Despite legal mandates that educators report their suspicions concerning abuse and neglect of their students, professionals fail to report their suspicions. In the present research, all schools in South Australia were surveyed to explore educators' experiences with mandatory notification training and school reporting practices. The purpose was to…

This study examines how Australian and British preservice training programs incorporate child abuse intervention. Australian student teachers complete compulsory training in mandated notification as part of their program. Evaluation of student teachers who completed the training indicated that they highly valued it, though they were confused about…