Center for Child Policy
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Mandatory Reporting
Serious Gaps Exist in Immunity Protection for Reporters of Child Abuse
All states provide some form of immunity for people and professionals required to report suspected abuse of children, but sometimes the immunity provided by the law is not enough to protect the reporter from serious, potentially career-ending retaliation for fulfilling their duty to make a report.
CCP expert committee members Nancy Guardia, MSW, LCSW, and Franne Sippel, EdD, discuss gaps in immunity afforded by state and federal law and the consequences of failing to strengthen immunity protections for mandated reporters in their recent article published by Social Work Today.
Read the full web-exclusive article here.
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Mandatory Reporting
Retaliation Toward Child Abuse Reporters
Author: Nancy Guardia, MSW, LCSW and Franne Sippel, EdD
Social Work Today
Authors
Amy J. L. Baker, PhD
Director of Research, The New York Foundling,
Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection
Demara B. Bennett, PsyD
Director, Family Learning Program, Scott Center for Autism Treatment, Florida Institute of Technology
Kelly M. Champion, PhD, ABPP
Founder & Clinical Psychologist, Cadeus Behavioral Health
Stephan Forrester, Esq
Director, Government Relations & Administration, New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Tricia Gardner, JD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Professional Education, Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, University of Oklahoma
Rannah Gray, MA
Author, Familiar Evil
Advocate/Speaker, Child Sexual Abuse Awareness
Kelli Nicole Hughes, JD
Program Director, APSAC Center for Child Policy Research and Policy, Institute for Human Service
Stacie Le Blanc, JD, MEd
President, American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
Ben Mathews, PhD
Professor, Queensland University of Technology
Professorial Fellow, Australian Government Royal Commission
Pamela Miller, JD, MSW, LISW-S
Deputy Director, Center for Child Policy
Expert Witness and Consultant
Vincent J. Palusci, MD, MS
Professor of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine
Francine Ann Sippel, EdD
Licensed Psychologist & Partner, Northern Plains Psychological Associates
Researcher/Author, Child Maltreatment Reporting Law
Frank E. Vandervolt, JD
Clinical Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Nancy Guardia, MSW, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Researcher/Author, Mandated Reporter Retaliation and Child Maltreatment Law