Mandated Reporter Training
Welcome to the Child Abuse Mandated Reporter Training. This program will provide an overview of the significant definitions, requirements and protections of Child Abuse & Neglect Reporting Acts.
The Clergy-specific training was designed to address specific issues and concerns of clergy members with regard to mandated reporting requirements.
You will learn:
- How the law defines child abuse and neglect
- Understand who is considered a mandated reporter
- Understand what the law requires of you
- Understand what protections the law provides for a mandated reporter
- How to spot evidence of child abuse
- What to do if you acquire knowledge or reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect
- How to talk to children about suspected abuse
- Special issues related to child abuse reporting for clergy members
- How to file a report
- Reasons and ways to maintain records of reports
- What happens after a report is filed
- How to overcome obstacles to reporting
