Legal and Ethical Standards For Child Abuse

Answer each question individually using a citation

1.Research legal and ethical standards for child abuse reporting in your community (Northern Ohio). Provide a list of these standards and highlight the information that you feel is most useful to you as a burgeoning counselor.

2.Child abuse reporting can take its toll on the therapist, particularly if the family or client involved is volatile. Discuss how one’s own apprehension and nervousness could “get in the way” of reporting child abuse immediately, and ways to combat this tendency to procrastinate. In addition, provide your understanding of the time requirements for child abuse reporting in your state (Ohio)