Reducing Racial and Ethnic Bias in Child Abuse Reporting
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1 hour, 30 minutes
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Stress, Trauma, and Resilience (STAR) Seminars
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Overview
This seminar will strengthen the child abuse reporting skills of staff members and administrators in their work with families of color. This seminar will work toward that goal through a brief history of child protective services and its role in society, review of legal obligations and ethical standards related to child abuse reporting, examination of racial/ethnic disparities in the child welfare system, the role of culture in parenting practices, and assessment of how implicit and explicit bias may impact child abuse reporting decisions.
Recorded on: 9/10/2020
Learning objectives
- Discuss the legal and ethical tensions between 1) society’s responsibility to protect children; 2) parental rights, care and support of families; and 3) respect for cultural practices
- Summarize statistics on racial and ethnic disparities in the child welfare system
- Describe how implicit and explicit bias can impact interactions with families and decision-making with regards to child abuse reporting
- List at least two concrete steps the participant will take to become more aware of and reduce implicit and explicit bias in working with families of color, especially when making child abuse reporting decisions
Professional credit
- This activity offers the following types of credit: APA
- 1.5 CEs are available.
- Additional details can be found in the activity document for this resource.
Added on 9/29/2020
