Child Abuse Reporting Law California
CEU Hours: 6
CEU Course Total: $18.00
This course is intended to help mental health professionals and other mandated reporters who come into contact with children understand the Child Abuse Reporting Law and be aware of their reporting responsibilities regarding child abuse.
Improving Care for the Chronically Ill
CEU Hours: 4
CEU Course Total: $12.00
This course is intended to help health care clinics implement a Chronic Care Model to improve support for patients with chronic illnesses. Evidence shows using this model as the basis for patient care can greatly improve the care provided. The course provides a step by step, practical approach to guide teams through quality improvement.
LGBT Health Issues
CEU Hours: 5
CEU Course Total: $15.00
This course provides an overview of current health issues among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations. It is intended to create awareness among prevention specialists and healthcare providers of the needs, experiences, and health status of LGBT Americans. The course is appropriate for organizations and individuals that serve LGBT populations across the country.
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Sexually abused boys are also three times more likely to have multiple sexual partners and twice as likely to engage in unprotected sex.
Published online in advance of the Journal of Adolescent Health’s June issue, the UBC study explores links between sexual abuse and risky sexual behavior, focusing on three areas: teen pregnancy, multiple sexual partners and unprotected sexual intercourse.
The researchers analyzed 10 sets of Canadian and U.S. survey data from two decades of published studies. Conducted between 1986 and 2011, the surveys were completed anonymously by more than 40,000 male high school students in B.C. and across the U.S., including states such as Oregon, Vermont, Minnesota and Massachusetts.
"As far as we know, this is the first study to explore the strength of the effects of sexual abuse on boys’ sexual behavior," says lead author Yuko Homma, a recent PhD graduate from the UBC School of Nursing.
Full story of abused boys at Science Daily
Free Company Account
In March we will hold a random drawing giving away a free company account credited with 30 Free CEUs to be shared among employees. Company size doesn’t matter. We’ll also be drawing for our usual 10 Free CEUs for an individual. That’s 40 Free CEUs we’ll be giving away in March! Be sure to join us on Facebook where we’ll announce how you can enter.
Child Abuse & Neglect
7 CEU Hours: $21
Domestic Abuse in Later Life
8 CEU Hours: $24
A Guide to Ethical Conduct for the Helping Professions
8 CEU Hours
Exam Only $40
With Book $60
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By Elaine Attard
The introduction of the Domestic Violence Act on 28 February 2006 was a day of hope for people working with the victims of domestic violence, but those victims still face the prospect of finding themselves homeless when they reach the point where they can take the abuse no longer, instead of the abuser being ordered out of the family home.
According to Agenzija Appogg, the Domestic Violence Act provides for a protection order to prohibit or restrict access by the accused, for a period not exceeding six months or until final judgment, to premises in which the injured person or any other individual specified in the order, lives, works or frequents, even if the accused has a legal interest in those premises.
Normally, the perpetrator is evicted from the home following an application filed by the victim’s lawyer. The court normally accedes to such a request when it considers that the perpetrator is a threat to his/her family and/or that, as a result of his/her actions, his/her family would suffer if they were to be the ones to leave the matrimonial home.
Full story at Independent Online
By Anne Marie Carrie
At Barnardo’s, the work we do to help child victims of sexual exploitation takes time, commitment and expertise. There is no quick fix or instant solution.
With increased pressure on public finances, tough choices have to be made about how, why and where money is invested. I strongly believe that we have a duty to help inform the debate and to ensure that resources are directed towards those young people who are most in need in our society.
We know all too well from our work in this area that the emotional, psychological and physical effect of sexual exploitation on young people is hugely damaging – with the after effects often lasting long into adulthood.
Full story at Huffington Post
