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2022-2023 Educational Webcast Series

Upcoming* CHAMP Webcast, December 7, 2022
*Co-sponsored with APSAC-NY, Offers both CME and CEU

Mandated Child Abuse Reporting: Best Practices and Pros and Cons about What to Say and How to Engage Families after the Report

Vincent J. Palusci, MD, MS, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY

Mary L. Pulido, MSW, PhD
Executive Director, The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children President, APSAC-New York, Inc., New York, NY

Wednesday, December 7, 2022
12:00 Noon to 1 p.m. Eastern time

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Review New York State mandated reporter regulations and recommendations from about making reports;
• Explore additional best practices for informing families about mandated reports;
• Summarize steps that can be taken to engage parents after the report is made to continue services for the child and family.

REGISTRATION
Please use the REGISTRATION FORM, as pre-registration is required for CME. This activity is approved for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ^TM.

EVALUATION
*For CME, please use this evaluation link, https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CHAMPDec7 to give feedback.

*For CEU, please use this evaluation link, https://forms.gle/CNxjNCHoiNPirrBX7 . Any questions about CEU, please contact Leslie Schmerler at NY Foundling, Leslie.Schmerler@nyfoundling.org .

CEU and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit TM Award requires a pre-registration and a completed evaluation, which is due on Friday, December 9th.

HANDOUTS
Download a copy of the handouts for this webcast,

1. PPT presented by Vincent J. Palusci, M.D., M.S., F.A.A.P. and Mary L. Pulido, M.S.W., Ph.D., Mandated Child Abuse Reporting: Best Practices and Pros and Cons about What to Say and How to Engage Families after the Report (14 pages, 487 KB PDF)

2. NYS OCFS Mandated Reporter Decision Tree/Assessing for Bias in Decision-Making (PDF)

3. OCFS Summary Guide for Mandated Reporters in NYS (PDF)

4. ACS Parent’s Guide (PDF)

ACCREDITATION
requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and SUNY Upstate Medical University.

The University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CERTIFICATION
The University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences designates this regularly scheduled series activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity is intended for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and other health care professionals who may respond to suspected child abuse. This activity has been planned and implemented by Dr. Ann Botash, Upstate Medical University. She has no financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

2022 Schedule

• October 12
• November 16
• December 7

2023 Schedule

• January 11 – Burn Injuries in Children, Heather Ross, MD
• February 8 New Date February 15 – Model for hospital-wide child maltreatment patient safety programs, Jennifer B. Hansen, MD
• March 8 – Human Trafficking Curriculum, Dana Kaplan, MD, Lori Legano, MD, Nina Agrawal, MD, et al.

All webcasts are on Wednesday and start at noon Eastern time.

Resources for Professionals

CHAMP Mentors Vincent J. Palusci, MD, and Ann S. Botash, MD, have written an article that is a resource to help pediatric care professionals address personal and systemic racial bias: Palusci V J, Botash A S. Race and Bias in Child Maltreatment Diagnosis and Reporting. Pediatrics. 2021;148(1):e2020049625

Read more about this article on the Resources for Professionals page

Practice Recommendations

Both the Evaluation Guidelines for Suspected Child Physical Abuse and Evaluation Guidelines for Suspected Child Sexual Abuse have been updated. These guidelines address history, physical, consults to consider, diagnostic tests, photography, documentation, medications for sexual abuse, siblings/pediatric contacts, reporting and discharge. In addition, there are QR codes to access forms and additional information.

• Evaluation Guidelines for Suspected Child Physical Abuse (PDF)

• Evaluation Guidelines for Suspected Child Sexual Abuse (PDF)

Here is a list of all the CHAMP Practice Recommendations that you can download from our Practice Recommendations page:

Evaluation Guidelines for Suspected Child Physical Abuse (June 2022)
Evaluation Guidelines for Suspected Child Sexual Abuse (June 2022)
How to Write an Effective Impact Statement (December 2015)
Photographic Documentation (Revised January 2009)
Photographic Documentation Pocket Guide (December 2008)
Skeletal Survey (March 2021)
Triage (September 2005)
Universal Trauma Precautions and Trauma-Specific Guidelines (May 2019)
Trauma-Informed Care Pocket Guide (May 2019)

Caring with Compassion Course

Taking care of ourselves is essential for the unique role we play as a Child Abuse Medical Professional. Mandy A. O’Hara, MD, MPH, TCTSY-F, a board certified child abuse pediatrician, a CHAMP Mentor and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center, has developed the course Caring with Compassion. It provides the opportunity to pause, reflect, and expand your self-knowledge and perspective. It is an opportunity to deepen your self-compassion. Accompanying this course is a 12-minute Trauma Sensitive Yoga Chair Practice video as a step to begin addressing secondary traumatic stress that is often held in the body.

Explore these opportunities by clicking on this Caring with Compassion link.