Published In
Journal of Teaching in Social Work
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2025
Subjects
Mandated reporting of child abuse --- Study and teaching, Social work education. Ethics -- Study and teaching.
Abstract
As social work instructors, we have observed students increasingly wanting to engage in critical conversations about mandated reporting. Few resources are available to support instructors in facilitating these conversations. This teaching note offers content and lesson plans for exploring mandated reporting as a moral duty, a harm, an ethical dilemma, and a legal mandate in the classroom. Together, these pedagogical tools can help instructors embrace nuance as a practice for teaching about mandated reporting.
Rights
© 2024 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
DOI
10.1080/08841233.2024.2433792
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/44179
Citation Details
Pappas, G., Harrell, S., & Wahab, S. (2025). Nuance as Praxis for Teaching About Mandated Reporting: Classroom Activities. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 45(1), 93-104.