School Counselor Sued Following Student Suicide

Beil1958
Mon, 05 Dec 2016 22:04:53 +0000

The initial information about suicide came from a friend of the young man via email. How much stock can a counselor place in information offered by a third party? Student denied that he was suicidal. Does the counselor override student’s word and believe the third party? Seems to me informing the principal or the dept. chair aware of the situation would have accomplished very little. Much of what a counselor does is based on gut instinct. It’s a very sticky situation. Has to be every counselor’s worst nightmare.