September 26, 2026 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Free Supervision Workshop: Helping Supervisees Navigate Confidentiality with Children and Families from ISU I-BHWET
Idaho State University
Department of Counseling Presents:
Department of Counseling Presents:
Helping Supervisees Navigate Confidentiality with Children and Families
A Supervisor’s Framework for Ethical and Legal Decision-Making
Saturday, September 26
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST
Online via Zoom
Free Continuing Education Workshop
Working with children and families can create complex questions involving confidentiality, parental rights, informed consent, access to records, and the ethical responsibilities of counselors and supervisors. These situations can become especially challenging when legal, ethical, clinical, and relational considerations pull in different directions.
This workshop will provide supervisors with a practical framework for helping supervisees navigate these challenges when counseling children and adolescents. Particular attention will be given to the evolving legal landscape surrounding parental rights, minor consent, confidentiality, and access to behavioral health information. Participants will explore strategies for identifying competing responsibilities, working through difficult cases, documenting decision-making, and supporting supervisees in maintaining strong therapeutic relationships while practicing within ethical and legal standards.
Jennifer J. Cain, MA, LPC-S, RPT-S™, RST
Willow Counseling Services
Jennifer J. Cain is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, Certified Synergetic Play Therapist, and Registered Sand Therapist. She has worked professionally in counseling since 2002 and founded Willow Counseling Services in The Woodlands, Texas, in 2006. Her practice provides counseling and play therapy for children, adolescents, adults, and families, as well as clinical supervision, consultation, and professional training. Jennifer has also served on the Ethics Committee for the Texas Counseling Association and currently serves on the Credentialing and Continuing Education/Conference Committees for the World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals.
Part of the Idaho Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program at Idaho State University’s Supervisor Workshop Series