There are many courses of action a school counselor could take including sending John home and leaving a message for his parents, scheduling additional individual sessions with John, calling child protective services, creating a safety plan with John and sending it home for his parents to sign, and after determining that John is a suicidal risk, it would be best to reiterate the limits of confidentiality and that his parents need to be informed. It would be beneficial to explain to John the next steps in the process such as creating a safety plan with his parents and a referral to a community counselor. John should be provided with options on how he would like his family told. He can call and inform his parents with the counselor there for
