Reflection paper and Ethic in your state
State Child Abuse & Reporting Law
We all strive to be the most ethical and responsible person that we can be. Despite all our efforts, each of us can find ourselves having difficulties adhering to the different ethics and reporting laws of the states we live in throughout the U.S. This assignment is about you and your competency with regards to knowing your ethical and legal responsibilities. Research your state licensing board (Texas). Please also use your text book or any other professional journals that helps support your paper. As always, use proper APA formatting.
The assignment is simple. You are to:
1. Research your specific state’s Child/Elder Abuse & Reporting Law and write a 5 page report on the reporting laws regarding child and elder abuse including the duty to protect and/or warn in your state and/or the state in which you want to be licensed (particularly Texas). This is from your standpoint, so make it yours. Do not write a report that just gives the answers.
2. Within this paper, identify an abuse issue scenario that you may someday (or have already found yourself in) where you had, or might have to report the abuse of a child/adult. You may use the scenarios in the text book regarding any ethical issue of child/adult abuse where you would have to report that abuse, but you have to specify your state’s abuse and reporting laws.
3. Here’s the way to organize your paper:
I. Title your paper: (the state you live in)’s Abuse and Reporting Law
II. Briefly describe an abuse scenario regarding a child or elder of which you would be concerned.
III. Identify the particular abuse issue(s).
IV. Identify the state regulation that addresses the ethical issue.
V. Finally, identify how you will be required to report the ethical issue appropriately.
This discussion is about your being aware of, as well as knowing, what your specific state’s reporting laws are. Prove your competence in this assignment by demonstrating your knowledge of this subject.
