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Mandatory Reporting and Racial Disparity: Is the Playing Field Level?

June 20, 2022 10am-12:30 pm EST

$65 2 CEs

Description: 

For over 50 years, various professionals have been required by law to report suspicions of child abuse and neglect as “mandated reporters”. This workshop explores the role of mandated reporting by applying foundational ethical principles through the lens of racial & social justice. An exploration of the original intent of mandated reporter laws will be juxtaposed with the evolution of the legal responsibility, and resulting disproportionalities in the current system. As society grapples with the role that certain systems, including the child welfare system, have played in poor outcomes for children of color, it is vital that we explore the role that individual reporters play in this process. This workshop will provide a framework for professionals to place their role in context, with the goal of furthering racial and social justice for all children and families.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the competing ethical and legal principles at play in the development of mandated reporting laws over time
• Identify the contributing factors related to racial disproportionality in the child welfare system
• Identify ethical/ moral and legal conundrums faced when making the decision to report
• Demonstrate a framework to guide the process for considering racial and social justice when determining whether they are required to make a report to child protective services

Advanced Mandatory Reporting: Beyond the Basics 

August 18, 2022 10am-12:30 pm EST

$65 2 CEs

Description:

Mental and Behavioral Health Professionals throughout the United States are mandated reporters of suspected child maltreatment. However, our legal requirement to report is often confusing to navigate in relation to our other professional and ethical responsibilities. This workshop is intended for mental and behavioral health who already have a basic understanding of their obligations as mandated reporters, and want to explore areas that are complicated by our professional relationships with clients in light of our legal obligations. Specifically, we will explore informed consent practices with different client populations, supporting practice with clients after making a report, and how to work with child protective services, especially in light of concerns for racial and social justice in the child welfare system.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the ethical/ moral and legal conundrums faced when making the decision to report
• Demonstrate a framework to guide the process of working with clients before making a report
• Demonstrate a framework to guide the process of working with clients after making a report
• Demonstrate skills at collaborating with child protective services for the benefit of clients
• Demonstrate ways to advocate for improved child protective services systems

Addiction, Child Abuse, Neglect, and the Law: What you Need to Know

November 16, 2022 10am-12:30 pm EST

$65 2 CEs

Description:

Reports of suspected child neglect make up more than three-quarters of all reports made to child protective services in any given year; 6 times more than reports of sexual abuse, and 5 times more than reports of physical abuse. However, neglect reports are least likely to be substantiated after investigation. The reality is that reporters of suspected child maltreatment struggle with appropriately identifying and reporting this type of maltreatment. A major contributor to neglect concerns is substance use disorder. This session will explore the legal and ethical obligations of professional reporters, especially as they relate to the concept of child neglect and substance use disorder. Various types of child neglect, including physical neglect, medical neglect and educational neglect will be explored, along with a significant conversation around parental supervision and the use of corporal punishment.

Learning Objectives

• Define child neglect
• Define substance use disorder
• Explain differences between different types of child neglect
• Identify considerations for determining when making a report to child protective services is required by law
• Identify the ethical/ moral and legal conundrums implicated in evaluating cases for child neglect
• Demonstrate a framework to guide their process for deciding whether to make a report of child neglect

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Continuing Education Approval for Licensed Mental Health Counselors/Social Workers/ School Psychologists/MFCCs/Art Therapists 

SOCIAL WORKERS

Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) is approved by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners to sponsor Category I continuing education programs. Social Work Boards in most states accept this approval status.

Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) is approved by the Washington, DC Board of Social Work Examiners.

LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS

Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5763. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CBPS is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS 

Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) is approved by the National Association of School Psychologists to offer professional development for school Psychologists, provider #1067. CBPS maintains responsibility for the program. 

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS  

The Maryland and Washington, DC Boards of Psychology Examiners Recognizes national Association of School Psychologist approval status with CBPS and grants CE hours to clinical psychologists in Maryland and Washington, DC.

Approved for psychologists in NY Provider Number: #PSY-0070

NEW YORK SOCIAL WORKERS, LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICIONERS, AND LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS

CBPS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s Board of Social Work, Provider #0122; and the Board of Mental Health Practitioners, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Provider #MHC-0009 and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists, provider #MFT-0008.

Approved for psychologists in NY Provider Number: #PSY-0070

ART THERAPISTS

Art Therapists (LCAT, ATR-BC) may obtain CE Hours based on our NBCC approval status.