Topic 2 DQ 2 (Obj. 2.3 and 2.4)

What special precautions or practices should a private practitioner adopt in order to minimize professional liability and ensure that their treatment of clients remains soundly within the boundaries of professional practice standards? The American Counseling Association as well as individual state counseling associations (i.e., ICA, AzCA) provide a variety of resources to clinicians. Choose either the ACA or your state’s counseling association. What are its member benefits, activities, services to members, and current issue? How could membership be especially helpful to the private practitioner? Summarize what the ACA Code of Ethics says about the following: report writing, record keeping, and service reimbursement.

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Describe in a well-developed paragraph that includes a thesis the development focus of each of these groups:1. Middle Childhood2. Adolescence3. Early Adulthood4. Middle Adulthood1. Describe how identity of self is developed in middle childhood and continued in adolescence, early adulthood, and middle adulthood, including one concrete example of how growth occurs for each stage.2. Explain how interpersonal relationships, including those from family and school, experience growth from childhood to adolescence to early and middle adulthood. Include a relevant personal example for each stage.3. Describe how intimacy is apparent in middle childhood and contrast this with intimacy in the adolescent and the young adult.4. Compare and contrast the physical and cognitive changes of early and middle adulthood.Explain how what you have learned in this course has aided you in the understanding of the four stages covered so far: middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, and middle adulthood. Give an example for each stage that describes how you would apply the information learned in that stage to your future profession.