COUN 730 Summative Assignment
Develop a Professional Disclosure Statement [Summative Assignment – needs
to be placed in electronic portfolio at end of class]
Assume you are applying for a community counseling position. Develop a
Professional Disclosure Statement which includes
a. a brief description of your professional background
b. your counseling approach, including,
- your views on the nature and purpose of counseling
- what clients might expect from the counseling process,
- a division of responsibilities between your client and you,
- a summary of your theoretical position (including the major techniques you
are likely to use),
c. the kinds of clients and problems that you are best qualified to work with,
d. confidentiality and other matters that might affect your relationship with your
clients, and
e. other topics which you feel would help clients decide if they would want to
consult with you.
Please respond to these issues in 4 - 5 typewritten pages. Project due March
24, 2004.
Written Professional Disclosure Statement – Grading Rubric
Unacceptable
1 Acceptable
2 Target
3 Score
Addresses only a few of the
areas identified in the
profess-sional disclosure
statement assignment -
description of professional
background, counseling
approach, the kinds of
clients and problems quail-
fied to work with,
confident-iality and other
matters affect-ing work
with client, and other topics
that could help clients
deicide to work with you;
or,
doesn’t adequately attend
to the areas required.
Doesn’t integrate the
informa-tion covered in
class and in the text when
outlining these major areas
of a disclosure statement.
Lacks an understanding of
the ethical, professional and
legal standards/laws when
designing aspects of
disclosure statement.
Covers many of the areas
iden- tified in the
professional dis-closure
statement assignment -
description of professional
background, counseling
approach, the kinds of clients
and problems qualified to
work with, confidentiality
and other matters affecting
work with client, and other
topics that could help clients
deicide to work with you.
Demonstrates some
understand-ing of how to
integrate the information
covered in class and in the
text when outlining these
major areas of a disclosure
statement.
Demonstrates some under-
standing of ethical,
professional and legal
standards/laws when
designing aspects of
disclosure statement.
Covers all “5” areas identified
in the professional disclosure
statement assignment -
descrip-tion of professional
background, counseling
approach, the kinds of clients
and problems qualified to
work with, confidentiality and
other matters affecting work
with client, and other topics
that could help clients deicide
to work with you.
Is able to clearly integrate the
information covered in class
and in the text when outlining
these major areas of a
disclosure statement.
Demonstrates a clear under-
standing of ethical,
professional and legal
standards/laws when
designing aspects of
disclosure statement.
