April Is Youth Protection Month

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April Is Youth Protection Month

 

http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/current/d-news.html

 

Nationwide, April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and for the seventh consecutive year, the BSA has designated April as Youth Protection Month for councils, units, families, and community organizations.

 

Local councils will conduct youth protection training for more than four million youth and adults. Many councils will also provide this training, through BSA videos and DVD's, books, and an Internet course, as a community service to other youth-serving agencies.

 

During Youth Protection Month, each unit is encouraged to participate in one or more of the following ways:

 

Ensure that unit adult leaders (and other interested adults) take the online Youth Protection training, available at:

 

http://olc.scouting.org/info/ypt.html

 

The training is also available in DVD format, "Youth Protection Guidelines: Training for Volunteer Leaders and Parents" (BSA No. AV-09DVD01).

 

Discuss with youth in a unit meeting the exercises in "How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent's Guide." These are found in the pullout pamphlet in the front of youth and adult handbooks. The guides can also be downloaded in PDF format at:

 

http://www.scouting.org/pubs/ypt/resources.html'>http://www.scouting.org/pubs/ypt/resources.html

 

Using the meeting guides (available in PDF format in English or Spanish at:

 

http://www.scouting.org/pubs/ypt/resources.html

 

present the age-appropriate, award-winning BSA training to youth and parents:

 

For Cub Scouts "It Happened to Me" (No. AV-09DVD11)

For Boy Scouts "A Time to Tell" (No. AV-09DVD04)

For boys and girls age 11 to 14 "A Time to Tell for Learning for Life" (No. AV-09DVD05)

For young adults (boy or girl, ages 14 to 20) "Youth Protection: Personal Safety Awareness" (No. AV-09DVD27).

 

In Cub Scout packs, distribute and discuss the Power Pack Pals comic books, which focus on bullying (No. 33980), Internet safety (No. 33981), and personal safety (No. 34750).

 

For availability of BSA resources, contact your local Scout council service center or go to http://www.scoutstuff.org/