Safety Courses

There is a reason why AYSO is hailed as being one of the best trained volunteer organizations. All the volunteers that will be among your players need to do these safety courses.

Introduction

After you have submitted your volunteer form (found under Volunteers -> How to Volunteer), you can start on your safety courses. This video will show you what you need to do and where you need to do it.

Safe Sport Signup

The Safe Sport signup process is different to the other safety courses.

You can access the SafeSport training by following these instructions:

1. Login to your Sports Connect account (the Login button in the upper right) and enter My Account page (upper right-hand corner of the page);
2. Click on the Volunteer tab on the left-hand side of the page;
3. Click on the SafeSport box on your list of training and certification courses;
4. Click on the Renew and Update button on the bottom of the list.
5. A screen will pop up where you will click on the “click HERE” link or copy and paste the URL into your browser to begin training (see picture below);
6. Register on the U.S. Center for SafeSport website
7. Select the "SafeSport Trained - U.S. Soccer Federation" course from the My Courses screen and follow the directions.

If this doesn't work for you, you instead try to go directly to the Safe Sport website here: https://safesporttrained.org/?KeyName=tsVWe36Xa6PS3b5NzOug

Note: Youth Volunteers do not have to do Safe Sport, Live Scan or a background check.

Safety Course Overview

All AYSO Volunteers, including youth volunteers, must take a few safety courses.

Training	How Long	How Often
Safe Sport	90 min	Every 3 years (small yearly refreshers)
Safe Haven	60 min	Every 2 years
Concussion Awareness	40 min	Every 2 years
Sudden Cardiac Arrest	20 min	Once

Description

Safe Sport

In 2021, the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017 (“SafeSport Act”) expanded its categories of Mandated Reporters to include adults authorized to interact with children. As a result of this expansion, the SafeSport Act now covers AYSO and requires training on child abuse and mandated reporting.

AYSO's Safe Haven

This course presents information on child & volunteer protection and the key components necessary to create a safe haven. All volunteers must complete this online
course through AYSOU / Etrainu.

CDC Online Concussion Training

The Center for Disease Control has free online concussion training for coaches, referees and all other volunteers.

Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Recognition Training

The State of California requires the completion of the online SCA course for all sports coaches and volunteers.

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