Description

This Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Course for OT students and practitioners covers student privacy, education records, consent, data sharing, confidentiality, documentation, and legal responsibilities. Apply FERPA requirements to school-based occupational therapy through practical scenarios and case studies. Certificate of Completion provided.

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Course Curriculum

    1. Introduction

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    2. Course Objectives

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    1. Fundamentals Introduction

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. What is FERPA?

    3. Who is Covered Under FERPA?

    4. Personally Identifiable Information

    5. Parent and Eligible Student Rights

    6. Consent Requirements

    7. Quiz Case Study

    8. Quiz 1

    1. Education Records Introduction

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    2. Educational Records

    3. Written Consent

    4. Directory Information

    5. Legitimate Educational Interest

    6. School Official Exception

    7. Quiz 2

    1. Data Sharing Exceptions Introduction

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    2. Most Common Exceptions for Disclosure Without Consent

    3. Data Sharing and State Educational Agencies (SEAs)

    4. Positive Impact of Data Sharing

    5. Exceptions: Disclosure without Consent

    6. Immigration Customs Enforcement and FERPA

    7. Quiz 3

    1. Written Agreements and Compliance Introduction

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    2. FERPA Consent Requirements

    3. Required Agreement Elements

    4. Reasonable Methods and Best Practices for Written Agreements

    5. Protecting Personally Identifiable Information

    6. Third-party responsibilities

    7. Quiz 4

    1. Privacy Protection and Recordkeeping Introduction

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    2. Recordkeeping requirements

    3. Maintaining disclosure logs

    4. Data security expectations

    5. Preventing Unauthorized Disclosure

    6. Responding to Data Breaches

    7. Balancing Privacy and Data Use

    8. Quiz 5

    1. FERPA Compliance in Practice Introduction

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    2. Complaint Process

    3. Consequences of Noncompliance

    4. Quiz 6

    1. FERPA Resources and Contact Information

    1. Discussion Forum Questions

    1. Summative Exam Preparation

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    2. B.2.10. Summative Exam

About this course

  • $55.00
  • 47 lessons

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

  1. Describe the purpose and key requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
  2. Identify protected education records and personally identifiable information (PII).
  3. Distinguish between disclosures that require consent and those permitted under FERPA exceptions.
  4. Apply FERPA requirements to common data-sharing scenarios, including the school official, studies, and audit/evaluation exceptions.
  5. Recognize requirements for directory information, written agreements, recordkeeping, and safeguarding student data.
  6. Apply FERPA requirements to school-based occupational therapy scenarios involving documentation, communication, ethics (B.2.10.) and data sharing.

2023 ACOTE Standards Addressed

B.2.10. Ethics and Professional Interactions - See Summative Exam

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