- Title
- Ethical considerations
- Creator
- Beattie, Rod G.
- Relation
- Auditory-Verbal Practice: Toward a Family-Centered Approach p. 53-77
- Relation
- http://www.ccthomas.com/details.cfm?P_ISBN13=9780398079253
- Publisher
- Charles C Thomas Publisher
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- If I asked Auditory-Verbal (AV) practitioners who were delivering services to families of very young children with hearing loss whether their work was delivered in an ethically-defensible, family-centered fashion, I suspect few would even hesitate momentarily before loudly and indignantly exclaiming, "Yes!" And then, before I even took my next breath, I suspect they might think about swinging something to remove my head for even questioning that they would be doing anything else. Still, I would wonder how is it that they know what they do is what they believe and say it is! My broader experience with educators of children with hearing loss and practitioners who work with families of children who have a hearing loss is that they have little formal training in ethics. Not surprisingly then, when they do turn their mind to the asking about ethically defensible practices, the simple question they construct reflects the basic question "What is the right thing to do?" Certainly many people from different professions have thought of this question-and I suspect most people whether they have a background in ethics or not would start with a similar question when the need arises. Besides the simple "what is the right thing to do" question, several other questions-relative to this chapter-come to mind and could serve as a framework. What general training or skills do AV practitioners have or need to ensure they are delivering ethically defensible services? Are AV practitioners really providing family-centered programs - or are their services something else - perhaps child- or parent-centered programs? And blending aspects of these two questions ... Is there a mismatch between what AV practitioners believe and say they are doing and what they are actually doing relative to being ethically defensible family-centered programs?
- Subject
- auditory-verbal practice; ethical considerations; family-centered treatment; hearing difficulties
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/931920
- Identifier
- uon:11206
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780398079260
- Language
- eng
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