Reporting

Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse: Mandated and Permissive Reporting in Pennsylvania Online Training Course

In this self-guided computer course you will learn how to recognize child abuse, how to report abuse, and how to keep the children in your care safe. This mandatory training is designed for all clergy and those in formation for priesthood and diaconate, employees, and volunteers.

This training is made possible by the University of Pittsburgh, the Department of Human Services, Office of Children, Youth and Families, the Pennsylvania Children and Youth Administrators, and funding from the Children’s Justice Act.

If you experience any technical difficulties while taking the course, report them to HelpCPSL@Pitt.edu Please include your name, email, and a thorough description of the problem you are encountering.

In order to receive credit for this course, you must complete the entire program.  You do not have to finish it in one session. 

Please note, a certificate will be available to print upon completion of the course.

A copy of this certificate must be presented to any Church related ministry in which you are employed and to any Church related ministry or activity in which you volunteer.

We suggest that you print a paper copy of the certificate and also create a PDF of it.

Sending the PDF to the Church related ministry, in which you are employed or volunteering, is the recommended method of submission.

If you need to reprint your certificate, you may log back into the site, re-launch the course, and reprint at any time.

To access the University of Pittsburgh website, click here. (Note: this link really goes to pg 4 not the Pittsburgh site.)