LIVE: California Child Abuse and Neglect Assessment and Reporting
June 14, 2024 | 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific
June 14, 2024
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Pacific
3.5 Hours | 3.5 CEs
$175 Registration | Live Virtual Training via Zoom
Szu-Yu Chen, PhD presents a live virtual professional training program on California Child Abuse and Neglect Assessment and Reporting.
This training provides an overview of California laws pertaining to child abuse and neglect as they relate to clinical mental health practice. Mental health professionals will learn the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, signs and types of abuse and neglect, and reporting responsibilities and procedures regarding child maltreatment.
This 3.5-hour course can meet part of the qualifications for 7 hours of CE credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
The audience for this training includes graduate students enrolled in mental health-related programs and associate or fully licensed marriage and family therapists, professional clinical counselors, social workers, psychologists, and school psychologists who work with minors and their families in schools, community agencies, and inpatient and outpatient settings.
Training Outline
- Examine statistics of child maltreatment in California
- Introduce California’s Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA) and specific California Penal Codes on child abuse reporting
- Discuss the role and responsibilities of the mandated reporter
- Abuse
- Identify types of abuse: physical, sexual, and emotional abuse
- Identify and assess signs and symptoms of abuse
- Cultural considerations
- Impact of abuse on child’s development
- 2 case study discussion and role play
- Neglect
- Identify types of neglect: physical, emotional, medical, and educational neglect
- Identify and assess signs and symptoms of neglect
- Cultural considerations
- Impact of neglect on child’s development
- 2 case study discussion and role play
- Procedures for making a mandated child abuse report
- When to make a report
- How to make a report
- What is needed information to make a report
- What to expect after making a report
- 2 case study and role play
Intended Audience
This live program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals.
Experience Level
This live program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Presented By
Szu-Yu Chen, PhD
Dr. Szu-Yu "Darlene" Chen (she/her) is an associate professor of the Counseling Department at Palo Alto University. As a bilingual (English/Mandarin) licensed clinical mental health counselor and registered play therapist, she has over 10 years of clinical experience working with children and famili...
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe California’s Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA) and California Penal Codes pertaining to child abuse reporting
Describe types of child abuse and neglect
Describe signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect
Describe the role of the mandated reporter and procedures for making a mandated child abuse report
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Cancellation Policy
Have a sudden change of plans and are unable to attend live? No worries; you will be given access to the on-demand version of the program once available. Please note if you attend live, no access to the recording will be given.
Event Conduct
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Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.