Professional Provider Training
Develop a working understanding of California’s professional supervised visitation and exchange-services framework through 12 hours of live instructor-led instruction and 12 hours of guided self-paced coursework.
Bridging Families Academy offers one 24-hour curriculum with two live attendance modalities: Live In-Classroom Training and Live Instructor-Led Virtual Classroom Training. A scheduled cohort may include participants using both modalities concurrently. All participants receive the same learning objectives, live instructional hours, self-paced assignments, state mandated-reporter component, assessment standard, and certificate requirements.
Family Code section 3200.5 and Standard 5.20 require 24 hours, including at least 12 hours of classroom instruction. The Academy’s 24-hour program provides 12 verified live instructor-led classroom hours and 12 guided self-paced hours. California measures the requirement in instructional hours. Bridging Families Academy schedules those 12 live hours over two training days, with 6 credited instructional hours each day and a separate 1-hour non-credit lunch period each day.
The California Department of Social Services mandated-reporter course is included within the 12-hour self-paced component. It is included within the Academy’s 24-hour total and does not add extra hours. Training access is free. A fee may apply to obtain the official Certificate of Completion from the California Mandated Reporter Training platform.
When designated for a cohort, in-classroom and live virtual participants may attend the same instructor-led class concurrently. The Academy tracks each participant’s actual live instructional time regardless of attendance modality.
In-Classroom
$499
Virtual Classroom
$499
Both attendance modalities use the same instructor-led curriculum, learning activities, scenarios, assessments, and 12-hour live instructional requirement. Attendance modality is documented in Academy records but does not create a different course.
Official-source readings, required state training, assigned lessons, written work, knowledge checks, and completion tracking.
Intake, court orders, exchanges, supervised virtual visitation, objective observation, safety decisions, incident response, and professional writing.
Attendance records, check-in verification, required submissions, assessment results, and certificate eligibility review.
The virtual format is a controlled, synchronous class rather than an open webinar or prerecorded replacement for live instruction.
Government-issued identification may be checked. The participant’s platform display name must match Academy enrollment records.
Each paid participant receives individual LMS and virtual-classroom access. Credentials and links may not be shared or transferred.
Instructor logs, platform reports, LMS activity, roll calls, timed checks, polls, knowledge checks, and participation records document attendance.
The registered participant’s camera must remain on and the participant’s face must remain clearly visible except during scheduled breaks, an approved accommodation, or a brief instructor-authorized technical interruption.
Participants who do not submit complete self-paced certificates and assignments during check-in before the first live class begins receive no credit for the self-paced component and are not eligible for the final Certificate of Completion for that cohort.
Completing the Academy program does not by itself authorize a participant to provide paid professional services. Professional providers must also satisfy applicable age, background, language, insurance, Live Scan, TrustLine, declaration, court-order, and local administrative requirements.
The Academy’s 12-live-plus-12-self-paced structure is designed around the 24-hour professional-provider education requirement. The public guide explains the total hours, classroom component, subject minimums, mandated-reporter course, and what a Certificate of Completion does—and does not—establish.
Bridging Families Academy is an independent training provider. Its California Professional Supervised Visitation and Exchange Services Provider Training is designed to align with the training requirements of California Family Code §3200.5 and California Standard of Judicial Administration 5.20. Individual courts may have additional local requirements or may determine what training documentation they will accept. Prospective students are responsible for reviewing the current local requirements in the jurisdiction where they intend to practice before enrolling or paying tuition.