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    This document discusses the importance of using multiple assessment methods and sources from an ethical perspective in counseling. It notes that while research promotes using multiple data collection techniques, most counseling standards primarily focus on standardized tests with little attention to qualitative methods or multiple sources. The document outlines that assessment involves gathering comprehensive information on clients from various formal and informal methods like interviews. It concludes that counselors should consider using multiple assessment approaches as it is critical to the counseling process and provides more accurate information to guide client care.

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    This document discusses the importance of using multiple assessment methods and sources from an ethical perspective in counseling. It notes that while research promotes using multiple data collection techniques, most counseling standards primarily focus on standardized tests with little attention to qualitative methods or multiple sources. The document outlines that assessment involves gathering comprehensive information on clients from various formal and informal methods like interviews. It concludes that counselors should consider using multiple assessment approaches as it is critical to the counseling process and provides more accurate information to guide client care.

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    Shane Anfernee Smith BSPY 3-A

    Module 3 Lesson 1 Post-task Psychological Assessment LAB


    Ms. Jean Marie Villanueva

    Multiple Assessment Methods and Sources in Counseling: Ethical Considerations

    Monica Leppma and Karyn Dayle Jones Leppma, Monica, is an Assistant Professor at
    West Virginia University. She is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)
    and has been in the counseling field for over 12 years. Her research interests include
    mental health counseling, school counseling, and counselor development. Jones, K.
    Dayle, is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida. She is the
    coordinator of the Mental Health Counseling Program at UCF, is a Florida Licensed
    Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), and has been in the counseling field for 22 years. She
    has published two textbooks: Introduction to the Profession of Counseling (Nugent &
    Jones, 2005) and Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals
    (Drummond & Jones, 2010).

    Abstract

    Assessment is a fundamental component both of the counseling process and ethical


    client care. Although the assessment research literature promotes the use of multiple
    data collection methods and sources, current professional standards in the counseling
    field focus primarily on standardized instruments, with little attention given to
    qualitative assessment methods or the use of multiple methods and sources.

    Assessment has long been regarded as a fundamental component of all helping


    professions and the cornerstone of the counseling process. Simply put, assessment is the
    process of gathering information about a client. Through assessment, counselors are
    able to ascertain important information about clients, such as the nature of their
    problem; the magnitude and impact of the problem; the interplay between family,
    relationships, and past experiences with respect to the problem; the client’s strengths
    and readiness for counseling; and whether counseling can be beneficial to the client.
    Assessment is also critical for establishing counseling goals and objectives and for
    determining the most effective interventions.
    Assessment can be defined as the systematic process of gathering information about an
    individual in order to make decisions or inferences about that person. Assessment is an
    ongoing, fluid, and dynamic process that continues throughout the course of the helping
    relationship. Historically, the term assessment has been used interchangeably with
    testing, but the two terms mean very different things. Handler and Meyer defined
    testing as a «relatively straightforward process wherein a particular test is administrated
    to obtain a particular score or two». The focus of assessment is not on obtaining a single
    test score; rather, it is a broader term that refers to a process that integrates information
    about a client from multiple methods and multiple sources.
    Researchers have long recounted improved quality of assessment by practitioners who
    integrate data obtained from multiple methods and multiple sources.

    Assessment: Multiple Methods and Sources

    The evaluation method can embody plenty of information series strategies, that may
    consist of formal and casual gadgets and strategies. Among the numerous evaluation
    strategies available, the maximum extensively used is the unstructured medical
    interview. In fact, the unstructured medical interview is frequently the number one, if
    now no longer the handiest, the technique of amassing evaluation data. A medical
    interview is an interpersonal interplay among a counselor and customer aimed toward
    accumulating data approximately the customer's understanding, perspective, and
    emotions concerning his or her problem. For example, the handiest connection with
    more than one evaluation re assets withinside the ACA Code of Ethics (2005) is
    withinside the Standards that deal with forensic evaluation: “When imparting forensic
    evaluations, the number one responsibility of counselors is to supply goal findings that
    may be substantiated primarily based totally on data and strategies suitable to the
    evaluation, which might also additionally consist of exam of the person and/or overview
    of records” (Standard E. 13. a., p. Similarly, the AMHCA Code of Ethics (2010)
    additionally makes the handiest one point out of more than one reasserts. Standard D.
    2. a. of the AMHCA Code of Ethics states, “Mental fitness counselors base diagnoses
    and different evaluation summaries on more than one reasserts of information on every
    occasion possible” (p. Although the Standard makes use of the time period more than
    one asset, it's miles uncertain whether or not the context of the Standard refers to
    evaluation strategies, in place of assets. However, the exercise requirements and codes
    fail to deal with the problem of accumulating data from collateral informants.
    .

    Conclusion
    It behooves counselors and counselor educators to consider the dynamics involved
    inaccurate assessment because assessment is the foundation of the counseling process.
    It not only provides critical information about the client and his or her presenting
    problem, but it also guides the direction of client care. This article outlined the existing
    deficiencies in the counseling discipline’s codes of ethics, standards of practice, and
    practice guidelines with regard to assessment. Furthermore, It provided suggestions for
    future revisions of ethical codes, including the need to provide a clear definition of the
    term assessment, and to emphasize the use of multiple methods and multiple sources in
    the assessment process.

    Resources:
    multiple-assessment-methods-and-sources-in-counseling-ethical-considerations.pdf

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