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This paper explores crucial issues in the preparation of teachers for effective child protection. A recent survey of institutions involved in teacher education indicated that, while teachers are among the first group of professionals to be nominated by the community as designated notifiers of child maltreatment, there is no systematic treatment of this issue in university courses. All of the Australian universities involved in teacher education were surveyed to determine the nature and extent of programme inclusions on child abuse and the personnel involved in presentation. The results indicated that only a limited number of institutions included the topic at all and only a few of these included it as part of their compulsory course requirements. Ironically, institutions located in states where notification of suspected child abuse is mandatory for teachers generally did not give adequate attention to preparation for this responsibility.

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