Heed Moral, Legal Call for Reporting Child Sexual Abuse
Regardless of whether there is a legal obligation to report known or suspected child sexual abuse, there is a moral obligation to do so, asserts attorney Mary Jo McGrath, nationally known expert on child sexual abuse investigation and awareness in educational settings. Individuals must speak out about what they know or suspect, and not stop speaking out until the child is no longer endangered, despite the stature of the adult in question, or the institution he or she represents. - November 16, 2011
McGrath Training Systems Supports Adoption of California Law Extending Sexual Misconduct Statute of Limitations
Mary Jo McGrath, investigative attorney and expert witness in cases of educator sexual misconduct, believes the California legislature must extend statute of limitation for educator sexual abuse to the alleged victim's 26th birthday. Current law allows school districts to benefit from their own negligence. - April 09, 2008
Delaware School and Government Officials Learn Effective Bullying Prevention and Intervention Strategies
Nearly all school districts in Delaware attend a half-day program to stop bullying and learn measures needed to comply with the new state anti-bullying law. Utica National Insurance Co. selected McGrath Training Systems, Santa Barbara, CA, to conduct the training because of its national reputation as the premier provider of legally fit and educationally sound compliance training for schools. - March 27, 2008
Bullying Prevention and Intervention Key Topics at National Middle School Association Conference
Mary Jo McGrath, attorney at law and founder of McGrath Training Systems, presents workshops on legally fit approaches to address the bullying epidemic in schools. - November 06, 2007
School Officials Learn Proactive Measures to Prevent and Investigate Educator Sexual Misconduct
School officials nationwide are attending a training session Oct. 17 to help them learn to recognize the subtle behaviors of adult sexual predators in schools and how they troll for, groom and lull their victims into submission. Nationally acclaimed authority Mary Jo McGrath, attorney and CEO of McGrath Training Systems, Santa Barbara, Calif., presents the program in conjunction with the American Association of School Personnel Administrators’ Annual Conference in Kansas City, Mo. - October 11, 2007