Training Overview
This Child Abuse Prevention training equips participants with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to prevent, recognize, and responsibly address child abuse and neglect. Ideal for educators, caregivers, youth workers, healthcare providers, and policymakers, this training emphasizes a multi-layered, ecological approach that strengthens families, changes norms, and leverages community support.
Learning Objectives
- Define child abuse and neglect, including their forms and prevalence
- Risk and protective factors at individual, family, and community levels
- Explain the scientific rationale for prevention, including both short- and long-term benefits
- Apply the CDC’s technical package strategies: economic support, norm change, early care, parenting support, and early intervention
- Understand legal and ethical responsibilities regarding mandated reporting