CSSRC Training: Mandatory Reporting with emphasis on sexual assault for school staff or youth-serving organizations
Colorado’s Child Protection Ombudsman
- The Colorado legislature created the Mandatory Reporting Task Force to issue recommendations on how to improve the state’s mandatory reporting policies. Staff from the OSS served on the Task Force. This report was submitted to the legislature in January of 2025.
- Mandatory Reporting Task Force Final Report
- Final Report Snapshot
Colorado Department of Education (CDE)
- Child Abuse and Prevention
- This document published October 2004 provides information specifically for school nurses.
- Preventing & Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect: Guidance for School Personnel
- This handbook was written to assist school personnel, including administrators, teachers, counselors, school nurses, and school social workers, in defining abuse and neglect and in developing policy and training programs that best address the abuse issue. (Published - Fall 2002)
- Mandated Reporting Tip Sheet
- Colorado Department of Education (CDE) Teacher Toolkit
Teachers, education advocates, the Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Human Services have developed a toolkit to help teachers get a better sense of their student's emotional and physical safety. Download the toolkit below.
Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS)
- Online training for mandatory reporters from (CDHS)
- Mandatory reporters are required by law to report suspected child abuse and neglect. The training educates mandatory reporters on what constitutes abuse and/or neglect, when to call for assistance, and how to make a report. It also explains the process undertaken when a call is received.
- List of Mandatory Reporters. Section 19-3-304 of the Colorado Revised Statues (C.R.S.)
- Under Colorado law, nearly 40 professions are required to report suspected child abuse and neglect.
- Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect
- Please report child abuse to 911 in case of emergency, or to 1-844-CO-4-KIDS.
- Ever Wonder What Happens After You Call? Child and Adult Protection Services Intake Administrator with the Arapahoe County Department of Human Services, provides a high-level overview of the process that takes place.
- Colorado Information Gathering and Referral Process Guide
- This tool will help you anticipate which questions you will be asked when you call the statewide child abuse hotline.
Colorado School Safety Resource Center
Mandatory Reporting of Child/Sexual Abuse for School Staff
- Colorado law requires public and private school officials and employees to report child abuse to proper authorities. This course offers an overview of the prevalence of child abuse and barriers to reporting it, indicators of the various types of child abuse, and instructions on making a proper report and respond to the needs of your school community.
- Mandated Reporting of Sexual Abuse School Staff
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- Course ID 1071847
- Release Date August 2017 This course offers an overview of the prevalence of child abuse and barriers to reporting it, indicators of the various types of child abuse, and instructions on making a proper report and respond to the needs of your school community. The course is instructive on the reporting of all types of abuse, but places an emphasis on sexual abuse because it is unique in that it requires secrecy and manipulation. By watching for vulnerabilities among students, the emotional and behavioral manifestations of sexual abuse, and the behaviors of the adults who care for our children, school communities will be better situated to report it, and to prevent it from occurring in the first place.
- After completing this module, you will be familiar with:
- The prevalence of abuse
- Types and indicators of abuse
- Characteristics of abusers
- Proper response and reporting procedures
- A printable certificate will be available upon completing the course.
- Please remember to review this course on www.co.train.org and complete the feedback survey.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Child Welfare Information Gateway
- The Child Welfare Information Gateway connects child welfare and related professionals to comprehensive information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families.
U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
- Law Enforcement Response to Child Abuse (Published - July 2014)
- National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence Series
- Recognizing When a Child's Injury or Illness is Caused by Abuse
- Published in July 2014
- This document is intended primarily to help law enforcement differentiate between physical abuse and accidental injury during a child abuse investigation. The descriptions of accidental versus abusive injuries are presented in a straightforward, non-technical manner that anyone working with children can understand.