The Risk and Prevention of Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities (1 Credit Hour)
Program Summary: This course explores the prevalence of abuse and neglect among children with disabilities and discusses risk factors and strategies for prevention.
This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.
Publisher: Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children’s Bureau
Find the article at: https://www.freestatesocialwork.com/articles/RiskPreventionofMaltreatmentofChildrenWithDisabilities.pdf
Program Objectives: To enhance professional practice, values, skills, and knowledge by identifying key issues related to the protection of children with disabilities.
Learning Objectives: Describe the prevalence of abuse and neglect among children with disabilities. Identify risk factors. Identify protective factors.
Review our pre-reading study guide.
Free State Social Work, LLC, provider #1235, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Free State Social Work, LLC maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 9/6/2021 - 9/6/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit.
Free State Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP NO. 6605. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Free State Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.