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Friday May 24, 2002Know Your
Code The
‘Do's’
and ‘Don'ts’ of
Counseling
Deaf Mental Health Clients
“Nonmaleficence,”
“breach
of the duty of reasonable care,”
“beneficence,”
“client
autonomy,”
“fidelity”
--
these are all terms associated with a clinical psychologists' ethical
responsibilities concerning therapist-client relationships.
Ethics in Mental Health and Deafness edited by Virginia Gutman explores these and other ethical
matters specific to working with deaf clients. In this volume, a unique assembly
of respected mental health professionals share their experiences and knowledge
about this rewarding occupation.
Covering a range of issues from matters of
confidentiality to genetic counseling and testing for deafness, this tome is sure to become required reading for all
professionals and students in this discipline. Read chapter three,
“Law
and Ethics in Mental Health and Deafness,”
and take advantage of your exclusive subscriber discount by
ordering your copy
today.
 
Everyday readers such as Brenda
Weeaks, site owner of Internet-based MyShelf.com, are celebrating recently
published Press titles. Weeaks praises
Cochlear
Implants in Children: Ethics and Choices authors John B. Christiansen and
Irene W. Leigh saying,
“The
authors of Cochlear Implants in Children couldn't have chosen a better
time to present their work.”
She continues with:
“I
found Cochlear Implants to be a solid read with much to offer in the
cochlear implant discussion. Should you buy a copy, plan on buying another to
pass on because, trust me, you will want to share this with someone, and you'll
want to keep your own copy for future reference.”
Click here to
read the complete review. To find out more about
this title, read chapter five,
“The
Cochlear Implant Center, Surgery, and Short-Term Post-Implant Outcomes,”
and order
Cochlear Implants in Children.
Baby's First
Signs and
More Baby's First Signs won the heart of Silent News reviewer Hannah
Merker in its April 2002 issue.
“Vibrantly
illustrated in bright colors, with sign illustrations, each page illuminates
clearly one word, with its ASL equivalent.”
Merker continues with:
“The
pictorial renditions of a toddler discovering expression through several mediums
at once -- the sign, the word, the situation depicted -- is both charming and
inventive, a visual alerting to how initial learning can occur.” Read the
full review
and view some of the brightly colored illustrations from
Baby's First Signs
and More Baby's
First Signs here. Order
Baby's First Signs
and More Baby's
First Signs and begin early exposure of sign language to your deaf or
hearing child.
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