Mandated Reporter Training Certificate

Every report you make—or choose not to—can profoundly shape a child’s future, impact a family’s stability, and reflect your values as a clinician. But what if fulfilling your legal obligation as a mandated reporter means risking harm to the very clients you're trying to protect? This certificate program empowers behavioral health professionals to navigate that tension with clarity, confidence, and a strong ethical foundation.

In today’s complex and often inequitable systems, clinicians need more than a basic understanding of mandated reporting. This training offers a thoughtful and practical path forward for those seeking to fulfill their legal obligations with care, competence, and integrity.

Complete 5 courses, earn the Mandated Reporter Certificate—and save $61

Only $197 for 13 CE hours + certification

Key Takeaways:

• Master complex reporting decisions with confidence: Learn how to assess risk, apply legal thresholds, and determine your obligation to report across multiple scenarios involving child abuse and neglect.
• Integrate ethics, boundaries, and confidentiality into daily practice: Understand how to uphold ethical codes while managing client relationships, disclosures, and your own role as a mandated reporter.
• Adopt a justice-informed lens for clinical decision-making: Examine the structural inequities embedded in the child welfare system and develop strategies for reporting that minimize harm and honor racial and social justice values.

Why this certificate course?

• Comprehensive and cohesive learning journey: This certificate course brings together five interrelated trainings, allowing you to move from foundational knowledge to advanced, justice-informed practices with clarity and continuity.
• Led by a trusted national expert: Dr. Kathryn Krase’s multidisciplinary expertise in law, ethics, and child welfare policy offers depth, credibility, and practical wisdom you won’t find in standard mandated reporter trainings.
• Built for real-world application: You’ll leave with actionable tools, legal and ethical decision-making frameworks, and a stronger ability to protect children and the integrity of your clinical practice.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of "Making the Tough Call: Exploring the Ethics of Mandated Reporting through the Lens of Racial & Social Justice" course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the competing ethical and legal principles at play in the development of mandated reporting laws over time.
• Explain the contributing factors related to racial disproportionality in the child welfare system.
• Identify ethical/ moral and legal conundrums faced when making the decision to report.
• Apply a framework to guide the process for considering racial and social justice when determining whether they are required to make a report to child protective services.

Upon completion of "Exploring Ethical Obligations: Boundaries, Confidentiality and Mandated Reporting" course, participants will be able to: 

• Explain the ethical code provisions as they relate to practice with clients/patients at the micro and mezzo levels.
• Describe the limitations on the relationships with clients, as outlined in relevant ethical codes.
• Describe the expectations for keeping client information confidential in their professional practice.

Upon completion of "Advanced Ethical Issues for Mandated Reporters of Child Maltreatment" course, participants will be able to:   

• Identify the ethical/ moral and legal conundrums faced when making the decision to report.
• Apply a framework to guide the process of working with clients before making a report.
• Apply a framework to guide the process of working with clients after making a report.
• Demonstrate skills at collaborating with child protective services for the benefit of clients.
• Demonstrate ways to advocate for improved child protective services systems.

Upon completion of "Exploring Professional Responses to Child Neglect" course, participants will be able to:    

• Define child neglect.
• Explain differences between different types of child neglect.
• Explain considerations for determining when making a report to child protective services is required by law.

Upon completion of "Making the Tough Call: Legal & Ethical Issues Related to the Decision to Report Suspected Child Maltreatment" course, participants will be able to:         

• Determine when making a report to child protective services is required by law.
• Identify the ethical/ moral and legal conundrums faced when deciding to report.
• Apply a framework to guide the process for deciding whether to make a report.

This certificate program helps clinicians respond with skill, thoughtfulness, and accountability when concerns about child maltreatment arise.

Add it to your course library today and feel confident making even the toughest calls.

This is a non-interactive, self-study program. Instruction consists of 13 hours of video instruction and a post-test.