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Confidentiality and Privilege in Psychotherapy with Minors AND
NYS Mandated Reporter Training (NEW)
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Discounted Individual Rate: $109
Live Webinar
Minors: 1.5 CE (Approvals: NYSED, OASAS, APA, NBCC)
Mandated Reporter Training: No CE
(Must attend both segments. No partial credit or refunds.)
PART 1: Confidentiality and Privilege in Psychotherapy with Minors
Date: Friday, November 14, 2025
Time: 11:30AM-1:00PM
Location: Live Webinar
Credits: 1.5 CEs (NYS LMSWs, LCSWs, LMHCs, LMFTs, Psychologists)
Instructor: Bruce Hillowe, JD, PhD, Attorney and Counselor at Law
Topics to be discussed include: informed consent, minors and the necessity of parental involvement; reporting child abuse and neglect, limits of the mandate, and crimes against children; the SAFE Act and reporting of dangerousness; access to minors’ records by parents and third parties; involvement in family legal matters and the role of the treating therapist/fact-witness.
Objective 1: Participants will be able to describe the legal issues involved in the confidentiality of treatment information of minor patients.
Objective 2: Participants will learn, analyze and apply risk management principles consistent with best practices involved in confidentiality of treatment information of minors.
This program is NYS-specific, and is appropriate for all NYS Mental Health Clinicians.
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PART 2: NYS Mandated Reporter Training
(NEW: 9/1/25-11/17/26
(This course has been designed to meet NYSED's Mandated Reporter Training requirement.)
* This course replaces the MRT that was due 4/1/25*
Updated Mandated Reporter Training Requirements. Amendment to Section 413 of the Social Services Law requires the mandated Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse and Maltreatment/Neglect coursework to include the addition of guidance on identifying an abused or maltreated child when such child is an individual with an intellectual or developmental disability. Attached please find the updated 2025 New York State Mandated Reporter Training Syllabus developed by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services and the optional pre/posttest (previously mandatory).
The law requires every person who is required to take the mandated training related to child abuse, including those who have previously undergone this training, to complete the new updated training by November 17, 2026.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
This training provides every New York State Mandated Reporter with the knowledge and skills to be able to:
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Be able to determine if a child shows indicators of maltreatment or abuse, including in a virtual setting
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Recognize signs of intellectual and/or developmental disabilities in children and factors to consider when determining whether a child with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities shows indicators of maltreatment or abuse
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Recognize the impact of trauma and ACEs on children, families, and yourself
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Recognize the mitigating effects of the five protective factors on trauma
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Recognize the impact of bias on your decision-making
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Understand when you have a legal obligation to call the SCR
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Recognize how you may better connect individuals and families with services
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Know how to prepare to make the call to the SCR
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Know how to complete the LDSS 2221A form
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Understand your rights as a mandated reporter
DOCUMENTATION:
Documentation in the form of an authorized Certification of Completion must be submitted to the State Education Department at the time of reregistration or initial application for licensure, certification, or a limited permit.
Counseling Services of Long Island is an approved provider for the Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting training. Approved trainers for this workshop: Penny Siegmann-Beiner LCSW-R and Bruce Hillowe, JD, PhD.
Penny Siegmann-Beiner will be the certifying officer.
Speaker: Bruce Hillowe, JD, PhD
Bruce V. Hillowe, J.D, Ph.D. is a mental healthcare attorney with a law practice in Mineola, New York. A graduate of Binghamton University, Duke University School of Law, and Adelphi University Derner Institute (Clinical Psychology and Postdoctoral Programs), he formerly practiced as a psychologist-psychoanalyst, including as a coordinator of clinical training and a director of a forensic mental health service. He was a teaching attending psychologist in law and ethics at a major teaching hospital for 15 years. He currently teaches courses in ethics and law as adjunct faculty at the Derner Institute. He is legal counsel to numerous mental health facilities, institutes, and practitioners, and sponsors legal plans for professional associations. He has written articles and book chapters including for law reviews and healthcare publications, most recently regarding scope of practice and disciplinary defense. He is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers in healthcare law and is a "SuperLawyer" featured in the New York Times Magazine.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST:
CSLI is not aware of any conflict(s) of interest in relation to this program.
Moreover, CSLI is not aware of additional commercial support for this program.
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