Training manual addressing victim-counselor confidentiality.

Chapters include:

• Justification for Battered Woman-Counselor Privilege
  • Domestic Violence as a Compelling Societal Problem That Threatens the Safety and Well-being of Women and Children
  • The Importance of Battered Women's Shelters and Service Programs in Protecting Domestic Violence Victims and Ending the Violence
  • Recognition by State and Federal Governments and Courts of the Compelling Need to End Domestic Violence and the Essential Role of Battered Women's Programs in Meeting This Need
  • The Requirement for Confidentiality for Effective Battered Women's Programs: How the Battered Woman-Counselor Relationship Satisfies the Requirements for Establishing Privileges
• Law of Privilege and How it Applies to the Battered Woman-Counselor Relationship: Sources of Confidentiality and Their Applicability to Battered Woman-Counselor Communications
  • Common Law Privileges
  • Privileges Based on the Constitutional Right to Privacy
  • Statutory Communication Privileges
  • Defendant's Challenges to Testimonial Privileges
  • Showing Necessary to Require Disclosure of COnfidential Information
• Nondisclosure Laws
  • Domestic Violence Nondisclosure Laws
  • Drug and Alcohol ABuse Treatment Nondisclosure Laws
  • Mental Health Nondisclosure Laws
  • Victim of Crime Act of 1984
  • Other Funding Sources of Confidentiality
• Special Issues for Battered Woman-Counselor Communications
  • Whose Privilege Is It: The Client's And/Or the Service Privider's
  • Duty to Warn
  • Custody and Termination of Parental Rights
  • Confidentiality and Child Abuse/Neglect Reporting
  • Confidentiality of Communications Made In the Presence of Third Persons
  • Testimonial Privileges for Minors
  • Confidentiality of Communications After Victim's Death
  • Cases That May Be Heard in Federal Court and the Applicable Law of Privilege
• How to Respond to Subpoenas and Warrants
  • Organizational Preparation for Responding to Subpoenas and Warrants
  • Subpoenas and Warrants
  • How to Respond to Subpoenas and Warrants
• Record-Keeping
  • Record-keeping in the Key to Protecting Confidentiality
  • Record-keeping Policies and Practices