Professional Orientation and Ethical Practice
CRC · 32 questions
- A county VR counselor is asked by a supervisor to alter a progress note to hide a delayed referral. What is the most appropriate ethical response?
- A private rehab counselor discovers a billing practice that double-charges insurers for the same evaluation hour. What should the counselor do first as an ethical risk-management step?
- A counselor wants to market a side consulting practice using identifiable client stories as case studies without consent. Which action aligns with ethical confidentiality practice?
- A municipal disability services counselor is pressured to guarantee a job outcome in writing to secure a contract. What is the most appropriate professional response?
- A counselor receives a subpoena for a full case file and wonders whether to mail everything immediately. What is the best next step?
- A city human-services board asks whether ADA Title I concepts matter when a covered employer interviews a wheelchair user. Which counselor-level clarification is most accurate?
- A VR client faces denial of a planned service and asks about due-process appeal rights under public rehab policy. What should the counselor emphasize?
- A school-to-work transition counselor must explain how IDEA transition planning differs from adult VR eligibility. Which distinction is most accurate?
- A counselor cites Section 504 when a community college refuses basic access accommodations for a client with a documented disability. What is the counselor primarily applying?
- A county hiring manager asks a rehab counselor whether asking applicants about their disability diagnosis during an interview is allowed. What guidance fits employment disability-law concepts?
- A bilingual counselor serving refugee clients with disabilities is told to use the same counseling scripts used with long-time local residents. What multicultural practice response is most appropriate?
- A rural client from a culture that prefers family decision-making clashes with an individualistic IPE goal process. How should the counselor respond?
- A counselor notices lower successful closure rates for clients from a marginalized racial group on the caseload. What equity advocacy step best fits professional multicultural practice?
- An LGBTQ+ client with a chronic illness fears disclosure at a faith-based community rehabilitation program. What affirming counselor action is most appropriate?
- A new hire confuses "impairment," "disability," and environmental "handicap" language when writing community education materials. Which clarification is most consistent with rehabilitation terminology?
- A city council brief mixes "habilitation" and "rehabilitation" when describing a program for people with congenital disabilities who are developing skills for the first time. Which distinction should the counselor provide?
- A counselor explains "informed choice" to a client who thinks VR will simply assign a job. What should the counselor convey?
- A case note labels a client "noncompliant" after missed appointments caused by lack of accessible transportation. What documentation approach better reflects rehab counseling values?
- A hospital discharge planner asks how a CRC's role on a rehab unit typically differs from a social worker's. Which emphasis best reflects CRC professional identity?
- A counselor is asked to provide psychotherapy beyond competence for a complex personality disorder while still owning the VR case. What is the most appropriate action?
- An occupational therapist, CRC, and job coach disagree on who leads workplace accommodation talks with an employer. What collaborative approach is most appropriate?
- A private-practice CRC markets as able to write legal capacity evaluations for guardianship without additional forensic qualification. What credentialing concern should be flagged?
- A state considers dropping CRC preference for public VR hiring. How should a counselor advocate for the credential appropriately?
- A counselor lets the CRC credential lapse but continues advertising as a "CRC." What is the correct integrity action?
- A client asks whether public VR, a for-profit disability-insurer rehab unit, or a nonprofit community rehabilitation program is "better." What comparison should the counselor offer?
- A counselor moves from state vocational rehabilitation to a private workers' compensation rehab firm. Which dual-customer pressure most clearly differs from public VR structure?
- Board members of a nonprofit independent living center partnering with VR ask what 'consumer control' has meant historically in disability services. Which explanation is most accurate?
- A training cohort debates whether rehabilitation counseling grew more from vocational education or from counseling psychology. Which statement best reflects the profession's historical foundations?
- In a team meeting, a counselor contrasts a medical-model 'fix the person' frame with an ecological or interactional model of disability. Which contrast is most accurate?
- A municipal program still defaults to sheltered-workshop-first placement. Which contemporary rehabilitation philosophy should the counselor emphasize instead?
- An ethics consult involves a dual relationship in a small rural town where the counselor also coaches the client's sibling's team. What is the most appropriate ethical risk-management stance?
- After a successful placement, a grateful client's family offers the counselor a large expensive gift. What is the most ethically sound response?