About this course

Learning Objectives

• Discuss the legal and ethical framework of parents’ rights expectations.
• Discuss the legal and ethical framework of children’s rights expectations.
• Describe the legal conflict between parents’ rights and children’s rights.
• Explain how the conflict between parents’ rights and children’s rights impacts professional practice.
• Apply a framework to guide the process for deciding whether a rights perspective is impacting their decision to report suspected child maltreatment.

Learning Levels

• All Levels

Target Audience

Course Instructor(s)

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  Kathryn Krase, JD, MSW

  Kathryn Krase is a social worker, lawyer, researcher, educator, and expert on professional ethics. She has significant experience as a family law practitioner, social work supervisor, along with more than 20 years of experience in faculty and administrative roles in undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level social work programs in and around New York City. Dr. Krase is the Principal Consultant for Krase Consulting, in Brooklyn, New York, where she focuses on educating mental and physical health professionals on their general legal and ethical obligations.

Disclosure

References

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• Fortin, J. (2003). Children's rights and the developing law. Cambridge University Press.
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• Adams, L. T. (2017). Backward progress toward reinstating parental rights. NYU Rev. L. & Soc. Change, 41, 507.
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• Akerele, F. (2014). Adolescent decision-making and the zone of parental control: a missed opportunity for legislative change. Advances in psychiatric treatment, 20(2), 144-150.