tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081447.post3449537750673064156..comments2024-02-19T09:57:54.701-08:00Comments on The Angry Dad: The evil of mandated reportingGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16032672334544228703noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081447.post-62599607308997598002016-09-09T23:35:05.929-07:002016-09-09T23:35:05.929-07:00Your blog is great! I am a MFT intern, still worki...Your blog is great! I am a MFT intern, still working on gaining my hours toward licensure and I really appreciate your bold and common sense perspective. Mandated reporting has gotten out of hand. In my ethics exam, we are basically beat upside the head to report literally anything. Part of the reason is because of scope of practice/competence issues. The argument being that an MFT may not have the requisite experience to effectively evaluate whether abuse is happening so if you file a CPS report, their staff will provide the comprehensive evaluation. This seems backwards to me. If you are responsible for working with a family and/or child, likely you will have much more information and context than a one-time evaluator from a CPS agency. But, really the main reason they emphasis reporting so much is because its a CYA (cover your ass) culture. You can't get sued if you report a suspicion and its unjustified but you can be sued if you don't report and is it discovered later.<br /><br />Maybe you knew this but thought I would add some context. Keep on calling the industry out though, its needed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081447.post-48439709887190065192016-08-25T18:43:44.292-07:002016-08-25T18:43:44.292-07:00“Men’s rights activists must wake up and realize t...“Men’s rights activists must wake up and realize that the time for trying to counter the hypocrisy with rationality – with essentially male arguments, using facts and truth, in the hope that sense will prevail – is not going to make any difference to the relentless feminist long march on men” -Herbert Purdy ICMI-16<br /><br /><br /><br />“Let us be clear, the removal of fathers from the lives of their children is … public … policy“. -Robert Franklin ICMI-14<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834055266827962233noreply@blogger.com