DCF: Mandated Reporter Training
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DCF Mandated Reporter Training
 
Mandated reporters are required to report or cause a report to be made when, in the ordinary course of their employment or profession, they have reasonable cause to suspect or believe that a child under the age of 18 has been abused, neglected or is placed in imminent risk of serious harm. (Connecticut General Statutes §17a-101a)
 
DCF will provide Mandated Reporter Training for any provider in the state that wishes to receive it.  Please use see below for steps to request training in-person or to view our online training videos.  If you still have questions, you can use this link to locate the number of the training liaison that covers your area.
 
 
 
We at the Department of Children and Families are happy to announce that the Mandated Reporter training provided to "School Employees" (as defined in Public Act 11-93) and "Community Providers" is now available online.  Two versions of this training video are available.
 
Please use this link to register for and access the training video(s).  When completing the inquiry, please indicate if you would like to view the "school employee" version or the "community provider" version.  The material in these presentations will be updated on a regular basis, for that reason, we request that a registration form be completed each time the video is to be viewed.  This will ensure that you are receiving the most current and up to date materials. 
 
Please also note that our database is only used to track registration data at this time.  We do not have the ability to confirm that the training was actually viewed and/or viewed in its entirety.  For that reason, we encourage all our partners in the community to develop and maintain an internal tracking system (if needed) for their staff that completed this training.  
 
MANDATED REPORTER TRAINING - IN PERSON
 
We will continue to provide live training as well.  To request to have a trainer come to your school, organization, or facility, please click here and complete the online inquiry form. Please note that we require a minimum of (3) weeks notice when requesting training. 
 
You will be contacted by a trainer within (2) weeks after completing this form.  If you do not receive a call, please use this link to locate the number of the training liaison that covers your area and initiate contact.  Please be sure to wait at least (2) weeks before contacting the liaison directly. 
 

PUBLIC ACT 11-93  - MANDATORY TRAINING OF SCHOOL DISTRICT PERSONNEL

As a result of Public Act 11-93, significant changes have been made to the general statutes that authorize and prescribe the investigations of child abuse and neglect by the Department of Children and Families in public and private schools and public and private institutions and facilities providing care for children.    Outlined below you will find information pertaining to the changes made with respect to the mandatory training of school and district personnel.   Please use this link to access additional information as well as review the other changes regarding mandated reporting as outlined in Public Act 11-93. 

 

DCF will provide Mandated Reporter training and refresher training to all school district personnel that are deemed to be mandated reporters.  DCF is also required, to provide the training program to all new school employees (PA 11-93 §3(c)). 

As stated in section 53a-65 (subsection 13), a school employee is defined as: (A) A teacher, substitute teacher, school administrator, school superintendent, guidance counselor, psychologist, social worker, nurse, physician, school paraprofessional or coach employed by a local or regional board of education or a private elementary, middle or high school or working in a public or private elementary, middle or high school; or (B) any other person who, in the performance of his or her duties, has regular contact with students and who provides services to or on behalf of students enrolled in (i) a public elementary, middle or high school, pursuant to a contract with the local or regional board of education, or (ii) a private elementary, middle or high school, pursuant to a contract with the supervisory agent of such private school.


            School Employees Hired After July 1, 2011

All school employees hired by a local or regional board of education on or after July 1, 2011, shall be required to complete the mandated reporter training program.  All such school employees shall complete the refresher training program not later than three years after completion of the initial training program, and shall thereafter retake such refresher training course at least once every three years.

School Employees Hired Before July 1, 2011

On or before July 1, 2012, all school employees hired by a local or regional board of education before July 1, 2011, shall complete the refresher mandated reporter training program, and shall thereafter retake such refresher training course at least once every three years.

 
If you have questions concerning what constitutes a mandated reporter, please visit Q & A About Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect 
 
Click here to utilize the Report of Suspected Child Abuse form



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