This book is designed to educate medical and healthcare professionals across the United States about what it means to be a mandated reporter. This book provides definitions, explanations, case examples, and discussion questions that relate to different aspects of the professional reporting of suspected child maltreatment. There are a lot of resources out there designed to assist professionals who are considering making a report to child protection services. This book, and related trainings, provides a unique but important perspective to this process. This book starts with YOU!

Kathryn Krase, Ph.D., J.D., M.S.W., is a social worker, lawyer, researcher, educator, and expert on the reporting of suspected child maltreatment. She is the author of Making the Tough Call: Special Edition for Mental and Behavioral Health Professionals (2022). She has also co-authored two other books: Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect: A Practical Guide for Social Workers, (2009) Child Welfare: Preparing Social Workers for Practice in the Field (2020). She has trained thousands of mandated reporters over the past two decades. www.kraseconsulting.com