[Counselors] Anonymous reporting apps-pros/cons

[OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board]

We have been using the STOPit app for about a month. It has been used a
couple times and I think it’s a great resource for students. Our school
insurance company purchased it for our school.

On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 8:13 AM OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor
Discussion Board <counselors at lists.onenet.net> wrote:

> Our school is looking at different anonymous reporting apps. Pros and Cons
> ?  I feel like it's great for kids to have a way to report issues such as
> bullying, suicidal thoughts, drug activity, weapons, etc.  However, most of
> these require the school to monitor the reports 24/7 and respond to them.
> And being completely anonymous, we have no idea who is making the reports
> and if it's credible.  Liability issues….  For example, if someone
> reports suicidal thoughts, then are we liable if they follow through,
> because we knew. But our responses would be limited because of the
> anonymous factor.  Is anyone using these apps and what are your thoughts
> about them?  One app we were looking at is called Stop It Solutions.
>
> Thanks!
>
> _______________________________________________
> Counselors mailing list
> Counselors at lists.onenet.net
> https://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/counselors

-- 
Kambri K. Harland, M.Ed.
K-12 Counselor / DTC
Boise City Schools
(580) 544-3111
kambri.harland at bcpsd.org
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/counselors/attachments/20190110/ea8ead7d/attachment.html>