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Responsible Caring (Professional Competence and Responsibility)
A shared theme in ethical codes of the helping professions is that of beneficence. Beneficence, or responsible caring, means that psychologists engage in actions that are likely to benefit others, or at least do no harm (CPA, 2017; Welfel, 2012; also APA Principle A). “To do this, school psychologists must practice within the boundaries of their competence, use scientific knowledge from psychology and education to help clients and others make informed choices, and accept responsibility for their work” (NASP Broad Theme II). Read and consider Case 1.2.
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A Kia Motors assembly plant opened near the school district where David Kim is completing his school psychology internship. A number of Korean Kia employees and their families were relocated to the United States and now live in David’s school district. Some of the adults and children are quite fluent in English; others speak little English. The special education director asked David to conduct a school psychological evaluation of an 8-year-old girl, Seo-yeon, because she appeared to be struggling academically more than other Korean students at her school. Although Seo-yeon has acquired some conversational English proficiency, her parents speak little English. Consistent with codes of ethics, David, a second-generation Korean American, needed to carefully consider whether he was competent to conduct a valid bilingual assessment of Seo-yeon using Korean and English.