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(For Review of Meeting, see below.) Ethics, Distance Career Counseling, And Information in the Public Domain with David M. Reile, PhD Friday, February 2, 2007 8:30AM-Noon George Washington University Marvin Center Room 309, Cafritz Conference Center

Career counselors and coaches are being challenged more than ever by the technology of our times; the internet, distance counseling and more. These challenges have lead to “new” guidelines. Do you know the guidelines to protect your clients and yourself? Join us for a presentation that will provide you with the opportunity to learn about upcoming changes to the Ethics Code of the National Career Development Association (NCDA), the practice of distance career counseling, and the impact that putting personal information in the public domain (through websites and online social networks) may have on your work with clients.

This presentation will be conducted by David M. Reile, PhD. David is the chair of NCDA’s Ethics Committee and a long time member of MAC/LPN. He provided guidance and leadership on developing the current ethics standards for NCDA and is co-author of the NCDA Career Development Facilitator’s Manual. David is a licensed psychologist, National Certified Career Counselor, and Master Career Counselor with 20 years of education and experience in career planning and psychological consultation. Through his current company, Career Development Alliance, LLC, David has been actively involved in the design and development of career coaching and counseling programs. Among his many projects, David has created and administered a state-of-the-art, distance-based career coaching program for 45,000+ Federal employees. He will describe this program along with detailing the various ethical considerations involved in distance-based counseling.

Review of Meeting:

Report of Program on February 2, 2007

Ethics, Distance Career Counseling, And Information in the Public Domain

MAC/LPN was fortunate to be able to present Dr. David M. Reile, chair of the National Career Development Association's (NCDA) Ethics Committee and Master Career Counselor with 20 years of education and experience in counseling and career development. Dr. Reile gave us an overview of the work of NCDA's Ethics Committee and the issues the committee had to address; confidentiality; dual relationships; recording keeping and the law; and the rules and regulations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and how it affects counselors. Dr. Reile stressed the need for transparency with clients regarding record keeping, insurance reporting, supervision reporting, and need for maintaining the counseling relationship.
There is a HIPAA disclosure form which would be useful in handing this issue. Dr. Reile began his discussion of distance counseling by describing a career counseling model his company has been using with a government agency and how they approached several issues. We also discussed new technology such as Facebook.com, MySpace.com and other like websites that are being used as new ways of communicating. The presentation was highly participatory, and the audience was very complimentary. The subjects covered were important and timely, and we hope to follow-up with similar topics for future meetings.