FRHD 4310 Chapter Notes - Chapter .: Graduate Record Examinations, Summative Assessment, Formative Assessment

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 4310
• Professor: Claire Mcmartin

Document Summary

Key concepts: therapist competence/competence - it"s both an ethical and a legal concept. From an ethical perspective, competence is required of practitioners if they are to protect and serve their clients. Even though mental health professionals may not intend to harm clients, incompetence is often a major contributing factor in causing harm. From a legal standpoint, incompetent practitioners are vulnerable to malpractice suits: formative assessment (of competence) - it"s a developmentally informed process that provides useful feedback during one"s training and throughout one"s professional career. Registration represent the least degree of regulation of practice: certification - a voluntary attempt by a group to promote a professional identity. Certification confirms that the practitioner has met a set of minimum standards established by the certification agency: licensure statutes - they determine and govern professional practice. Licensure acts (practice acts) specify what the holder of the licence can do and what others cannot do.