California Child Abuse Assessment and Reporting

This course trains psychotherapists and other mandated reporters on California’s legal requirements for child abuse reporting for mandated reporters. Topics include the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA); forms of abuse including sexual abuse, neglect, willful cruelty/unjustifiable punishment, physical abuse including corporal punishment, and abuse in out-of-home care; clinical presentation and assessment; common questions; what happens after the report; and possible consequences of failing to report. Case examples provide useful illustrations of legal and assessment principles in practice.

7 hours CE. Recorded video format (non-interactive)

This course meets California BBS and BOP requirements for 7 hours of CE in Child Abuse Assessment and Reporting prior to licensure.

Content advisory: This course includes specific discussion and descriptions of various forms of child abuse and neglect, including physical and sexual abuse. To protect confidentiality, case examples may include fictionalized elements.

ESTIMATED COURSE LENGTH: 7.05 hours 

CE CREDITS: 7.00 continuing education/contact hours for social workers, psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists

TARGET AUDIENCE: Mental Health Practitioners

LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION: Intermediate

PREREQUISITE(S): None

INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD: Recorded video format (non-interactive)

ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS: Closed captioning of audio components. In order to request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS: To obtain your CE certificate, learners must complete a pre-test (not scored), progress through all course segments, complete a participant evaluation, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post-test. Learners are expected to complete the quiz within 3 attempts. If unable to do so, the learner will need to re-review the course segments.

FINANCIAL/COMMERCIAL SUPPORT STATEMENT: This course has no commercial support.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:  This course has no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support. Psych Hub's conflict of interest statement is found in the footer of the training center.

GRIEVANCE AND REFUND POLICIES: Grievance and refund policies are found in the footer of the training center.

PARTICIPATION COSTS:  The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the subscription registration fee.

COURSE CREATION DATE: 9/21/2021

 

 

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Define “reasonable suspicion” in the context of California child abuse reporting
• Identify two potential consequences of failure to report suspected child abuse
• Differentiate abusive from non-abusive forms of physical discipline according to state law
• Complete the state form for reporting suspected child abuse at the proper level of detail
• Describe two common treatments for victims of child abuse

1. Context
   1. Prevalence of abuse
   2. Why mandated reporting exists
2. Types of abuse
3. Assessing abuse
   1. Physical and behavioral signs
   2. Assessment techniques
4. Reporting abuse
   1. Reporting process
   2. Common questions
   3. Failure to report
5. After the report
   1. Investigation and action
   2. Clinical repair
   3. Treatment of child abuse
6. Case examples

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