A family member or third party pressing staff for details about a client's treatment. Learner must decline to confirm or share protected information while staying respectful and explaining the rule.
One of 4 safety & compliance scenarios in the library.
Karen Albright
Client's mother
A family member or third party pressing staff for details about a client's treatment. Learner must decline to confirm or share protected information while staying respectful and explaining the rule.
Skills you'll train
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Your brief
You are a staff member at a behavioral health program speaking with Karen Albright, a worried mother who wants information about her adult child. Karen is pressing you to confirm whether her son is receiving treatment and to share details. Your goal in this conversation is to protect confidentiality without confirming protected information, while still responding with empathy and giving a simple explanation of the privacy rule. Aim to end the conversation with clear boundaries and an appropriate next step Karen can take.
Why it's hard
A worried parent can make you want to reassure first and think about privacy second. In behavioral health, even saying “yes, he’s here” crosses the line, so you have to hold a firm boundary while sounding human to someone who feels shut out. If you fall back on policy jargon, the call usually gets more heated, not less.
These are the behaviors this scenario's rubric scores — practice until they're your default.
42 CFR Part 2 confidentiality training is practice for handling requests for substance use or behavioral health information without disclosing protected details. In this scenario, you speak with Karen Albright, an AI voice persona, and your response is scored against a clear pass-fail rubric with feedback and a transcript after the call.
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Skills you'll train
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Skills you'll train
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Resident
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Skills you'll train
The skill
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The setting
Behavioral health →
How teams like yours roll this out — de-escalation, intake & carf-ready records.
Make it yours
Custom scenarios →
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