NYSED deadline: November 17, 2026. Every mandated reporter must complete the updated Child Abuse training. Educators: finish by November 10 so it shows on TEACH in time.
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NYSED-approved Second Update · 2 clock hours · self‑paced
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Required for every New York educator certificate
Not sure which you need? Anyone applying for a New York teaching, school leadership or school service certificate needs all three. Licensed health professionals, nonpublic school staff and school bus drivers need Child Abuse only.
Child Abuse Identification & Reporting
New York requires this NYSED-approved training for educators, 18 licensed health and mental-health professions, nonpublic school staff and school bus drivers. One online course covers all of them.
NYSED requires the training, from an approved provider, for each of these licenses:
How you get creditWe issue NYSED's Certification of Completion to upload with your license application or re-registration.
Anyone applying for a New York teaching, school leadership or school service certificate, plus the substitutes, teaching assistants and coaches many districts require it for.
How you get creditWe report your completion to TEACH. It shows within a week.
Teachers, administrators, counselors, nurses, psychologists and social workers at religious and independent schools. Fees are eligible for reimbursement under the NPSE grant.
How you get creditA certificate of completion for each staff member, and TEACH reporting for certified staff.
Required for school bus drivers and supervisors, including drivers who work for bus contractors.
How you get creditA certificate of completion for each driver's file.
NYSED requires DASA, Child Abuse Identification and SAVE for every educator certificate, including teaching, school leadership and school counseling roles. Many districts also ask substitutes, teaching assistants and coaches to have them on file.
Get all 3 for $159Each workshop is sold on its own. If you need all three, the bundle saves you $55.
NYSED requirement: 2 clock hours
Recognize, report and help prevent child abuse and maltreatment. Also required for 18 licensed professions.
NYSED requirement: 6 clock hours
Recognize and respond to bullying, harassment and discrimination in your school.
NYSED requirement: 2 clock hours
Build a safer school through prevention, a positive climate and early intervention.
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Watch the lessons and read the materials on any device. Your progress saves as you go.
Short quizzes in each workshop confirm what you learned.
Educators enter their TEACH details in the last lesson; it shows on TEACH within a week. Licensed professionals get NYSED's Certification of Completion to upload.
Yes. NYSED doesn't accept certificates of completion for these workshops, so approved providers report completions electronically. When you finish, enter your details in the last lesson exactly as they appear in your TEACH account, and we report your completion. It appears in your TEACH account within about a week.
Yes, if your profession is on NYSED's list: physicians, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, dentists, dental hygienists, chiropractors, optometrists, podiatrists, psychologists, licensed master and clinical social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, creative arts therapists, psychoanalysts, licensed behavior analysts, certified behavior analyst assistants and athletic trainers.
Within 10 days of finishing, we issue two copies of NYSED's Certification of Completion. You upload it to NYSED's Office of the Professions with your license application or re-registration. Read NYSED's requirement.
Yes. NYSED requires Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse for religious and independent school staff, and for school bus drivers and supervisors, including contractor drivers. For nonpublic schools, the fees are eligible for reimbursement under the Nonpublic School Safety Equipment (NPSE) grant. Read NYSED's guidance for nonpublic schools.
NYSED requires every mandated reporter to complete the updated training by November 17, 2026. If you trained before November 1, 2022, never took an updated version, or your original provider doesn't offer the short addendum, take this full course. If you finished an approved course between November 1, 2022 and August 31, 2025, you may only need a 15-minute addendum, and it has to come from that same provider. If you took it on or after September 1, 2025, you're already up to date.
For any New York State educator certificate, yes. NYSED requires DASA, Child Abuse Identification and School Violence Prevention. Licensed health professionals, nonpublic school staff who aren't seeking certification, and bus drivers need only Child Abuse Identification.
If you're seeking a Students with Disabilities, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Blind and Visually Impaired, or Speech and Language Disabilities certificate, you also need the separate Needs of Students with Autism workshop, which isn't offered here. See NYSED's list of required workshops.
Educators need one for us to report the completion. If you don't have one yet, create it through NYSED's TEACH Online Services before you reach the last lesson. Licensed professionals don't need a TEACH account.
Yes. Each workshop is sold on its own. If you'll need all three, the bundle costs $55 less than buying them one at a time.
Yes. The workshops are self-paced and your progress saves when you leave. Sign in any time to pick up where you stopped.
Yes. The course site works on phones, tablets and computers.
Child Abuse Identification for $29, or all three certification workshops for $159.