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[Modules] : SENDA : Final test

Final test

Question 3 - confidentiality

The Act implies that disclosure by a student to one member of staff counts as disclosure to the institution as a whole. However, the Data Protection Act requires that permission be sought to pass on 'personal sensitive' information. Therefore if a student discloses his/her disability and asks for confidentiality you will need to ... :

A) pass on the information to all relevant staff and explain to the student that you are required to do so in law;
B) arrange a meeting for colleagues who will come into contact with the student in the coming year to discuss his/her support needs in confidence;
C) accept the student's request without discussion and make no reasonable adjustment because this would make the student's disability obvious to others;
D) after a discussion of the disadvantages of not disclosing, you respect the student's decision and go on to discuss instead whether any reasonable adjustments may be made that will not threaten the confidentiality request.
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