Protecting our YouthIt’s everyone's responsibility...

Agenda1) Understand the importance the BSA places on youth protection.2) Know that Youth Protection training (YPT) is required for all BSA registered

volunteers.3) Understand the Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class requirements

related to youth protection and bullying.4) Be aware of the automatic notification process for Scouters who have not

taken YPT as well as the 30-, 60-, and 90-day notifications when a Scouter’s training certification is soon to expire.

5) Have completed/renewed the required Youth Protection Training

Stranger at the Door

The Guide to Safe Scouting, which is available online, states that “Physical violence, hazing, bullying, theft, verbal insults … Have no place in the Scouting program and may result in the revocation of a Scout’s membership in the unit.”

Why should Scouters be concerned about bullying? Consider the following:

- 71% of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school.- More than 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year.- One in 10 students drop out of school because of repeated bullying.

- 83% of bullying incidents receive no intervention and continue to happen.

Bullying

Illustrations

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” ~Desmond Tutu, Anglican Bishop, retired

“If you turn and face the other way when someone is being bullied, you might as well be the bully too.” ~Anonymous

“When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sandpaper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end you end up polished and they end up useless.” ~Anonymous

Resourceswww.scouting.org/Training/ YouthProtection.aspxwww.hoac-bsa.org/ www.scouting.org/filestore/youthprotection/ pdf/100-055_WB.pdf www.scouting.org/Training/YouthProtection/ bullying.aspx www. scouting.org/HealthandSafety/GSS/gss01.aspx www.scouting.org/Training/ YouthProtection/CyberChip.aspx www.scouting.org/filestore/ ppt/bullyingprevention.ppt http://scoutingmagazine.org/ issues/1009/a-bully.html http://scoutingmagazine. org/issues/0203/d-famt.htmlhttp://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2012/06/04/with-bsas-new-cyber-chip-online-safetys-the-point/www.bsachief.com/?author=0&paged=31

Youth Protection TrainingKate Styles - Trainer