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PDR 403 - Professional Ethics and Legal Issues

Faculty of Education · Guidance and Psychological Counselling · Undergraduate

ECTS: 2 T+P+L: 2+0+0 Compulsory
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Çiğdem DEMİR ÇELEBİ
Instructors: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Çiğdem DEMİR ÇELEBİ

Course Objective

To be able to recognize professional ethics and to understand legal limitations in common situations.

Course Content

Explaining the relationship between ethics and morals, analyzing different theoretical approaches to ethical systems, understanding professional ethics and ethical practices in different occupational groups, explaining ethical standards, ethical violations and precautions in PDR, and identifying ways to cope with common problems.

Required Resources

Psikolojik Danışma ve Rehberlik Derneği. (2006). Psikolojik danışma ve rehberlik alanında çalışanlar için etik kurallar. Türk PDR Derneği.

Pehlivan-Aydın, İ. (2002). Yönetsel, mesleki ve örgütsel etik. Pegem Yayıncılık.

American Counseling Assosication. (2014). ACA code of ethics (Türk PDR Derneği, Çev.). Türk PDR Derneği. (2014).

Çetinkaya, R. (2019). Psikolojik danışmanlıkta meslek etiği ve yasal konular. Pegem Akademi.

Corey, G., Corey, M. S., Corey, C., & Callanan, P. (2014). Issues and ethics in the helping professions, updated with 2014 ACA codes. Cengage Learning.

Bond, T. (2013). Psikolojik danışma uygulamalarında etik standartlar. (B. Yeşilyaprak, Çev.). Nobel Akademi.

Gümüş, A. E., ve Gümüş, M. A. (2013). Psikolojik danışmada etik ve hukuk. Vedat Yayıncılık.

Knapp, S. J. ve Vandecreek, L. D. (2010). Psikologlar için pratik etik. Mentis Yayıncılık.

Explanations

To be able to recognize professional ethics and to understand legal limitations in common situations.

Rules

Students should come to class by reading the week's article.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Questions the ethics-morality relationship
  2. Defines professional ethics and necessity
  3. Explain the perspectives that explain different ethical systems
  4. Analyzes the ethical-norm-value-tradition relationship
  5. Defines legal practices applied for undesirable behavior
  6. Makes the definition of ethics

Core Area Distribution

(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionBrain StormingCase Study

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16232
Out of Class Study Period16232
Midterm122
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice000
Final122

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1IntroductionChapter of the book
2Ethics, professional ethics and basic conceptsChapter of the book
3Principles, virtues and rulesChapter of the book
4The relationship between the counselor and the counseleeChapter of the book
5Confidentiality and privacy in counselingChapter of the book
6Competence in counseling, professional responsibilityChapter of the book
7Counselor training, supervision and consultationChapter of the book
8Midterm ExamMidterm Exam
9Ethics in online counselingChapter of the book
10advocacyChapter of the book
11Laws for psychological counseling professional ethics in TurkeyChapter of the book
12Ethical dilemmas and decision makingChapter of the book
13Discussing ethical issuesChapter of the book
14Discussing ethical issuesChapter of the book
15OverviewChapter of the book
16Final ExamFinal Exam