 | Term | Definition |
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Treatment of Minors whom can allow for therapy |
either of the parents if marriage is intact |
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Separated or divorced |
request custody agreement before |
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Legal custody |
authority to make decisions (i.e. medical, educational) |
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Physical custody |
address where child lives |
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Joint legal custody |
usually case unless one parent has been deemed harmful, abusive or drug dependent |
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Minors consenting to treatment |
must be 12 or older; mature enough to intelligently participate in therapy; an alleged victim of incest or child abuse; minor presenting danger of physical or mental harm to self or otherrs w/out treatment; usually requires that parent be involved unless the involvement would be appropriate |
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Reportable consensual sexual activity |
Any sexual activity between a minor 14 or 15 years old and an adult at least 10 years older |
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Reportable consensual sexual activity |
Minor under 16 (15 and under) and an adult 21 and over |
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Reportable consensual sexual activity |
Between minor where one is over 14 and one is under 14 years of age |
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Not Reportable consensual sexual activity MINORS |
16 and 17 year old |
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Not Reportable consensual sexual activity MINORS |
14 and 15 year old |
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Scope of Competence |
Marriage and Family therapist do not diagnose, treat or advise on problems outside the recognized boundaries of their competencies (AAMFT 2001) |
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Scope of Competence |
A counselor shall not perform, nor hold himself out as able to perform professional services beyond his field or fields of competence as established by his education, training and experiences (CAMFT) |
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Scope of Competency |
Scope of competency is determined on an individual basis mostly within the scope of practice |
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Competency |
Reality of beginning therapists feeling incompetent with everyone |
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Competency |
Difficulty does not necessarily imply incompetence, nor lack of difficulty imply competence |
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Scope of Practice |
MFT provides counseling service performed wtih individuals, couples or groups where interpersonal relationships are examined for the purpose of achieving more adequate, satisfying, and productive marriage and family adjustment |
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Scope of Practice |
Can diagnose and test within area of relationship counseling and related to practice and competence |
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Standard of Care |
Level at which is ordinarily expected of other professionals in similar situations |
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Standard of Care |
Usually developed after the fact or with expert witness testimony |
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Standard of Care |
Consultation |
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Standard of Care |
Peer group supervision |
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Standard of Care |
Keeping current on legal and ethical issues |
