The Examination of Confidentiality in A School Based Setting

This research study explored the policies and procedures that education systems abide by, as well as how these policies are enforced to protect the confidentiality of dependent children’s private information from being exposed in their schools to non-relatives and uninvolved parties to their case. E...

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Main Authors: Dababneh, Hannan M., Ayisha Vault, Kalisha -Koran
Format: Others
Published: CSUSB ScholarWorks 2014
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/38
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1028&context=etd
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Summary:This research study explored the policies and procedures that education systems abide by, as well as how these policies are enforced to protect the confidentiality of dependent children’s private information from being exposed in their schools to non-relatives and uninvolved parties to their case. Elementary, middle school, and high school faculty’s perception of confidentiality was explored to identify individual competence when working with social workers during their direct contact visit with dependent children on school premises. Data collection included anonymous online surveys of 30-school faculty of various schools in the Southern California. There were no significant findings to support school faculty’s lack of competence of confidentiality protocol when a Department of Children and Family Service social worker conducts a visit on school premises. Future research should involve a qualitative study of school faculty perceptions to gain more accurate and unbiased information from participants.