30 Oct, 2023 New York Rolls Out New Mandated Reporter Training By Debbie Ausburn In New York, only 25% of mandated reports are substantiated. For referral from educators, the substation rate is much lower, at 16%....
05 Aug, 2023 More Mandated Reporters Charged By Debbie Ausburn Police have charged five school officials in Florida with failing to report suspected abuse. In this case, a student gave a teacher a...
15 Mar, 2023 Colorado Re-evaluates Mandated Reporting By Debbie Ausburn Colorado has become the second state to evaluate whether mandated reporting laws have the benefits that advocates think they do. Although...
18 Nov, 2022 Another Mandated Reporter Charged By Debbie Ausburn Police have charged a principal in Horry County, South Carolina, with failure to report suspected child abuse. The charges stem from an...
14 Nov, 2022 Pennsylvania’s Mandated Reporter Law Increased Reports, But Not Detection, of Child Abuse By Debbie Ausburn A fascinating analysis from Pennsylvania indicates that the state’s mandated reporting law hasn’t had the effect that legislators hoped....
27 Jun, 2022 Mandated Reporting Webinar By Debbie Ausburn Join Taylor English attorneys Debbie Ausburn and Tom Rawlings in a webinar on Wednesday, June 29, about mandated reporting...
01 Feb, 2021 Governor proposes changes to Georgia's mandated reporting law By Debbie Ausburn Governor Brian Kemp has proposed several new reforms to Georgia's adoption law and foster care system. As part of the package,...
16 Jan, 2021 Mandated Reporters of Child Abuse Walk a Fine Line By Debbie Ausburn Two stories I found this week illustrate the difficult balance that mandated reporters have to find in their jobs. In the first story, a...