What is Informed consent?

Topic: Informed Consent

Question/Prompt:

Providing your client with an informed consent document at the first

session is mandated by all state counseling boards. To complete this

thread, search for “professional counseling informed consent form.”

Download and read 1 sample of a counselor’s informed consent form from

any of the agencies listed from your search. Compare and contrast the

content of the informed consent to the recommendations of the American

Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and your state board

rules/regulations. Then, search for “school counseling informed consent”

and look at sample informed consent forms used by school counselors in

K–12 settings. Compare and contrast the content of the informed consent

to the recommendations of the American School Counselor Association

(ASCA) Code of Ethics and Department of Education regulations.

What differences and similarities do you see with regard to the ACA and

ASCA Code of Ethics and informed consent, if any? What differences do

you see in the 2 written informed consent forms for each setting (e.g.,

content, length, dissemination)?