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PSCP TRIFECTA

Earn credits for all 3 mandatory workshops, Child Abuse, Suicide, and Ethics

Friday, September 26, 2025

All Day Training

Location: Online Workshop

Updated Child Abuse and Trafficking Recognition and Reporting Training for Mandated Reporters in Pennsylvania: 2023-2025 Update

Presented By: Linda K. Knauss, Ph.D. ABPP

Registration: 7:45am Program: 8:15am to 11:15am

3 CE credits

Act 31 Credits
Act 48 Credits Available

Important note: Even if you have taken this course during your last licensing period, this course is updated, allows for new CE credits, and satisfies your new requirement with the state of Pennsylvania in this new licensing period.

In accordance with a Pennsylvania mandate for all health care professionals and funeral directors, PSCP: The Psychology Network presents this three hour workshop to discuss the obligation of mandated reporters and moral obligation of permissive reporters to report reasonable suspicions of child abuse and child labor and
sexual trafficking.

Objectives:

1. Identify the various categories of child abuse.
2. Recognize common indicators of child abuse/when there may be reasonable cause to suspect a child is a victim of child abuse.
3. Understand the mandatory reporting requirements for suspected child abuse.

Linda K. Knauss, Ph.D., ABPP, is a professor at Widener University’s Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology.  She has served as the Chair of the Ethics Committees of the American Board of Professional of Professional Psychology, the American Psychological Association, the Pennsylvania Psychological Association and as Co-chair of the Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists’ Ethics Committee.  Dr. Knauss has authored several book chapters and journal articles on ethics and has taught ethics at many local universities as well as continuing education workshops on a variety of topics in ethics.

Dr. Knauss is the past-president of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, the Pennsylvania Psychological Foundation, and the Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists.  She was also a member of the American Psychological Association’s Council of Representatives (2000-2006; 2013-2018 representing Pennsylvania).  Dr. Knauss is the recipient of a 2015 APA Presidential Citation for her work in APA as well as the recipient of the 2002 Ethics Educators Award presented by the Pennsylvania Psychological Association’s Ethics Committee, and the recipient of the 2004 Pennsylvania Psychological Association Distinguished Service Award.

Dr. Knauss maintains a private practice where she sees children, adolescents, adults and families.

Suicide Overview: A Primer on Assessment, Trends, Safety Planning, and Treatment

Presented By: Kyle Holsinger, Psy.D.

Registration: 11:15am Time: 11:45am to 12:45pm

1 CE Credits

Death by Suicide is the 11^th leading cause of death in the United States (Stone, et al., 2023) and there is an increase in both suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The current Continuing Education in-person study includes information about awareness of suicidal risk, theoretical underpinnings of suicide, safety planning, high risk populations, and brief treatment approaches.

Objectives:

1. Identify evolving trends of suicide in the United States.
2. Summarize basic concepts of suicide theory.
3. Recognize risk factors and warning signs of suicide.

Kyle Holsinger, Psy.D. is a Pennsylvania licensed psychologist, and he received a Doctorate of Psychology degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2005. He is the former Executive Director Clinical Director at Delaware County Professional Services (DCPS).  He developed the practice’s Primary Health Care Integration program, and has collaborated and presented with numerous internal medicine, family medicine, pediatric offices, and specialty care practices.

Dr. Holsinger has a special interest in treating populations with chronic medical conditions. He has presented at numerous conferences and community programs in the areas of school risk assessment, primary healthcare integration, and suicide awareness and prevention topics.

Exploring a More Nuanced Approach to Ethics: Four Vignettes to Challenge Critical Thinking

Presented By: Brett E. Schur, Ph.D.

Registration 1pm Program: 1:30pm to 4:30pm

3 CE Credits

Act 48 Credits Available

We all know the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Standards of Conduct and we know how to refer to the Code when we need a review.  The most interesting situations are the ones where the code doesn’t tell us which decision to make.  The presenter will offer four vignettes, each of which challenges us to balance the Ethical Principles one against the other, to look more deeply at the impact our own beliefs and values have on our decision-making, and to consider our options when the work takes us to the boundaries of our competence.

Objectives:

1. Describe one situation in which clinician introspection can help the psychologist proceed with greater clarity.
2. Describe one implication of voluntary reporting of child abuse.
3. Describe 3 options a psychologist might consider when a case evolves in a direction that challenges the limits of the psychologist’s competence.
4. Describe an approach to a conflict between ethical principles which minimizes harm to the offended principle.

Brett E. Schur, Ph.D. has been a licensed psychologist for over 35 years.  He currently works at the Philadelphia Veterans Administration Medical Center, where he is a member of the training committee and co-director of the practicum program.  He has lectured on ethics in psychology, prevention of suicide, couples therapy and parenting coordination, as well as affect more broadly.  Dr. Schur also maintains a private practice in Haverford, working with adults of all ages, including patients with chronic medical illness, serious and persistent mental illness, anxiety, depression and trauma.

PSCP: The Psychology Network is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PSCP: The Psychology Network maintains responsibility for this program and its content.