What's New

The New York State Office of Children and Family Services offers the free 24/7 online course, Mandated Reporter Training in Child Abuse and Neglect/Maltreatment Identification. You can register at any time at https://nysmandatedreporter.org.

New York State Mandated Reporters must complete this updated training by April 1, 2025, to be in compliance with N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 413(5).

CHAMP Faculty Vincent J. Palusci, MD, and Ann S. Botash, MD, have written an article that is a resource to help pediatric care professionals address personal and systemic racial bias: Palusci V J, Botash A S. Race and Bias in Child Maltreatment Diagnosis and Reporting. Pediatrics. 2021;148(1):e2020049625

Read more about this article on the What's Happening in the Field page

The revised Photo Documentation Practice Recommendation provides information about reasons for photo documenting evidence, photographic equipment, consent and cooperation, and release of photographs. Photographic-Documentation-Practice-Recommendation-Jan-2025.pdf

The revised Taking Good Photographs Pocket Guide provides information about photographic equipment and has tips for taking good photographs. CHAMP-Taking-Good-Photographs-Pocket-Guide-1-25-25.pdf

Here is a list of all the CHAMP Practice Recommendations that you can download from our Practice Recommendations page:

• Evaluation Guidelines for Suspected Child Physical Abuse (June 2022)
• Evaluation Guidelines for Suspected Child Sexual Abuse (June 2022)
• How to Write an Effective Impact Statement (December 2015)
• Photographic Documentation (January 2025)
• Taking Good Photographs Pocket Guide (January 2025)
• Promoting Unbiased and Inclusive Care (December 2022)
• Skeletal Survey (March 2021)
• Triage in Suspected Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse or Other Sexual Offenses (October 2024)
• Trauma-Informed Care Pocket Guide (May 2019)
• Universal Trauma Precautions and Trauma-Specific Guidelines (May 2019)

Mandy A. O’Hara, MD, MPH, TCTSY-F, and a CHAMP Faculty member, has developed Caring with Compassion. Because taking care of ourselves is essential for the unique role we play as a child abuse medical professional, the presentation provides the opportunity to pause, reflect, and expand our self-knowledge and perspective, and deepen our self-compassion. Explore Caring with Compassion.