What's New

The New York State Office of Children and Family Services has updated its required course, Mandated Reporter Training in Child Abuse and Neglect/Maltreatment Identification. It is available free and online. You can register at any time at https://nysmandatedreporter.org.

CHAMP Faculty Dana Kaplan, MD, has written a handbook for Solo CAPS, Guiding Principles for Creating a Solo CAP Practice. This handbook contains information about: What Is Solo CAP Practice?, Where Will You See Patients?, Introducing Yourself and The Role of a CAP, What Policies and Guidelines Will You Be Working Under?, Who Will Be Assisting You?, Time Management, Setting Up Your Physical Space, Other Practice Issues and Compensation.

Read more about this handbook on the What's Happening in the Field page. Or access it directly Creating-a-Solo-CAP-Practice-3-30-25.pdf.

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.