TOPIC: Confidentiality

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Center Developed Documents, Resources, and Tools

Articles

• Reframing the Confidentiality Dilemma to Work in Children's Best Interests
• L. Taylor & H.S. Adelman (2001). Enlisitng Appropriate Parental Cooperation and Involvement in Children's Mental Health Treatment. The Mental Health Desk Reference, 31, 219-224.

Continuing Education Modules

• Continuing Education Module: Addressing Barriers to Learning: New Directions for Mental Health in Schools

Fact & Information Resources, Guidance Notes, Practice Notes and Tools for Practice

• Center Brief: Integrating Mental Health in Schools: Schools, School-Based Centers, and Community Programs Working Together

Introductory Packets

• Introductory Packet: Confidentiality and Informed Consent

Quick Training Aids

• Quick Training Aid: Case Management in School Context
• Quick Training Aid: Confidentiality

Technical Aid Packets

• Technical Aid Packet: School-Based Client Consultation, Referral, and Management of Care

Net Exchange

• Confidentiality and Consent Concerns

General
• Confidentiality for Teens
• Forum Guide to Protecting the Privacy of Student Information
• Forum Guide to the Privacy of Student Information: a resource for schools
• Glass Walls: Confidentiality Provisions and Interagency Collaborations
• Guidelines for juvenile information sharing
• HHS Announces Final Regulation Establishing First-Ever National Standards to Protect Patients' Personal Medical Records
• HIPAA Administrative Simplification - Security
• The Impact of FERPA and HIPAA on Privacy Protections for Health Information at School: Questions from Readers
• Protecting the Privacy of Student Records: Guidelines for Education Agencies
• Sharing information: A Guide to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and Participation in Juvenile Justice Programs
• Understanding Confidentiality and Minor Consent in California: An Adolescent Provider Toolkit
• Weaving a secure web around education: A guide to technology standards and security
• Who Should Know What? Confidentiality and Information Sharing in Service Integration
Legal/Ethics
• American Academy of Pediatrics - Policy Statement: The Adolescent's Right to Confidential Care When Considering Abortion
• Critical Issue: Addressing Confidentiality Concerns in School-Linked Integrated Service Efforts
• Critical Issues Planning Session: Legal and Ethical Issues in the Practice of School Mental Health
• HHS Awards $17.5 Million In Health IT Contracts For Standards, Certification, Privacy and Security
• "HHS Patient Privacy Protections" (2002) to take effect April, 2003
• "Informed Consent, Parental Permission, and Assent in Pediatric Practice"
• "Limiting Confidentiality of Adolescent Health Servies - What Are the Risks?" and " Effect of Mandatory Parental Notification on Adolescent Girls' Use of Sexual Health Care Services" in Journal of the American Medical Association, August 14
Role of Professionals
• About the Family Policy Compliance Office (FPCO)
• National Association of Social Workers: NASW code of ethics
• American Psychological Association (APA): Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct
• Ethical and Legal Issues in School Counseling
• School Social Workers and Confidentiality
State Policies
• State policies affecting the assurance of confidential care for adolescents
• "State Minor Consent Laws: A Summary (2nd edition)" (2003) Center for Adolescent Health and the Law
• State Policies Affecting the Assurance of Confidential Care for Adolescents
• Letter to Alabama Department of Education re: Disclosure of Immunization Records

• A Guide to School-Based and School-Linked Health Centers Volume V: Introduction to Legal Issues
• Confidentiality & Collaboration: Information Sharing in Interagency Efforts
• Confidentiality: A Manual For The Exchange of Information in a California Integrated Children's Services Program
• Ethical Dilemmas in School-Based Clinics
• Ethical Obligations of Special Services Personnel
• Liability in Child Therapy and Research
• Overcoming Confidentiality Barriers in Human Services Collaboration for At-Risk Youth
• Rights of Minors to Treatment
• School-Based Primary Care in a Managed Care Environment: Options and Issues
• State Minor Consent Statutes: A Summary
• Students Rights in Mental Health Treatment
• Supreme Court Protects Confidentiality in Mental Health
• The Need to Know: Juvenile Record Sharing
• Understanding Sexual Assault and Child Sexual Abuse

• American School Counselor Association
• Center for Psychology in Schools and Education
• Child Welfare Information Gateway

• "Balancing Privacy and Confidentiality Rights with Duties of Disclosure and Dissemination of Federal Education Statistics" By Newton, Kenneth B. & Pullin, Diana C. (1996).  In Journal of Law and Education, 25(1), Winter: p1-53.
• "Confidentiality of Educational Records: Serious Risks for Parents and School Districts" By Walker, Peter A. & Steinberg, Sara Jane (1997).  In Journal of Law and Education, 26(3), July: p11-27.
• "Confidentiality and the Duty to Protect: A Balancing Act for School Personnel" By Drodge, Edward (1997).  In Canadian Journal of Education, 22(3), Summer: p312-322.
• Guidelines for Protecting Confidential Student Health Information.  By Oddonne, Angela & Rubin, Marcia (2000).  American School Health Association (ASHA).  To order online please visit the ASHA website. (Go to "Publications" and then to "School Nurse/Health Services Material")
• "HIV/AIDS in Early Childhood Centers: The Ethical Dilemma of Confidentiality versus Disclosure" By Black, Sandra M. (1999).  In Young Children, 54(2), March: p39-45.
• Legal and Ethical Dimensions for Mental Health Professionals. By Malley, Patrick Brendan & Reilly, Eileen Petty (1999).  Accelerated Development, Taylor & Francis Group: Bristol, PA. 338p.
• Privacy and Confidentiality in Mental Health Care. By Gates, John J. & Arons, Bernard S. (2000). Brookes Publishing.  To order online please visit the Brookes Publishing Website.
• Professional Counselor's Guide to Federal Law on Student Records.  By the American Counseling Association (1999).  Alexandria, VA. 59p.
• "Respecting and Breaking Confidences: Conceptual, Ethical and Educational Issues" By Cain, Paul (1999). In Nurse Education Today, 19(3), April:  p175-81.

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