ATC 507 Professional Orientation, Ethical, and Legal Issues
This course will provide students with the opportunity to develop a professional identity as an art therapist which integrates understanding of ethical, professional, and legally principled practices while performing roles and responsibilities in mental health and community-based settings. Additional areas of coverage include the importance of supervision, benefits of professional organizations and credentialing, collaboration, advocacy for the profession and advocacy for clients and their access to mental health services. Includes goals and objectives of professional counseling organizations, codes of ethics, legal standards of preparation, certification and licensing, advocacy. Students will review federal and state laws and professional ethics as they apply to the practice of art therapy and counseling. Students will also recognize and respond appropriately to ethical and legal dilemmas using ethical decision-making models, supervision, and professional and legal consultation when necessary.