes) “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” -Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. As school and college counselors, you will be responsible for making difficult and sensitive decisions for others and/or other people’s children. This beautifully created TED Talk will broaden your understanding of the single story and give you pause to reflect upon the impact that our single stories (stereotypes and biases) will have upon our daily decision-making and view of the world.

Empathic Responding (Or Active Listening) in Counseling
Bennett, T. (2022, August 12). Empathic responding (or active listening) in counseling. Thriveworks. https://thriveworks.com/blog/empathic-responding-active-listening-counseling/
“Therapists possess and utilize many skills, but a very important response for them to master within their practice is empathetic responding or active listening.”
STEPS: Solutions to Ethical Problems in Schools
Stone, C. (2001). Steps: Solutions to ethical problems in schools. NHSA Wild Apricot. https://nhsca.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Steps%20rev.pdf