Youth Protection
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Our highest priority is the safety and well-being of our youth members and participants. To help protect our young people, we are pleased to offer Youth Protection Training. This training is one part of a comprehensive youth protection training program that formally began in 1988. It is designed to help prevent child abuse in all of its forms, whether verbal, emotional, physical or sexual abuse or neglect.
Take Youth Protection Training online at the BSA Online Learning Center (OLC). You will be asked to create a user account for the OLC if you do not already have one. Once logged in, Youth Protection Training is available under the "General" tab. The course takes about an hour, and you will receive a printable certificate indicating your trained status upon completion. Youth Protection Training online is also offered in Spanish.
Remember: new guidelines in the Guide to Safe Scouting require that at least one leader trained in Youth Protection be present at every outing or event. The Mt. Diablo Silverado Council encourages all unit leaders to complete Youth Protection Training.
Resources
All items listed below can be obtained at the Council Office or at the Pleasant Hill Scout Shop.
- Parents Guides:
- Youth Protection Guidelines for Adult Leaders and Parents - One hour video covering the much of the same information as in the online training in a talk show format. It includes many clips from the videos for Scout-aged boys and girls as well as excellent questions to help leaders and parents know what to do in case abuse has occurred in their unit. BSA Supply No. AV-09DVD01
- "It Happened to Me" - DVD for 6-9 year-old Cub Scout-aged boys and their parents. BSA Supply No. AV-09DVD11
- Power Pack Pals - Comic series for Cub Scout-aged boys regarding issues of Youth Protection. (Bullying: #33980, Internet Safety: #33981, 4 Rules for Safety: #34750)
- "A Time to Tell" - Video designed for Boy Scout-aged boys regarding the prevention of sexual abuse. The three R's of Recognize, Resist, and Report are illustrated and taught in this presentation. BSA Supply No. AV-09DVD05
- "Youth Protection: Personal Safety Awareness for Venturing" - Video for 14 to 20 year-old coed teen crews and posts. Scenarios are presented, local discussion allowed, and then Reality Check segments are presented to clarify the information regarding issues of acquaintance rape, internet safety, stalking, and sexual harassment. BSA Supply No. AV-09DVD33
- Guide to Safe Scouting - BSA Supply no. 34416A
- Video Guides - "It Happened to Me" and "A Time to Tell"
- Articles from Scouting Magazine
- Articles from Boys' Life