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    Los Angeles Unified School District teachers, administrators, and staff who educate and care for students face constant challenges when trying to help keep children safer in today's fast-paced world. This site offers easy-to-use child abuse training resources to help address these challenges.

    Abuse of children across the world occurs on a staggering scale. It is estimated that 40,000,000 children are abused each year.

    Much more can be done to protect them, which is why this website offers LAUSD teachers and administrators a set of tools to help children be safer.

     

    2024-25 CAAT Course and Assessment Information

    Employees with an active SSO were auto-registered for the annual MyPLN course on July 5, 2024. 
    The deadline to complete the training and assessment is September 13, 2024.

    Get the training guide:
     2024-2025 Child Abuse Awareness Training (CAAT) Guide

PDF IconElementary - Scenario 1 - Whispering Teacher

PDF IconElementary - Scenario 2 - Staring Teacher

PDF IconElementary - Scenario 3 - The Cool Volunteer

PDF IconElementary - Scenario 4 - To Hug or Not To Hug

PDF IconSecondary - Scenario 1 - Raining Cats and Dogs

PDF IconSecondary - Scenario 2 - Drama Rehearsal

PDF IconSecondary - Scenario 3 - Communication Boundaries

PDF IconSecondary - Scenario 4 - Anonymous Email

  • Resources

MEM-6338.9. Child Abuse Awareness Training (CAAT) and Resources

BUL-1347.5 Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting, 03.27.23

BUL-1347.5  Attachment C Local Law Enforcement Departments

BUL-1347.5  Attachment D Child Abuse Reporting Information Sheet

LA County Department of Family Services

Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS): (800) 540-4000

Early Education Centers/State Preschools must also report to the Department of Social Services (DSS) Community Care Licensing Office:
Culver City Office (310) 337-4335
Monterey Park Office (323) 981-3350 

  

BUL-5167.1 Code of Conduct with Students-Distribution and Dissemination Requirement)

Code of Conduct with Students Rev. 1.23 

BUL-044381.0, Protocols & Procedures to Report & Investigate Allegations of Employee Misconduct (12-22-2017)

BUL-2521.3 Title IX Policy/Nondiscrimination Complaint Procedures (Including for Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment)

BUL-4748.0, Ethics Policies (5-18-2009)

BUL-5688.2, Social Media Policy for Employees and Associated Persons (5-18-2009)

BUL-6399.2, Social Media Policy for Student (8-18-2018)

BUL-999.13, Responsible Use Policy (3-5-2019)

BUL-2449.0, Dependent Elder Abuse & Neglect Reporting Requirements (6-1-2006)

Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act - Penal Code Sections 11164-11174.4

REF-057699.1 - Code of Conduct with Students Online Training Module 02.23.23 

Committee For Children Family-friendly videos about recognizing signs of abuse and how to conduct discussions about the topic as a family.

Webpage LInkCode of conduct training video: MyPLN

PDF IconCode of Conduct with Students


A Training Guide for Administrators and Educators on Addressing Adult Sexual Misconduct in the School Setting

 Training Guide

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