This course is designed to help classroom teachers, school counselors, and other educational personnel gain strategies to reach and teach students who have been affected by child abuse or neglect. Participants will learn the signs and symptoms for the three types of abuse (physical, emotional, and sexual) and the four types of neglect (physical, medical, emotional, and educational). Additionally, participants will learn the symptoms of childhood depression, suicidal tendencies, child sexual trafficking, and substance abuse, along with how these issues are tied to child abuse and neglect. Participants will explore how abuse and neglect affect a student’s learning, cognitive brain development, and social-emotional development. The short- and long-term consequences of abuse and neglect, as well as the cultural, social and family causes, will be reviewed. The educator’s role in the intervention and prevention of child abuse and neglect will be discussed. 

This course currently meets the OSPI state requirement for Issues of Abuse.

To register for VESi classes with clock hours through NWESD please follow the directions below.

Step 1:  Select the "Register Now!" button to begin the process of paying the clock hour fee.
Step 2: Visit the VESi website to pay the $150 courseware fee or call VESi at 1-800-313-6744 between 8:00AM-5:00PM PST, Monday through Friday.
Step 3: Turn all course materials into VESi upon completion. Please note: There is a two week minimum for course completion.
 Step 4: Your clock hours will be accessible through your account on this site after we receive completion confirmation from VESi. You will receive an e-mail from pdEnroller once it is recorded.