439 1 Code of Ethics

the functional guidelines that we operate under as an SLP

• ·  Safeguard consumers and clients
• ·  Maintain professional reputation
• ·  Regulate professional behavior
• ·  Consultation and guidance
• ·  External code to self-imposed ethics
• ·  Quality assurance measure

•   Ensures that our interactions with our clients provide
•           Dignity, Protection, Autonomy
• ·  It provides these things for both of us (client and
• SLP)
• ·  We do not guarantee improvement (this protects from
• false hope)

• Beneficence and Nonmaleficence
• Nondiscrimination
• Referral
• Informed Consent
• Confidentiality
• Prognosis and Cures
• Infection Control

• We can say that we are not qualified to work with a specific client, but that we are willing to
• get the training. This is not discrimination.

we need to be referring clients to other professionals and we need to keep track of when we are referring and our conversations with the client so that we cannot be backed into a corner. We MUST keep track of these things.

• we cannot treat anyone unless they want to be treated.
• IEP – Individualized Educational Plan
• IFEP – Individualized Family Educational Plan

• HIPAA
• health insurance portability and accountability act

• we are never going to guarantee that we can help a client
• a prognosis statement is a prediction of what can happen with therapy (poor, good, excellent)
• If there is a poor prognosis give the client the information and they may choose not to do it. Also, we must be very careful about how much time you spend with them because in the long run we will not get paid for it.

• always know the medical history of that client
• wash your hands

True

• Effective diagnostic procedures
• Accurate prognosis – what their chances of improvement are.
• Appropriate therapy strategies
• Ongoing analysis of outcomes

The doctor will say that prognosis is poor because that allows the person to be put in a nursing home. But this is the admitting prognosis NOT the SLP prognosis so we still need to do one!

• Competition (with other SLPs)
• Service eligibility
• Discharge
• Resources
• Managed care - payment
• Scope of Practice
• Paraprofessionals

be professional and in good spirit and well as be politically appropriate

• It is the criteria that makes someone eligible for services
• This changes from site to site
• Driven by federal law, state law, and even the facility and we must meet the most stringent of these

Yes, reasons can be due to parent's misbehavior, inability to pay for services, etc.

• How can someone get the best bang for their buck
• Try to stay calm
• Sometimes we have to write letters (justification) to get payment for services extended
• We have to be proactive for these people

• resources and evidence based practices
• information about technology

• constantly being revised
• available on the ASHA website - visit frequently
• check the state association websites too

we are the highest qualified provider and therefore we need to be supervising parapros.

• First - them
• Second - their supervisor
• Third - the credentialing board
• Finally - ASHA

each of these will require that you follow the hierarchy - you are not allowed to go out of order