1)What color is the sky? You would type 1) The sky is blue. Please make sure to use complete sentences.
The case:
William is a five year old who has been enrolled in early intervention and special education services since he was 14 months old. William has cerebral palsy, and needs physical and speech and language therapy. The local early intervention and preschool teams have extensive records regarding William’s developmental progress and needs. The parents and early intervention team have had many disagreements about what is best for William. The parents, who are Mexican immigrants, are now moving out of state to a rural area. They view their move as giving their family and William a second chance so he won’t be labeled in kindergarten. Consequently, his parents have requested that his school records not be sent to the receiving school district. They prefer that the school district not know anything about William’s early intervention services.
Confidentiality is a big issue because the parents don’t want you sharing information with the next team about William – because they don’t want the kindergarten team to have preconceived notions about him. As the teacher, you would want to help the next team and give them information BUT the parents have asked that the information not be shared!
1) You are William’s current teacher, what would be your first response as to what you would do?
2) How could that potentially affect the following people: William, his family, the new teacher, his classmates, you?
3) Which parts of the DEC Code of Ethics come into play in this situation?
4) Do you see any conflicts between these different parts?
5)Using the Code of Ethics, how would your group solve this problem?
6) Who would you need to involve in the solution?
