Preparing Social Workers as Mandated Reporters of Suspected Child Maltreatment: A Global Perspective for International Social Work

Tobi DeLong Hamilton

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Dr. DeLong-Hamilton is an Assistant Professor at Brandman University. She earned her Ph.D. in Social Work Concentration from Colorado State University. Her educational credits also include a BSW from Florida Atlantic University and an MSW from Florida International University. She completed Advanced Infant Mental Health training at Florida State University and Louisiana State University through the Harris Institute in Tallahassee, Florida. Dr. DeLong-Hamilton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Utah, Colorado, Idaho, and Minnesota and is a certified Infant Mental Health Specialist.  Dr. DeLong-Hamilton has worked in the social work field for 20 years and has experience in child welfare, adoptions, medical, and psychiatric social work. She worked in private practice as a psychotherapist specializing in family and childhood problems prior to moving into higher education full time. While in private practice, she maintained a connection to public child welfare by evaluating, writing reports, and testifying as an expert witness for children in foster care.  Dr. DeLong-Hamilton has completed research, written and published in the areas of child welfare and BSW education assessment. She is a member of the SWEAP team (sweapinstruments.org), a non-profit association, which works to conceptualize and develop assessment instruments for social work program evaluation.