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My future plans include graduating with my Master's Degree in Guidance and School Counseling in December of 2018. I hope to search for a position over the summer of 2019 and land an elementary school counselor job for the school year of 2019-2020.

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Interview with Teresa Marion - Elementary School Counselor

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Interview with Teresa Marion - Elementary School Counselor

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1. Crisis intervention
2. Confidentiality when there are multiple children from the same family in the school
3. Staying updated on the current laws and laws that are changing
4. Lack of time spent counseling with students
5. Teacher support

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The American School Counselor Association Ethical Standards for School Counselors addresses the roles and responsibilities of school counselors today.

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ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors.  (2016).  Retrieved from https://www.schoolcounselor.org/asca/media/asca/Ethics/EthicalStandards2016.pdf

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One section that this document covers is over Child Abuse. Bullying, harassment and child abuse are under the same section covering the protocol of the counselor when dealing with a situation in the school setting. Counselors must stay current with state laws on reporting child abuse. Counselors must abide by the laws and report any child abuse that they hear of.

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School Counselors are in charge of providing a comprehensive data-informed program that ensures developmental experiences for all children. Data must be analyzed to review the needs of the students. Counselors must decide what the students need the most to devise a plan to teach upon.

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The American Counseling Association covers a variety of topics for all counselors, not only school counselors. I was pleased to find a wonderful article about confidentiality that encompasses information that is valuable in the field of counseling.

Resource
Carlson, N. (2017, October). To tell or not to tell: The fine line between minors’ privacy and others’ right to know. Retrieved from https://www.counseling.org/docs/default-source/ethics/ethics-columns/ethics_october-2017_minor-privacy.pdf?sfvrsn=a25522c_6

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Once children begin to trust their school counselor, shared information will be expected to stay between the student and the counselor. The obligation of the counselor to keep what is said in confidence by the child is the duty of the school counselor. There are some reasons why the counselor would need to breach that confidentiality and the counselor must know the necessary reasons why.

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The topic of confidentiality seems so large and comprehensive. In order to be an excellent school counselor, I need to focus on a very hard topic to better myself as a school counselor. I have chosen confidentiality to learn more about and expand my knowledge on.

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Source #1 Angelo State University Library
Trice-Black, S., Riechel, M. E. K., & Shillingford, M. A. (2013). School Counselors’ Constructions of Student Confidentiality. Journal of School Counseling, 11(12). Retrieved from https://easydb.angelo.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ1034752&site=eds-live

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Hansen, S. (2015). Confidentiality Guidelines For School Counselors. Retrieved from http://www.school-counseling-zone.com/confidentiality.html

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Confidentiality can be defined as “a professional’s promise or contract to respect clients’ privacy by not disclosing anything revealed during counseling, except under agreed upon conditions" (Hansen, 2015). This topic can be overlooked and forgotten but never forgiven. Children will automatically lose respect and trust in their school counselor once their information is shared outside of their relationship this includes minors.

The primary obligation that school counselors have to students can sometimes get in the way of school personnel and the school counselor. It is not uncommon for teachers to want to know the private information that is discussed with the school counselor. Breaches of confidentiality may be necessary and the counselor must "be aware of the boundaries of their legal
and professional roles and ethical responsibilities, especially to understand the
exceptions to confidentiality" (Trice-Black, Riechel, & Shillingford, 2013).