DECIDE: An Ethical Decision-Making Model Supporting a Socially Just Practice

Autor/inn/en	Diamond, Elena; Whalen, Angela; Kelly, Kristy K.; Davis, Shanna
Titel	DECIDE: An Ethical Decision-Making Model Supporting a Socially Just Practice
Quelle	In: Communique, 49 (2021) 8, S.4 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0164-775X
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Decision Making; Social Justice; Models; School Psychologists + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Analogiemodell; School psychologist; Psychologists; School; Schools; Schulpsychologe; Schulpsychologin; Psychologe; Psychologin; Psychologen; Schule
Abstract	School psychologists encounter ethical dilemmas repeatedly within the complex educational settings in which they work. The most common dilemmas identified through a survey of member practitioners from the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) related to issues of child abuse (28%), risky child and adolescent behavior (25%), tensions between test security and record sharing (25%), and administrative pressure to engage in unethical actions (17%; Dailor & Jacob, 2011). Other dilemmas can be educational disparities among student groups, competing stakeholder interests, district policies, and state and federal regulations which all contribute to the multifaceted decisions school psychologists regularly have to make. Using a formal decision-making process to identify the best course of action is identified as best practice when working through an ethical dilemma (Handelsman et al., 2009). Consistent with the literature, the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) 2020 "Principles for Professional Ethics" advised that, "In difficult situations, school psychologists use a systematic, problem-solving approach to decision making" (NASP Standard IV.3.1). Decision-making models may help school psychologists to (1) anticipate and prevent ethical problems from occurring (Sinclair, 1998); (2) make well-reasoned decisions when faced with ethical dilemmas (Knapp & VandeCreek, 2006); and (3) defend how a course of action was determined when difficult decisions come under scrutiny (Jacob et al., 2016). Existing decision-making models have a limited emphasis in addressing cultural and contextual factors relevant to school-based practices that play into these common ethical dilemmas. This article presents an ethical decision-making model designed specifically for school psychologists to use to promote a socially just, antidiscriminatory, and antiracist practice. (ERIC).
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Update	2024/1/01