All
information pertaining to a student (and family), whether shared
directly with you or overheard, is confidential, however certain
situations must be reported such as neglect or abuse. Keeping this in mind discuss one of the activities from the text and it's implications if confidentiality is not maintained.
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If a student's parent wishes to discuss how he is doing in school in a community setting, the conversation may be overheard by others. Others, in turn, may pass along what they hear and they may wonder if their own child could be discussed publicly. This could be brought to the attention of the para's supervisors resulting in the termination of the para's job.
ReplyDeleteAgreed!!!! being from a small community myself, rumors spread like wildfire, and conversations could easily be overheard. its best to just not talk about it at all! Refer to the teacher in charge for a private meeting.
DeleteThat is one of the perks of being a para-- we can always refer that to the teacher1
DeleteTrue but we have the teacher take in a room to discuss in private it is nice
DeleteI agree with you that it could be brought to the supervising teacher, but it also could be brought to the school principle, the board of education, and HPEC as well
DeleteI agree that as paras we need to be very aware of what we say so it's always better for us as paras to just say that the teacher is available if they have any concerns.
DeleteIf a students parent asked the para how their son/daughter was doing, and didn't like the answer they were given, because, lets be honest, parents can be biased. The parent in turn could place blame on para for not doing a good enough job, a complaint could get filed and essentially the para could get fired for discussing the student in question, outside of classroom and without the Special Education teacher present. The said para may or may not know the technical specifics of students progress anyways, so its always best to just refer parent to the teacher.
ReplyDeleteEven though we are not with. The district we have very good communications with our boss and the principle of the school if we have parents come in we send directly to our boss we can not talk about it even though we are with the student we communicate very well on the topic and know our boundaries
DeleteKrissann you are right but it is nice our boss sticks with us and we take notes all day every day what we do and it's nice to be on a great team
Deleteagreed, My supervising teacher is 100% with me, and i can ask them anything, and like you said, i take notes and make references to behavior and whatnot so that we have evidence should something ever come up.
DeleteI'm like you. I also have a great supervising teacher! That sure makes our job a lot easier.
DeleteConfidentiality is a key thing for all teachers and Paras. Parents are always asking about their child and how they are doing outside of school. I believe that if they want to know any information on how their child is doing they can set up a meeting with my supervisor. I tell them if they need I can have my supervisor called them if they have any concerns. You have to be careful not to offend anyone by what you say so it’s always better to tell them what they’re options are if they want to know how their child is doing in school.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you if a parent wants to know about their child that they should set up a meeting. That way whatever is said is behind closed doors.
DeleteConfidentiality is very important when working with any kind of student. I in particular have a parent whose always asking me where ever she sees me out in public how her son is doing. in school. She will ask if he is listening to me ,if he listens to the other para, , what does he say to me, did he fall asleep in class, was he behaving in class, and so many more qustions. I try not to be rude to her but I always respond to her if she wants to know about him to call our supervisors. I tell her we are not allowed to discuss this stuff to them or anyone else. The next day I tell my supervisor and she says good if she wants to know for her to call her and ask. I also tell my supervisor that the parent know we cant tell them anything why does she keep asking. I even tell my supervisor that a couple of times I change the conversation so that she wont keep asking about her son. I really feel bad but she does it every time.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it's hard when parents ask you questions about their child. Taking it to your supervisor is good thing that way you well know what to do in that kind of situation if is to occur again.
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