Distance Learning/Videoconferences
New Training Videos Available on Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse

Summary: This six-videotape series on recognizing and reporting child abuse provides comprehensive training for the many professionals who are legally required to report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect. The studio-quality videos and additional training tools are designed for use with a variety of audiences and across many settings — from child protective agencies, to professional schools, to community-based programs.

  • Mandated professionals can use the videos (plus text book) as self-study aids and to earn CEU credits. The materials are suitable for teachers, other school officials, social workers, therapists, psychologists, physicians, nurses, emergency room personnel, child care staff, dentists, medical examiners, and others.

  • Child protective and child welfare agencies can use the materials to build staff skills and to train mandated professionals and other groups in the community.

  • Community and parent groups can use the materials to learn the basics of child abuse recognition and reporting. Understandable, down-to-earth, and practical - the traing tools are useful for parent and foster parent groups, advocacy groups, and other concerned citizens.

  • Trainers can use the videos and adaptable curriculum with a minimum of additional preparation. A field-tested trainers’ package – complete with manual, overheads, textbook, and classroom tips – makes it easy to train mandated professionals, child protective/child welfare staff, and those with no previous training on child abuse recognition.

  • Parents who fear that their child may have been abused, who have themselves been reported for child abuse, or those who fear losing control in disciplining a child - will find guidance in the textbook, both in its general materials about child abuse and the special section, “A Word to Parents.”

Video Series on Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse

Video 1. Reporting obligations

Video 2. Is it physical abuse?

Video 3. Is it sexual abuse?

Video 4. Is it physical neglect?

Video 5. Is it psychological maltreatment?

Video 6. Is it a reportable parental disability?

The videos and other materials build a solid base of knowledge and skills - familiarizing participants with the basic concepts of recognition and reporting, and making them more comfortable about reporting.

Each three-hour, professional-quality program records a live videoconference hosted by Douglas J. Besharov, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Affairs and director of its Welfare Reform Academy, a child welfare attorney, and a master trainer of thirty years experience. A panel of experts and practitioners representing different professions (social workers, educators, medical personnel, and others) provides a variety of perspectives on the topic. The videoconferences were originally broadcast in 2001.

The video programs can be used individually or studied in combination. Cost: $25 for the first videotape; $20 for the next three additional tapes; $90 for video programs 1-6 ($20 per tape). For more about the videotape training, click here.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available. For more about CEUs, click here. Additional training tools include:

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