These four statements appear on the welcome screen, before the first question. They are also what a teacher says aloud and what a counsellor repeats in the room.
Who sees this. Your answers go to the school counsellors and the SAFER team. Not your teachers, not your classmates.
What usually happens. Most students hear nothing more. Some are asked to talk with a counsellor, and that conversation is private.
When we bring in an adult. If your answers tell us you might not be safe, we will need to involve a parent, guardian, or another adult who can help. We will talk with you first. You will know what is happening before it happens.
Why we ask for your ID. So we can follow up with you. That is the only thing it is used for.
Why it is said upfront rather than discovered later
There is a real argument for saying less. A student who knows a parent may be called might answer more carefully, and some students will disclose less.
SAFER says it anyway, for two reasons.
It is the honest thing, and a screening program that gains disclosures by not mentioning what happens next has bought them with a student's trust.
It is also the more effective thing, counterintuitively. A student who discloses and is then surprised by a phone call tells the next adult nothing, and tells their friends not to bother either. One surprised student costs more disclosures over a school year than the upfront honesty costs on the day.
This is the whole reason the four sentences are written the way they are. We will talk with you first. You will know what is happening before it happens. The promise is not confidentiality. The promise is no surprises.
Note the wording of the third sentence
It says "a parent, guardian, or another adult who can help." That is not softening. Oregon law provides for disclosure to a parent, a legal guardian, or another adult who can lessen the risk, and for some students the third option is the safe one. Telling students the truth about that in advance is what makes the conversation in Module 6.4 possible. See Module 1.3.
