Creating a Child & Family Well-Being System: A Paradigm Shift from Mandated Reporting to Community Supporting

Session Description:

This webinar is designed to challenge behavioral health providers to integrate racial and social justice into their approaches to collaborating with families in times of need. Discussing the ways that mandated reporting as currently practiced disproportionately harms children of color, this webinar will present strategies for helping to change the way we practice around child welfare. The session will focus on practical implications for mental health clinicians in integrated care settings.

Presenter Bio: 

Will Roy is the Associate Director of Community Education and Partnerships at Safe & Sound. He is a third generation San Franciscan who has over 20 years experience delivering trainings and workshops centering the humanity of those at the margins, specifically children and folks who are incarcerated. Beginning with his own incarceration in 1997 and release in 2003 from the California Youth Authority (now the Department of Juvenile Justice), Will has dedicated his life to the transformation and transcendence of himself, his loved ones, and his community.

As a leader in the efforts to reimagine how they support and respond to young people in the communities, Will began his career working for the Beat Within, a weekly newsletter of writing and art from juvenile halls, jails, and prisons across the U.S. During his time at the Beat Within, Will was thrust into the media to speak about the trauma he experienced as a ward of California’s Youth Prison. Simultaneously, Will also went back into juvenile hall facilities in and around the Bay Area to teach writing workshops, coach and mentor the young people.

Learning Objectives:

After completing this session, participants will be able to:

• LO1: Identify three ways that implicit and explicit bias arise in mandated reporting.
• LO2: Describe the racial disparities in child abuse reporting in the State of California.
• LO3: Apply strategies for working with families that build on community strengths and resilience.

Accessibility statement:

SF State Department of Counseling’s Equity and Justice – Focused Counselor Training project welcomes persons with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations (including ASL interpretation) upon request. If you need reasonable accommodations for this event, please make your request by contacting Julie Chronister jchronis@sfsu.edu by Friday 4/12/24.

Continuing Education Information 

The Department of Counseling at San Francisco State University, an accredited post-secondary educational institution, maintains responsibility for the program and its content. Real-time attendance at this webinar has been approved for 1.0 hours of continuing education credit for LMFT, LPCC, and/or LCSW as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BPC 4980.54, 4989.34, 4996.22, 4999.76). Please direct concerns about this course or its content to Tiffany O’Shaughnessy, PhD taosh@sfsu.edu

There is no cost to attend this webinar. Participants licensed in California by the BBS desiring CEU credit for attending this webinar will be directed to sign in at the start of the webinar and will be required to provide an evaluation of the session directly following the webinar and verify their participation and attendance. CEU certificates will be emailed to participants who successfully complete both the sign in and evaluation process.

HRSA Disclaimer:

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1,905,974 with zero percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.