BOWER, JAN
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Counselor's Confidentiality Notice
Informed Consent and Confidentiality Notice
Everything said in my office is confidential...
EXCEPT:
Thoughts of harming yourself
Thoughts of harming others
Abuse or neglect that has not been reported
Situations where you are putting your life at risk
While it is important that a student’s conversations with a school counselor be kept confidential, confidentiality does have its limitations. According to the American School Counselor Association’s Ethical Standards for School Counselors, counselors must “keep information confidential unless legal requirements demand that confidential information be revealed or a breach is required to prevent serious and foreseeable harm to the student” (American School Counselor Association [ASCA], 2010).
The most frequent type of breaches include a student verbalizing the following:
1) Verbal, Physical or Sexual Abuse
2) Neglect
3) A desire to harm him/herself
4) A desire to harm someone else
5) An unreported sexual assault
Before information may be released to a 3rd party, a release of information form must be obtained. Click Here for a copy of the AISD Release of Information.
Reference:
American School Counselor Association. Ethical Standards for School Counselors. American School Counselor Association, n.d. Web. 19 March 2013. <http://www.counselors.k12.sd.us/ethics.html>