Nicole,
Can you share with us an example of a confidentiality agreement?
Daphne


>>> nicwhite at comcast.net 01/12/06 12:05 PM >>>

Daphne and other readers of this post...  This story saddens me for so many reasons.  The thing that keeps popping up in my head after reading it is confidentiality.  I run an adult literacy program for women in Jacksonville, Florida and our center also provides counseling services, as well as advocacy for women who have been victims of sexual assault on site.  Given the wide-range of social services we provide here at the Women's Center, confidentiality is not only necessary, but practically understood around here.  Each department has confidentiality agreements and our students are aware that we take those policies very seriously.  While our center in particular has this understanding and policies set in place, I can't help but think that the location where this scenario took place does not have that, and therefore whoever walked through the hall at the time that conversation took place was able to hear it.  Therefore the student's right to confidentiality was not respected
 .  Sometimes it's as easy as closing a door to an office, so that the student knows what he/she says does not go any further than that room.  Confidentiality is so important, and something that I am constantly learning to respect more and more.

Nicole    

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Nicole White
Program Coordinator
Expanded Horizons Literacy Program
Women's Center of Jacksonville
(904)722-3000 ext: 233
www.womenscenterofjax.org
www.promotetruth.org

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Daphne Greenberg" <ALCDGG at langate.gsu.edu>

> In response to a few postings that have been shared on this listserv, someone 

> shared with me a story that she wanted me to post on her behalf. The names and 

> some of the details have been changed to protect the identity of the people/site 

> involved.

> A 17 year old, named Daniella F. showed up in the teacher's GED class. She had 

> only sporadically attended classes at her highschool and once she could legally 

> drop out did. One day she overheard people in a public library talking about a 

> GED class and she decided to registar. She went to the office of the GED 

> program, registered, got tested and then was placed in an appropriate class for 

> someone at her level. She attended every day. After a few weeks of class, the 

> teacher noticed a discrepancy in the names of the students that the office had 

> sent her and the names of the students who showed up in class. Specifically, her 

> roster showed a Daniel F. and not a Daniella F. So one day, she asked the class 

> if anyone knew a Daniel F. Noone raised their hand. She then, asked Daniella if 

> by any chance Daniel was her brother. She said no. Then she asked Daniella if 

> she had enrolled in the program, because she noticed that she did not have a 

> Daniella F. on her roster. Daniella replied th

>  at she did. At the end of class, Daniella went up to the teacher and admitted 

> that she was Daniel. Apparently, because her official name is Daniel, she 

> enrolled as Daniel, but she likes to be called Daniella. When she enrolled as 

> Daniel, she dressed like a male, but once she attended class she dressed the way 

> she feels comfortable, which is as a female. Unfortunately, both the teacher and 

> Daniella did not know that there were some students in the hallway who heard 

> Daniella share her information. When Daniella left program that day, they 

> followed her as she walked away and in an empty and deserted lot they beat her 

> up. They were a group of 3 teenage males who found her offensive. Daniella did 

> not return to the program. The teacher was able to keep in touch with her for a 

> few weeks and even tutored her for awhile, but then Daniella left town without 

> leaving any contact information.

> Any thoughts or reactions to the above? 

> Daphne

> 

> Daphne Greenberg

> Assistant Professor

> Educational Psych. & Special Ed.

> Georgia State University

> P.O. Box 3979

> Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979

> phone: 404-651-0127

> fax:404-651-4901

> dgreenberg at gsu.edu

> 

> Daphne Greenberg

> Associate Director

> Center for the Study of Adult Literacy

> Georgia State University

> P.O. Box 3977

> Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977

> phone: 404-651-0127

> fax:404-651-4901

> dgreenberg at gsu.edu

> 

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