Email: [email protected]

Phone: 1-520-720-6833

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At BENSON, WE RESPECT PARENTS AND THEIR VALUES. We operate on behalf of parents. It is our responsibility to assist parents in the education of their children. We value parental involvement and will make every effort, involving best ethical practices and confidentiality, to involve parents and families in counseling plans, and respect the parental right of being the guiding voice in their child’s life.

In collaboration with teachers and staff, if a concern is identified, communication with parents and/or guardians will always be facilitated.

School counselors recognize their primary obligation regarding confidentiality is to the student but balance that obligation with an understanding of the family or guardians’ legal and inherent rights to be the guiding voice in their children’s lives (ASCA, 2016).

The counseling relationship between students and their school counselor requires an atmosphere of trust and confidence. Students must trust the school counselor to be able to enter into a meaningful and honest dialogue with the school counselor (Iyer & Baxter-MacGregor, 2010). However, students should be informed that exceptions to confidentiality exist in which school counselors must inform others of information they obtained in the counseling relationship to prevent serious and foreseeable harm to students themselves or others, and if it is legally required.