RE: Maryland School of Public Affairs

["Alice Koenig" <afk2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe the site is: http://www.welfareacademy.org

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
[mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu]On Behalf Of
Juanita N. Baker
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 5:55 PM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: Re: Maryland School of Public Affairs


Does any one have an email/web site contact for these videoconferences  on
Recognition and Reporting Child Abuse or the Maryland School of Public
Affairs?
Is anyone arranging these at your sites?  The web site listed before does
not show the information that was there before.

Thanks, Juanita


videoconferences  on Recognition and Reporting Child Abuse presented by
Maryland School of Public Affairs, 12:30-3:30PM EST
>Jan 18: Reporting Obligations: The legal framework
>Feb 15: Is It physical abuse?
>Mar 15: Is it sexual abuse?
>Apr 19: Is it Physical neglect?
>May 17: Is it Psychological Maltreatment?
>Jun 21: Is it a reportable parental disability?
>

For a fee, the Maryland School of Public Affairs will offer certificates of
continuing education to all individuals who complete the training course
and pass the relevant tests. Tests may be taken online and certificates
will be mailed upon passing the post-conference test.  There is a $50 fee
for the CEU certificate, or $210 for all sessions, which includes a copy of
the textbook

The certificates are recognized for continuing education units (CEUs) by
the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners and the
Maryland State Department of Education. Because the laws governing issuance
of continuing education units vary from state to state
and profession to profession, we cannot guarantee that other states will
recognize the certificates for CEU credit.  However, our
experience is that the certificates have been recognized by other states'
comparable agencies.

[Bev, of course we can see if we can arrange other CEUs for other
professions.  Judy and I had arranged this before for the community.
Having a local panel for making it relevant for Florida may bring out more
participants.

Topics and schedules: The spring 2001 program schedule is as follows:

January 18, 2001. Reporting rights and responsibilities: This program will
describe who is legally required to report, who is permitted to report, and
the forms of reportable child abuse and neglect (including child
endangerment).  It will also examine the criminal and civil penalties for
failing to report and describe the legal protections for those who report.


February 15, 2001. Is it physical abuse?: This program will define physical
abuse, explain how to distinguish "reasonable" corporal punishment from
physical abuse, provide guidelines for identifying "suspicious" injuries
(and the battered child syndrome), and provide guidelines for using
behavioral indicators.

March 15, 2001. Is it sexual abuse?: This program will define sexual abuse
and sexual exploitation, sensitize participants to the special problems
that arise in such cases, and provide guidelines for assessing the
statements of children and for using the physical and behavioral indicators
for sexual abuse.

April 19, 2001. Is it physical neglect?: This program will define physical
neglect and medical neglect, sensitize participants to the need to
distinguish physical neglect from poverty, and describe the indicators of
physical neglect (including physical deprivation and dirty and disordered
households).

May 17, 2001. Is it psychological maltreatment?: This program will define
psychological maltreatment and provide guidelines for reporting emotional
abuse and neglect (including the two-level approach to reporting emotional
maltreatment and the diagnostic significance of the failure to treat a
child's psychological problems), improper ethical guidance, and educational
neglect.

June 21, 2001. Is it a reportable parental disability: This program will
define the severe mental disabilities of parents that are reportable,
including severe mental illness, severe mental retardation, and alcohol and
drug abuse; and will sensitize participants to the diagnostic significance
of a parent's inability to care for a newborn.



Juanita N. Baker, Ph.D.  (321)-674-8104
The Family Learning Program
http://www.fit.edu/AcadRes/psych/dept/flp/FLP.html
School of Psychology
Florida Institute of Technology
150 W. University Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32901
Fax: (321) 674-7105. email: bakerj@fit.edu