CMA Ethical Standards & Professional Applications 3

Question 1

When a CMA practitioner's scope of practice ends and a client's needs exceed movement analysis (e.g., they disclose trauma), the ethical action is to:

Accepted Answer

Refer the client to an appropriately licensed mental health professional

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Continue working and incorporate informal trauma counseling

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End the professional relationship without providing any resources

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Consult movement notation texts to find a precedent

Question 2

In Laban Movement Analysis, the concept of 'effort observation' raises ethical concerns primarily because:

Accepted Answer

Movement observations can be misused to make psychological inferences beyond what the data supports

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Effort qualities are too complex to observe accurately

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Space Harmony calculations are proprietary and copyrighted

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Clients are legally permitted to refuse all effort assessments

Question 3

A CMA is asked to testify as an expert witness in a legal case using movement analysis. The primary ethical obligation is to:

Accepted Answer

Provide objective, evidence-based testimony within the established limits of the LMA framework

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Advocate solely for the party that hired them

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Decline all legal work as it falls outside CMA practice

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Amplify findings to ensure the court takes movement evidence seriously

Question 4

Confidentiality in CMA practice requires that client movement profiles:

Accepted Answer

Be protected and shared only with explicit client consent or as required by law

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Be shared with any other health professional the client has ever seen

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Be disclosed to the client's employer upon request

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Be posted anonymously in professional forums for peer feedback

Question 5

A student CMA practitioner is supervised by a certified CMA who asks the student to document observations they did not personally make. This situation represents:

Accepted Answer

An ethical violation, as documentation must reflect only one's own direct observations

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Standard training practice in movement analysis

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A helpful shortcut that improves training efficiency

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An acceptable exception when under direct supervision

Question 6

In educational settings, a CMA instructor who has a dual relationship with a student (e.g., also their therapist) should:

Accepted Answer

Disclose the dual relationship to the school and manage or terminate one relationship to avoid conflict of interest

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Maintain both relationships as long as they remain transparent

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Keep both roles separate by never discussing movement in the therapeutic context

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Ask the student to choose which relationship to maintain

Question 7

A CMA discovers an error in a previously submitted movement analysis report that could affect a client's treatment. The ethical obligation is to:

Accepted Answer

Inform the relevant parties of the error promptly and provide a corrected report

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Discard the erroneous report and issue a new one without informing the client

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Wait to see if the error causes harm before taking action

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Deny the error to protect professional reputation