L012726 Improving Practice: Conversations around hospital child neglect reporting

Roseville, MN US
January 27, 2026

Healthcare providers are responsible for recognizing risk of child neglect and make reports where required by Minnesota law. However, many providers have little formal education or institutional guidance on when and how to make mandated reports. Although some neglect cases are clearly reportable, others fall into a grayer area. In these cases, deciding whether to make a child protection report is a fraught decision that is impacted at times by bias and can compromise patient trust and cause additional trauma to patients and families. 

This training aims to expand awareness of the education and resources available to mandated reporters in Minnesota, with a focus on the historical context and evolving practices related to neglect reporting. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how neglect concerns are identified and reported within local hospitals and clinics, and explore common barriers to effective reporting.

Through cross-institutional dialogue, we will examine systemic challenges and share insights from families with lived experience.

Our goal is to foster a shared understanding and begin building consensus on how to approach neglect reporting in a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and unbiased manner.

REGISTRATION CLOSES: January 5, 2026

For questions related to course content, please reach out to Chelsea Weinstein, LICSW

Target Audience

Physicians, advanced practice nurses, nurses, social workers, CPS workers, DCYF, mandated reporters, child abuse providers, and healthcare leaders.

Learning Objectives

  • Further education about what is available for training for mandated reporters in Minnesota and the perspective and historical evolution of DCYF with regard to neglect reporting
  • Improve understanding of how neglect reporting happens in local hospitals and clinics and what the barriers for clinicians are
  • Engage in thoughtful conversations across institutions to share what is happening, discuss what is working and what is not working
  • Gain knowledge of the experiences of families involved in a CPS report
  • Build consensus across systems on how to report concerns about neglect in trauma informed and non biased ways
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 4.50 ANCC
  • 4.50 Attendance
    • 4.50 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Course opens: 
10/29/2025
Course expires: 
02/27/2026
Event starts: 
01/27/2026 - 8:30am CST
Event ends: 
01/27/2026 - 3:30pm CST
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Agenda

TimePresentation
8:30 amCheck-in & light breakfast
9:00 amIntroduction & Welcome/Overview of CTSI Porject with Susan Mason, MD & Chelsea Weinstein, LICSW
9:30 amFrom Reporting to Supporting: Reclaiming the Purpose of Mandated Reporting with Miriam Itzkowitz, LICSW
10:30 amDiscussion & Break
11:00 amBridging Policy and Practice: Child Neglect in Minnesota with Erin Klumper, LSW & Amanda Lager, LSW
12:00 pmLunch
1:00 pm Mandated Reporter Panel: Michael Arenson, MD, Sarah Johnson, LGSW & Chanon Ridore, CNP
2:00 pmBreak
2:15 pmCPS Panel: Sarah Bauer, Mandi Coppess & Alli Odegard, LSW
3:15 pm Wrap up & Comments
3:30 pmCourse Concludes

 

 

 

Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy
1711 County B Rd. W
Esther Wattenberg Conference Center (3rd Floor)
Roseville, MN 55113
United States

For venue inquiries:

[email protected]

Phone: Direct: 612-301-9791  Office: 612-301-9792

FACULTY:

Michael Arenson, MD, MS, MA - Pediatrician, Hennepin Healthcare, Division of General Pediatrics

Sarah Bauer - Child Protection worker, Anoka County

Mandi Coppess - Child Protection Investigator, Hennepin County

Miriam Itzkowitz, LICSW - Senior Specialist of Interdisciplinary Practice and Student Well Being, Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Sarah Johnson, LGSW,  - PICU Social Worker, Children's Minnesota

Erin Klumper, LSW - Child Safety Consultant, Department of Children, Youth, and Families

Amanda Lager, LSW - Child Safety Consultant, Department of Children, Youth, and Families

Alli Odegard, LSW - Child Protection Intake Screener Hennepin County

Chanon Ridore, CNP - Nurse Practitioner, Hennepin Healthcare

PLANNING COMMITTEE:

Stacy Gehringer, MSW, LICSW - Associate Director of Outreach at the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare, University of Minnesota

Susan Mason, PhD - Associate professor of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Chelsea Weinstein, LICSW - Lead Clinical Social Worker, Children's Minnesota

Rebecca Wilcox - Manager of Child Safety and Prevention Unit, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT:

It is our intent that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of the facts. It is not assumed any potential conflicts will have an adverse impact on these presentations. It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker’s outside interest may reflect a possible bias, either the exposition or the conclusions presented.                                                                                                               

Planning committee members and presenter(s) have disclosed they have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing selling re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients and have disclosed that no conflict of interest exists with the presentation/educational event.

Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, Children’s Minnesota is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Children’s Minnesota takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific interest of its accredited continuing education events.

Credit Statement:

AMA

Children’s Minnesota designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent to their participation in the activity.

ANCC

Children's Minnesota designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 4.5 ANCC nursing contact hour. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MINNESOTA BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK

CASCW and the School of Social Work are BOSW-approved CEU providers. These trainings are approved for CEUS and meet the Minnesota Board of Social Work (BOSW) CEU criteria where one CEU equals one contact hour of training (1:1, 1 clock hour = 60 minutes of learning). All CEU activities must promote the standards of practice found in Minnesota Statutes sections 148E.195 to 148E.240Links to an external site., and contribute to the practice of social work as defined in Minnesota Statutes section 148E.010

This program offers 4.5 contact hours of continuing education.  Most medical professional organizations accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  It is the individual’s responsibility to determine whether an education activity meets the continuing education requirements of their respective licensures and/or professional boards.  Go to your respective organization’s website for more detailed information regarding credit requirements.

Available Credit

  • 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 4.50 ANCC
  • 4.50 Attendance
    • 4.50 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
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