Self Study: Children or Family First: Navigating the Ethical Conflict of Child Protection vs. Parental Rights

Self-Study Program

NASW Members: Free

How to take the program:
Register here for the program, and you will receive a confimation. Your confirmation email will include a link to watch the recorded program, a link to the course quiz, and a description of the program. Keep this email for your submission to get your membership reimbursed!

Step 1: Register for the program. If you have not recieved your NASW ID number yet, use the code '123456789'.
Step 2: Click the first link, and watch the entirety program.
Step 3: After the program is over, click the second link to take thr course quiz. Complete and submit the quiz.

This workshop is approved for 2.0 continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed psychologists

Workshop Description

More than half of child maltreatment suspicions do not get reported to child protective services. Contributing to the quandaries professional reporters face when making the decision to report is concern for infringing on family autonomy. These concerns largely relate to the ethical conflict between protecting children and respecting parental rights. This session will explore the history and ethical application of parental, child and family rights schemas in an effort to help prepare professional reporters of suspected child maltreatment with the tools to report, when necessary, and respect family autonomy whenever possible. 

Learning Objectives

After the completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the legal and ethical framework of parents’ rights expectations.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the legal and ethical framework of children’s rights expectations.
• Describe the legal conflict between parents’ rights and children’s rights.
• Explain how the conflict between parents’ rights and children’s rights impacts professional practice.
• Apply a framework to guide the process for deciding whether a rights’ perspective is impacting their decision to report suspected child maltreatment.

This workshop is approved for 2.0 continuing education credit hours.

NASW-NYS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), licensed marriage and family therapists (Provider ID #MFT-0037) and licensed psychologists (Provider ID #PSY-0088).

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Presenter:

Kathryn Krase, Ph.D, J.D, MSW, Principal Consultant with Krase Consultant, 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. .