Ethical Challenges in Reporting Across the Lifespan: Child Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence and Elder Abuse
Mental and Behavioral Health Professionals throughout the United States are mandated reporters of suspected child maltreatment, and are often required to report concerns for intimate partner violence and/or elder abuse, as well. These legal requirements to report are often confusing to navigate, especially 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 w...Read moreith clients across the lifespan in light of our legal obligations. Specifically, we will explore how our reporting obligations differ based on the social problem we are reporting about. Where do these legal obligations to report come from? And are they ethically appropriate? Less...
Learning Objectives
- Identify four basic ethical principles to guide decision making.
- Identify the ethical/ moral and legal conundrums faced when making the decision to report child maltreatment, intimate partner violence and elder abuse.
- Apply a framework to guide the process of determining whether they are required to make a report.
- Demonstrate ways to advocate for improved services systems.
Target Audience
Learning Levels
- All Levels
Friday, October 25, 2024
11:00 AM EDT - 02:15 PM EDT
About the speaker
Kathryn Krase, JD, MSW
Agenda
11:00am - 11:05am Introductions
11:05am - 11:50am Setting the Stage: Mandated Reporting in Context
- Framing Ethical Principles
- Historical Development of Mandated Reporting
- Child maltreatment reporting
- Intimate Partner Violence reporting
- Elder Abuse reporting
11:50am - 12:30pm Review of the Requirements of Mandated Reporting (through experience)
- The legal requirements of mandated reporting
- Child maltreatment reporting
- Intimate Partner Violence reporting
- Elder Abuse reporting
12:30pm - 12:45pm Break
12:45pm -1:45pm The Role of Mental & Behavioral Health Professionals as Mandated Reporters
- Confidentiality
- Informed Consent
- Self-determination
- Mitigating Risk
1:45pm - 2:05pm Ethical Advocacy for Improving Systems
2:05pm - 2:15pm Q&A, Closure
CE Information - Earn 3 CE Credit Hours including
3 Ethics Hour
CE Approvals
American Psychological Association
Association of Social Work Boards
National Board for Certified Counselors
New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work
New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors
New York Education Department Board for Licensed Psychoanalysts
Association of Social Work Boards - New Jersey
ACE individual course approval meets the NJ Board of Social Work Examiners requirements for individual course approval pursuant to NJ Code 13:44G-6.4.16. Participation in the ASWB ACE Course Approval Program requires that the provider abide by all of the criteria set forth by New Jersey Administrative Code Title 13 Chapter 44 G Subchapter 6.
New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology
New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy
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