NYS Requirement: Identification And Reporting Of Child Abuse/ Maltreatment

Hudson Valley Professional Development, LLC is an approved provider of the coursework required by Chapter 544 of the New York State Laws of 1988 regarding the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment. Chapter 544 requires training in the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment be taken by chiropractors, dental hygienists, dentists, optometrists, physicians, podiatrists, psychologists, registered nurses, licensed clinical social workers, licensed master social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, creative arts therapists, psychoanalysts, licensed behavior analysts, certified behavior analyst assistants, school administrators/supervisors, school service personnel, and school teachers. The updated law requires that mandated reporters, including those who have previously undergone the current training, complete the updated training curriculum by April 1, 2025.

Join Dr. Stephanie Stein Leite, licensed as a psychologist in NY, CT, and MA and president of the New England Chapter of Threat Assessment Professionals and the Forensic Division of the CT Psychological Association in this 2-hour virtual training that fulfills the NYS updated mandated reporter training requirements (including protocols to reduce implicit bias in decision-making processes, strategies for identifying adverse childhood experiences, and guidelines to assist in recognizing signs of abuse or maltreatment while interacting virtually) which need to be completed by practitioners by April 1, 2025.

As per the NYS requirements, all attendees will complete a 12-item multiple choice pre-test, and will complete the same test at the end of the training (minimum score of 70% is required, and attendees can take the post-test multiple times).

*Please note that this training fulfills the Identification And Reporting Of Child Abuse requirement, but does NOT provide CEs, as per The New York State Education Department Professional Education Program Review.

​Cancellation Policy: Refunds will be provided for cancellations made in writing up to the day before the event.

Accommodations and Accessibility: HVPD welcomes participants with diverse abilities. Please contact us at [email protected] to request accessibility accommodations. Accommodation requests are considered in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Dr. Stephanie Leite is the principal psychologist at Forensic Intelligence, LLC. She conducts corporate, municipal, and school-based safety assessments, specializing in complex presentations. All threat assessments emphasize the management portion of the process, assisting clients to manage current threats and avoid future threats. She is able to effectively work on a case-by-case basis with extant threat assessment teams requiring a mental health professional.

Dr. Leite received her Psy.D. from the University of Hartford, having previously achieved a Masters from Boston University and a B.A. from Carleton College. She currently practices in the state of Connecticut as a forensic psychologist and in the arena of threat assessment and management.

Dr. Leite held pre-doctoral training positions at Long Lane School and the NW Center for Families and Children, completed her internship at The Village for Families and Children and her postdoctoral studies at the Institute of Living.

Dr. Leite's practice has been devoted to forensic psychology since 2003. In that time, she has evaluated hundreds of people in risk, competency, custody, criminal and threat assessment cases. She is a licensed psychologist in the states of Connecticut and New York, a member of the American Psychological Association, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and the Association of Threat Management Professionals, where she serves as the president of the New England chapter. She is a founding member and president of the Connecticut Psychological Association's Forensic Division and was awarded the 2014 President's award from the CPA.

As an educator, Dr. Leite has been an adjunct professor at the University of Hartford’s doctoral program in psychology since 2015 where she has taught integrated psychological assessment, forensic psychology, and introduction to neuropsychology. She is a forensic field mentor at Columbia University’s Reacher’s college. She has taught ethics at the American International College as well as seminars for lawyers and Guardian Ad Leitems (GALs) through CT's GAL Academy. She has led seminars at the Connecticut Psychological Association's annual conference (2012, 2014, 2107) and the FBI's TarGet and InfraGard programs (2014, 2015). She has spoken numerous times to the Connecticut Psychological Association’s Forensic Division as part of the State of the Science training series and to the New England , NW, and D.C. chapters of ATAP, the Joint Threat Assessment Training in 2018, both National VTACs in 2020-2021, and APATAP’s 2021 conference.

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