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16-Year-Old Latina Student: Case Study

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In vignette number one, regarding the 16-year-old Latina student, there does not seem to be any legal issues, in Hawaii she is above the age of consent (State of Hawaii, n.d.). Ethical considerations to take into account would include collaborating with the student to form a plan, American School Counselor Association ([ASCA], 2010) ethical standard A.1.e, and American Counseling Association ([ACA], 2014) ethical standard A.1.c. It would also be ethical to talk with the student and understand important supportive networks for the student, ASCA (2010) ethical standard A.1.f, and ACA (2014) ethical standard A.1.d. Also, confidentiality would be an important ethical concern, ASCA (2010) standard A.2.d supports that confidentiality be kept, but also takes into consideration the parents’ rights to be involved in the child’s decisions. Also, the counselor should consider the student’s personal values and not impose their own values on the student, ACA (2014) ethical standard A.4.b. For example, the counselor should not advise the student to get an abortion or keep the pregnancy. The student is the main person impacted by these ethical concerns. However, her family and boyfriend may also be impacted. What possible courses of action are there and what are the …show more content…

Potential ethical concerns to consider include breaching confidentiality, ASCA (2010) ethical standard A.7 and ACA (2014) ethical standard B.2.a. Also, the counselor should remind the student about the limits of confidentiality, ASCA (2010) ethical standard A.2.a and A.2.b. Another ethical concern to take into account would include working with the student to form a plan, ASCA (2010) ethical standard A.1.e, and ACA (2014) ethical standard A.1.c. The student and family will be impacted by the ethical standards, and the other student and student’s family if that information is disclosed, will be

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