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Ethical Challenges in Reporting Across the Lifespan: Child Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence and Elder Abuse

3 CE Hours
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About the Course

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 with 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?

This course is based on the recorded webinar, Ethical Challenges in Reporting Across the Lifespan: Child Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence and Elder Abuse created by Kathryn Krase et al in 2024.

Publication Details

Publication Date: First Oct 2024

Course Material Authors

Kathryn Krase
Kathryn Krase, PhD, JD, MSW

Kathryn Krase, Ph.D., J.D., M.S.W., 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.

She is an expert on the professional reporting of suspected child maltreatment. She has authored multiple books and articles on the subject. She has years of experience consulting with government and community based organizations to develop policy & practice standards.

Disclosures

She receives royalties as a published author, and receives recording royalties for this presentation.

Target Audience

This course is intended for Behavioral Health and Nursing professionals, including addiction counselors, art therapists, counselors, nurses, music therapists, school counselors, psychologists, psychoanalysts, social workers, school psychologists, prevention specialists, and peer support specialists. It is appropriate for intermediate and above levels of knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Identify four basic ethical principles to guide decision making.
  2. 2 Identify the ethical/ moral and legal conundrums faced when making the decision to report child maltreatment, intimate partner violence and elder abuse.
  3. 3 Apply a framework to guide the process of determining whether they are required to make a report.
  4. 4 Demonstrate ways to advocate for improved services systems.

Disclosure to Learners

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The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Course Creator

Kathryn Krase, PhD, JD, MSW – She receives royalties as a published author, and receives recording royalties for this presentation.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

Florida Board of Nursing

3 CE credit hours
Eligible until Feb 1st, 2028
CE Learning Systems, LLC has been approved by the Florida Board of Nursing, Provider number: 50-315. Nurses completing course 20- receive 3 credit hours. Certificate must be retained for at least 4 years, do not forward certificate to the Board of Nursing.
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American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

3 CE credit hours
Eligible until Dec 31st, 2034
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