Updated NYS Requirement: Identification And Reporting Of Child Abuse

Hudson Valley Professional Development, LLC is an approved provider of the coursework required by Chapter 544 of the New York State Laws of 1988 regarding the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment.

**This training has been updated to include the information required to fulfill the 2025 revision of Identification and Reporting Of Child Abuse And Maltreatment training (effective September 1, 2025).

Chapter 25 of the Laws of 2024 amended Social Services Law § 413 to require additional training to include protocols and guidance on identifying abused or maltreated children with intellectual or developmental disabilities within the New York State Mandated Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse and Maltreatment/Neglect coursework.

This law requires that mandated reporters, including those who have previously completed the training that was due April 1, complete the updated training curriculum by November 17, 2026.

Chapter 544 of the New York State Law requires training in the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment be taken by chiropractors, dental hygienists, dentists, optometrists, physicians, podiatrists, psychologists, registered nurses, licensed clinical social workers, licensed master social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, creative arts therapists, psychoanalysts, licensed behavior analysts, certified behavior analyst assistants, school administrators/supervisors, school service personnel, and school teachers.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT?

- This updated version includes the now required protocols and guidance on identifying abused or maltreated children with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

On 9/9/25, NYSED announced that licensees who already took the previously updated training (that was due on April 1, 2025) are permitted to take just the updated addendum information IF it is taken with the same provider of the prior version.

If you took the prior updated Identification And Reporting Of Child Abuse training with HUDSON VALLEY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, you are permitted to just register for the addendum to the prior training version.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

For each updated Identification And Reporting Of Child Abuse training that we offer to fulfill the newest requirement (effective 9/1), there are now two registration options. One registration option is the the full 2-hour training (including all of the newly required information). The second option is a registration for JUST the new information (only available if you took the training version that was due on April 1 with Hudson Valley Professional Development). Please note that the addendum information will be presented in the last half hour of the scheduled training. Practitioners who register for this option can log in with the Zoom link to attend just the final 30 minutes of the training.

Please note that a certificate will not be provided for the addendum version to practitioners who did not complete the prior version with HVPD, per NYSED.

Please visit the Office of Professions' website for additional information and requests for exemption: https://www.op.nysed.gov/about/training-continuing-education/mandated-training-related-child-abuse.

WHICH REGISTRATION OPTION IS FOR YOU?

2-hour Updated Identification And Reporting Of Child Abuse training: This option is for individuals who are taking the training for the first time, or individuals who opt to take the full version of the updated training.

Addendum: This option is only available to licensees who completed the prior updated training (due April 1) with Hudson Valley Professional Development.

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Join Dr. Stephanie Stein Leite, licensed as a psychologist in NY, CT, and MA and president of the New England Chapter of Threat Assessment Professionals and the Forensic Division of the CT Psychological Association in this 2-hour virtual training that fulfills the NYS updated mandated reporter training requirements (including protocols to reduce implicit bias in decision-making processes, strategies for identifying adverse childhood experiences, guidelines to assist in recognizing signs of abuse or maltreatment while interacting virtually, and guidance on identifying abused or maltreated children with intellectual or developmental disabilities) which need to be completed by licensed practitioners.

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​Cancellation Policy: Refunds will be provided for cancellations made in writing up to the day before the event.

Accommodations and Accessibility: HVPD welcomes participants with diverse abilities. Please contact us at info@hudsonvalleyprofessionaldevelopment.com to request accessibility accommodations. Accommodation requests are considered in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Dr. Stephanie Leite is the principal psychologist at Forensic Intelligence, LLC. She conducts corporate, municipal, and school-based safety assessments, specializing in complex presentations. All threat assessments emphasize the management portion of the process, assisting clients to manage current threats and avoid future threats. She is able to effectively work on a case-by-case basis with extant threat assessment teams requiring a mental health professional.

Dr. Leite received her Psy.D. from the University of Hartford, having previously achieved a Masters from Boston University and a B.A. from Carleton College. She currently practices in the state of Connecticut as a forensic psychologist and in the arena of threat assessment and management.

Dr. Leite held pre-doctoral training positions at Long Lane School and the NW Center for Families and Children, completed her internship at The Village for Families and Children and her postdoctoral studies at the Institute of Living.

Dr. Leite's practice has been devoted to forensic psychology since 2003. In that time, she has evaluated hundreds of people in risk, competency, custody, criminal and threat assessment cases. She is a licensed psychologist in the states of Connecticut and New York, a member of the American Psychological Association, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and the Association of Threat Management Professionals, where she serves as the president of the New England chapter. She is a founding member and president of the Connecticut Psychological Association's Forensic Division and was awarded the 2014 President's award from the CPA.

As an educator, Dr. Leite has been an adjunct professor at the University of Hartford’s doctoral program in psychology since 2015 where she has taught integrated psychological assessment, forensic psychology, and introduction to neuropsychology. She is a forensic field mentor at Columbia University’s Reacher’s college. She has taught ethics at the American International College as well as seminars for lawyers and Guardian Ad Leitems (GALs) through CT's GAL Academy. She has led seminars at the Connecticut Psychological Association's annual conference (2012, 2014, 2107) and the FBI's TarGet and InfraGard programs (2014, 2015). She has spoken numerous times to the Connecticut Psychological Association’s Forensic Division as part of the State of the Science training series and to the New England , NW, and D.C. chapters of ATAP, the Joint Threat Assessment Training in 2018, both National VTACs in 2020-2021, and APATAP’s 2021 conference.

For the full calendar of upcoming Continuing Education trainings, visit our website: www.hudsonvalleyprofessionaldevelopment.com