Question

A therapist at a free university clinic treats elementary school children with behavior problems who are referred by a social service agency. She is also a doctoral candidate who proposes using data she has and will collect about the children for a case-based research project. Which of the following statements about parental permission is correct
The parents of the children might feel pressure to give permission to the therapist to use their children's data so that she will continue to provide services to their children

Answer 1

Answer:

The parents might be reluctant to give their permission

Explanation:

The parents and caregivers of the children might feel pressure to give their consent or permission to the therapist to allow her to use their children's data so that she will continue to provide services to their children. This can be because she also want to use the data she collected for her personal project and not just to help the elementary Children.

Answer 2

Answer:

The parents of the children might feel pressure to give permission to the therapist to use their children's data so that she will continue to provide services to their children.

Explanation:

The parent of the children will have no choice or be pressurized to give the therapist or social service agency the permission to use their children's data or information because she is rendering free service to them by treating their children who has behaviour problem. The parents of the children believe that the permission they gave her will enable her to continue to provide the free service to their children despite the fact that she want to use the children data for her own research project.