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ssss1 DECIDE Ethical Decision-Making Model.

Step 1. Define the Problem.Questions to guide this step:Step 2. Ecological Framework.Questions to guide this step:Step 3. Consider Ethical, Legal, and Policy Guidelines.Questions to guide this step:Step 4. Identify the Rights and Responsibilities of all Parties.Questions to guide this step:Step 5. Determine Courses of Action and Consequences.Questions to guide this step:Step 6. Establish a Plan.Questions to guide this step:

Note that the model described here may be applied in whole or in part, depending on the degree of complexity of the specific situation and the type of ethical issues involved. Also, when using a decision-making model, it is not necessary to follow the steps in sequence. For example, a practitioner might begin by consulting with a colleague to identify the specific legal, ethical, and policy guidelines pertinent to a situation (step 3) or may continue to circle back to important cultural and contextual factors identified in step 2 while working through the remaining steps of the model. Further, a school psychologist might stop at step 1 after discovering that what appeared to be an ethics violation by a colleague was simply a misunderstanding.