The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) Code of Ethics (1 credit hour)
Program Summary: This course examines the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) Code of Ethics which was approved in May of 2023 and revised in August of 2023. The NBCC Code of Ethics establishes ethical standards for Counselors and is a resource for ethical decision-making and practice. The NBCC Code of Ethics offers 114 ethical standards in the areas of professional responsibilities; counseling relationships; supervision and consultation; testing, appraisal, and research; counselor education; and telemental health, social media, and technology.
This course is recommended for counselors and is appropriate for all levels of practice.
Publisher: National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
Program Objectives: To enhance professional practice, values, skills, and knowledge by identifying minimum ethical behaviors and ethical standards for Counselors.
Learning Objectives: Identify ethical standards related to professional responsibilities. Identify ethical standards related to counseling relationships. Identify ethical standards related to supervision and consultation. Identify ethical standards related to testing, appraisal, and research. Identify ethical standards related to counselor education. Identify ethical standards related to telemental health, social media, and technology.
Review our pre-reading study guide.
Free State Social Work, LLC, provider #1235, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/6/2021 - 9/6/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit.
Free State Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP NO. 6605. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Free State Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Read more:
American Counseling Association Code of Ethics
http://www.counseling.org/resources/aca-code-of-ethics.pdf
G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course. She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience. She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City. She currently practices in the area of hospital/medical social work. The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.