1. Explain the state (Kentucky) and federal laws around child abuse and neglect and how these protect children and families. What are the laws around child abuse and neglect and what are the repercussions for breaking these laws? How do these laws protect children in the issue? What legal rights do the children have? What legal rights does the family have as a whole?
2. Discuss the ethical principles around child abuse and neglect and how these principles inform the human services practitioner's interactions with the family.
3. Discuss human service best practices that relate to child abuse and neglect. What are these practices? What makes these best practices when working with this issue? How may some of these best practices not work for the issue?
4. Analyze how best practices assist practitioners in adhering to legal and ethical guidelines. How do the previously identified best practices relating to child abuse and neglect align with legal and ethical guidelines? How would you use these best practices to adhere to legal guidelines? Why is this important to do?
5. Discuss how having best practices is ethical. How are the previously discussed best practices ethical? How is the use of best practices ethical? How would the absence of best practices impact ethics?

References: https://www.nationalhumanservices.org/ethical-standards-for-hs-professionals

https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/partc/