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Grade 12 Module in DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN THE APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES

Third Quarter
Week 3
Most Essential Learning Competency
● The learners will be able to value rights, responsibilities, and accountabilities of counselors
(HUMSS_DIASS 12-Ic-9)
● distinguish between ethical and unethical behaviors among counselors (HUMSS_DIASS 12-Ic-10)
What is it?
Professionals and Practitioners in Counseling

Roles and Functions of Counselors

According to Gibson and Mitchell (2003) a helping profession is composed of members “who are especially trained
and licensed to perform a unique and service for fellow human beings”.

Rights and Responsibilities, and Accountabilities of Counselors (MIDTERM)

Code of ethics help counselors to remind them of their rights, responsibilities and accountabilities in the counseling
profession. The rights, responsibilities and accountabilities of the counselors are based on the counselor’s associations of
Code of Conduct.
The code of ethics of the counselors is divided into seven sections, namely, (a) counseling relationship, (b)
confidentiality (c) professional responsibility (d) relationships with other professionals, (e) evaluation, assessment, and
interpretation, (f) teaching, training and supervision (g) research and publication. (Gladding, 2000). We shall only be
presenting in details three of the seven areas, namely, counseling relationships, confidentiality, and professional
responsibility. The following three tables below provide a sample code of ethics of the American Counseling Association.

DIASS12 WRITER: MARY ANN C. MARZAN, LPCNHS VALIDATOR: RIZALDY MEDINA, LPCNSHS
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Processing Questions:

1.What are the different roles and functions of counselors?

2.What are the importance of counseling?
3. How can counseling help those students to cope up with academic stress during this time of pandemic?

ACTIVITY 1: WORD PUZZLE

Direction: Look for the following words, it may be in a horizontal or vertical position. Encircle each word you found. And
then answer the process question on the space provided.
1. Fees
2. Research
3. Prevention
4.Consultation
5.Records

C O N S U L T A T I O N

R F L T A R T L P A Q D

E G J H S E Y K R Z R F

C H H N D S H H E X F G

O J G K C E N G V S D H

R K F N V A B F E E S J

D L E M B R B D N W W K

S Y E O T C V Q T D E L

W H S L G H U D I C R B

E T R P B D N C O V T V

R Y F T J C I V N B Y X

T H B F K V O J S N U C

PROCESS QUESTIONS:
● Prevention is one of the roles/functions of Counselling, how do they promote mental health to ease the tension or
minimal the effects of pandemic among their clients?
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ACTIVITY 2: ETHICAL OR UNETHICAL

Direction: Read and evaluate each sentence carefully. write E if it is ethical and U if it is unethical. Write your answer on
the space provided.

_____1. Counselors are allowed to have a romantic relationship with their clients.
_____2. Counselors must have an understanding of how social and economic inequalities as well as gender, cultural,
and racial biases impact on their clients.
_____3. Counselors may do Illegal and unwarranted disclosures of unwarranted information.
_____4. When court orders the counselors to release confidential information without the client’s permission, counselors
request the court that the disclosure should be required due to potential harm to the client or counseling relationship.
_____5. Counselors may accept employment for a position which they are qualified in education, experience and training.

DIASS 12 WRITER: MARY ANN C. MARZAN, LPCNHS-MAIN VALIDATOR: RIZALDY MEDINA,LPCNSHS

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Reference:
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DIASS 12 WRITER: MARY ANN C. MARZAN, LPCNHS-MAIN VALIDATOR: RIZALDY MEDINA,LPCNSHS