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Essay / Analysis of the Framework for Solutions to Ethical Problems in Schools (Steps) as it Relates to Bullying suburban public school in the United States meets weekly for hour-long sessions with a 13-year-old student in seventh grade for aggressive behavior such as shoving, verbal disrespect and threatening physical violence toward classmates when he feels anxious or frustrated. During the fifth weekly session at the counseling office, the student confesses to the counselor that he was encouraged by his father to enlist his two best friends and fight, after school and off campus, with two boys from eighth grader who have been bullying him for months, both at school and by cyberbullying on social media sites. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get an original essay The student feels uncertain and conflicted about this suggestion, but wants to obey and please his father and appear brave and bold; therefore, he has a plan in place to meet the boys in a wooded park near the school later that day. The student reports that her mother is aware and supportive of the situation, but the counselor believes the student is lying about it. What, if anything, should the school counselor do to prevent the student and his or her friends from fighting with the bullies? ? Should the counselor contact the student's father to discuss the situation and/or should the counselor alert the student's mother? The parents have been divorced since the age of nine and the two do not currently have an amicable relationship, although they share civil joint custody of their son.ACA and ASCA codes relevant to the case scenarioThe school counselor is focused on the ACA and ASCA. codes of ethics for information only. Here are three relevant passages from the ASCA Ethics Standards for School Counselors (2016) and one from the ACA Code of Ethics (2014):A.2.e. Keep information confidential unless legal requirements require that confidential information be revealed or a breach is required to avoid serious and foreseeable harm to the student. Serious and foreseeable harm is different for each minor in school and is determined by the developmental and chronological age of the students, the context, parental rights and the nature of the harm. School counselors consult appropriate professionals when in doubt as to the validity of an exception.A.9.a. Inform parents/guardians and/or relevant authorities when a student presents a serious and foreseeable risk of harm to themselves or others. Where possible, this should be done after careful deliberation and consultation with other appropriate professionals. School counselors inform students of their legal and ethical obligations to report the problem to the appropriate authorities, unless it is appropriate to withhold this information to protect the student (e.g., the student might run away he knows his parents are called). The consequences of not giving parents/guardians the opportunity to intervene on behalf of their child are too great. Even if the danger seems relatively remote, parents must be informed.A.11.a. School counselors report all incidents of bullying, dating violence, and sexual harassment to administration because most fall under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 or other federal and state laws as illegal and require administrator intervention. THE.
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