Mandatory Reporting: Navigating Cases of Child & Senior Abuse -1CEs

This comprehensive training delves into the legal requirements of mandatory reporting, including recognizing reportable situations such as abuse, neglect, or imminent danger, and the procedural steps to make a report. The training highlights the importance of understanding state-specific laws, jurisdictional differences, and the legal protections afforded to mandated reporters. The session will also emphasize the critical balance between maintaining client confidentiality and fulfilling the ethical duty to report, offering practical strategies to navigate this complex terrain.

The training defines mandatory reporting, child abuse, and senior abuse. Attendees will learn best practices for documentation, interagency collaboration, and effective communication with clients about reporting obligations. By the end of this session, participants will feel empowered to fulfill their mandatory reporting responsibilities with clarity, professionalism, and compassion, ensuring the safety and well-being of those they serve.

Audience

Psychologists, Social Workers, Psychotherapists, MFTs, LPCs, graduate-level Counselors, and any other mental health professionals/providers.

Certificates will be awarded after completion of the full Webinar and course evaluation.

Radiant Sunshine, #1403, 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. Radiant Sunshine maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 2/28/23 to 2/28/2026

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Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP):

Radiant Sunshine has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7371. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.