Rationale: Teachers often face dilemmas while working with students who have especially challenging academic or interpersonal problems. Occasionally a student picks a teacher as the person to confide in with personal dilemmas/situations. When it is possible for her to do so, that teacher is morally and ethically obligated to attend to that student’s need. However, though they should value their own personal and professional capabilities, teachers also need to know their limits and to be able to judge when a student is best served by confiding in them or by developing a new relationship with a skilled school or community specialist. Teachers must understand and value the knowledge, talents and skills that each school or community specialist brings to the school experience and what each has to offer to their students. They need to be able to evaluate the severity of each student's situation and, when necessary, to help a student develop a new relationship with a fellow professional who, for the moment, is a stranger to the student.