I can think of a couple of general topics that apply to adolescents which may be different from children and adults. I will quickly get out of my depth here, however. First, adolescents who have not reached the "age of majority" in your state are children, by definition. If there is no specific law in your state that refers to aome special privilege of confidentiality for them, I'd assume they have no special "rights." Some states refer to "assent" for treatment or other procedures, in which the adolescent (or sometimes the child) has an opportunity to agree but not quite a right to consent or refuse. Second, kids of different ages, just as adults of different mental capacities, may be able to exercise some consent or refusal (e.g., to protect or release information) depending on the complexity of the situation. That is, if the question is one that they can reasonably understand and respond to, they may be allowed some control over it. Third, psychiatric and psychotherapeutic treatments are often treated differently from other clinical areas. In Texas, for example, a 17 year-old is different from a 15 year-old for purposes of consent for psych hospitalization. Fourth, the concept of "emancipation" comes in here somewhere. Adolescents of a certain age who have dome something which severs them from their parents'/guardian's control (such as getting married) are pretty much seen as adults. Finally, if you are making decisions or clinic policies on how to deal with adolescents' records, wishes, threats, etc., I strongly suggest you NOT rely on discussion with colleagues, but have an attorney tell you what you must do. Then find a way to do your therapy under those rules.