Certification

Volunteers are the lifeblood of AYSO.  To ensure the safety of both children and volunteers, each volunteer is required to take a short online training session called Safe Haven™.   The Safe Haven course focuses on safety and appropriate behavior with children as well as first aid and other field related issues.  

The child protection aspect of Safe Haven is intended to prevent child abuse, promote education and awareness, enforce policies and screen and train volunteers. It includes proactive steps that promote a positive, healthy environment for children. 

Volunteer protection comes in the form of volunteer training, certification and continuing education. The Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 provides certain legal protections for volunteers who have been trained and certified and act in accordance with a written job description. Safe Haven includes these three elements, giving volunteers the highest degree of protection available under the law.

Coaches, Assistant Coaches & Referees will also have additional coach or referee training clinics offered by our region and online. Those clinics are designed to be quick, easy, and fun to take - even for those with no prior soccer experience at all.  Everyone is welcome to attend those clinics, even if you don’t intend to coach or referee this season.  Dates of clinics will appear here when scheduled.  

To take the Safe Haven Certification , or any of the other age specific courses online, you need to first go to eAYSO, obtain your "AYSO ID Number",  and then follow the steps to AYSO training HERE.

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