This course brings real-world context to ethical concerns often experienced by
professionals in practice. Through an exploration of boundaries, confidentiality
and mandated reporting, this course will provide a framework to contemplate
ethical dilemmas and make informed decisions that insulate professionals from
legal liability while protecting clients from harm.
Ethical Challenges in Reporting Across the Lifespan Mental & Behavioral Health Professionals throughout the United States are mandated reporters of suspected child maltreatment, and often required to
“It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” Justice Abe Fortas in Tinker v. Des Moines, USSC
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 conce