LIVE: California Child Abuse and Neglect Assessment and Reporting

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3.5 Hours | 3.5 CEs

$200 Registration | $175 Early Registration (through June 7th) | 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