Give the main elements of the California Child Abuse Reporting Law ( who is a mandated reporter, when and how do you report, what information do you provide, sanctions for not reporting, just to name a few) and the main elements of the Juvenile Dependency Court Process (remember this is the juvenile DEPENDENCY process, not a criminal process).

Discuss this process by creating a scenario of a child who has been physically abused by a family member and discloses that abuse to a teacher.Describe the possible process of the case from the mandated report through the Juvenile Court process, describing the steps along the way. In the scenario you create, assume that the referral is substantiated by the investigating social worker. ( full details and more information).