• Summarize the laws in MONTANA.
• Identify who your state considers to be mandatory reporters.Who legally must report child abuse and neglect?
• Indicate whether your state requires the reporter to leave a name when filing a report and whether the reporter is protected from having their name disclosed/revealed.
• Explain the circumstances under which a report must be made (the "standards for making a report").
• Based on your understanding of the lecture material and the links provided, critique mandatory reporting laws.
• Outline anything important you think might be missing from the mandatory reporting laws in your state.
• Describe any potential downsides or complications to mandatory reporting laws.
• Detail the legal or ethical issue (relevant to working with families) you learned about this week that you found most interesting or important.Justify why this issue is the most interesting or important to you.
• Finally, predict how the legal and ethical issues you learned about this week might impact your career in the human and social services field.