Spencer Letizia
Child Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence and Elder Abuse
Ethical Challenges in Reporting Across the Lifespan Mental & Behavioral Health Professionals throughout the United States are mandated...
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Spencer Letizia
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Schoolhouse Rights: Exploring Rights of Students, Parents, and Teachers
“It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the...
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Spencer Letizia
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Children or Family First: Navigating the Ethical Conflict of Child Protection vs. Parental Rights
More than half of child maltreatment suspicions do not get reported to child protective services. Contributing to the quandaries...
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Spencer Letizia
- Mar 29
- 1 min
When Should I Be Concerned About Someone’s Parenting? What Can We Do to Help?
Exploring Case Studies in Child Neglect We all became mental health professionals for a reason: we want to help. However, helping can be...
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Spencer Letizia
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Protecting Children from Child Neglect & Supporting Families
Reports of suspected child neglect make up more than three-quarters of all reports made to child protective services in any given year; 6...
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Spencer Letizia
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Mental & Behavioral Health Professionals as Change Agents: Policy Advocacy Tools for Practice
Mental & behavioral health professionals in practice often find it hard to be active policy advocates, because we are uncomfortable,...
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Spencer Letizia
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Preparing Mental Health Professionals for Legal System Involvement
Witness? Expert? Party to a Proceeding? Are you working with a family involved in a custody case? Have you been asked to serve as an...
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Spencer Letizia
- Mar 29
- 1 min
What Happens in Therapy, Stays in Therapy. Unless... Exploring the Ethics of Confidentiality
What do I do when a client tells me they’ve contemplated committing suicide? Who do I contact when I’m worried a client is going to hurt...
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Spencer Letizia
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Exploring Ethical Obligations: Boundaries, Confidentiality and Mandated Reporting
This course brings real-world context to ethical concerns often experienced by professionals in practice. Through an exploration of...
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Spencer Letizia
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Addressing Concerns for Racial & Social Justice in the Reporting of Suspected Child Abuse & Neglect
For over 50 years, various professionals have been required by law to report suspicions of child abuse and neglect as “mandated...
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Spencer Letizia
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Increasing Understanding towards Justice in the Provision of Mental Health Care
Implicit Bias Training: Designed to meet the Michigan requirement but is not Michigan state specific Physical and Mental health...
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Spencer Letizia
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Exploring Ethical Obligations of Mental Health Professionals
Designed to meet the NYS requirement, but is NOT New York state specific Can mental health professionals work with clients that they know...
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Spencer Letizia
- Mar 29
- 1 min
The Ethical Realities of Reporting Suspicions of Child Maltreatment
Protecting Children &Supporting Families Mental and Behavioral Health Professionals throughout the United States are mandated reporters...
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Spencer Letizia
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Legal & Ethical issues related to the Decision to Report Suspected Child Maltreatment
Many professionals throughout the United States are mandated reporters of suspected child maltreatment. However, the legal requirement to...
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