Does Listening to the Family Violate HIPAA? What Clinicians Need to Know When Working with Children and Vulnerable Adults

• By: Elaine M. Edelman, PhD, LCSW, CASAC-Adv Kansas State University
• April 16th, 2025
• adults, children, client confidentiality, ethics, family, HIPAA, mental health, patient privacy, Spring 2025 Issue, support system, therapy, treatment
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Over time, good clinicians frequently come to similar conclusions. One of those conclusions is that family involvement in treatment can help the person in therapy find deeper and healthier relationships with important people in their lives. While it is not always possible to “fix what is...

Empowering Adults to Recognize and Respond to Youth in Suicidal Distress

• By: Ali Rainone, LMSW Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS)
• October 1st, 2020
• adults, community, fall 2020 issue, mental health, suicidal thoughts, suicide, training, youth
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The statistics regarding youth mental health are not only strikingly frightening but they point to the inexcusable reality that what is currently being done to address the problem is not working. According to the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI), one in five teens and young adults live...

Ensuring Best Outcomes for Children with Behavioral Needs and Adults with Medical Fragility in a Congregate Care Setting Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

• By: Rita M. Gardner, MPH, LABA, BCBA Helena Maguire, MS, LABA, BCBA Shawn P. Quigley, PhD, BCBA-D Mary Jane Weiss, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA Melmark
• May 19th, 2020
• adults, children, client health, COVID-19, PPE, residential setting, staff, summer 2020 issue, training
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COVID-19 abruptly thrust new challenges onto organizations providing intensive behavioral services in a congregate care setting to individuals diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The novel virus and its many unknowns required organizations to respond to a rapidly evolving...