Youth Protection Training

Protecting our youth is at the center of everything we do in Scouting. Here are links to the official BSA Youth Protection Training in English and Spanish as well as the same for the Venturing program.

Youth Protection Training Online training. If you are a registered Scouting Volunteer, your successful completion of this course will upload into your training record.

Youth Protection Training - en Español (Normas de Protección Juvenil)
To offer Youth Protection Training in Spanish to your members, you must provide your council's documents (letter and reportingrequirements) in Spanish. The national council can arrange the translation for you, provided that each of these documents is notmore than one page in length. Contact Norma Cethoute (ncethout@netbsa.org) for details.

Venturing Youth Protection Training - English

Venturing Youth Protection Training - en Español
To offer Youth Protection Training in Spanish to your members, you must provide your council's documents (letter and reportingrequirements) in Spanish. The national council can arrange the translation for you, provided that each of these documents is notmore than one page in length. Contact Norma Cethoute (ncethout@netbsa.org) for details.

OTHER YOUTH PROTECTION RESOURCES

Youth Protection Policies of the BSA

YOUTH - BSA Traditional programs

• It Happened to Me: Cub Scout Pack Meeting Guide and Sample Letter to Parents and Guardians (letter in both English and Spanish)
  http://www.scouting.org/YouthProtection/ithappenedtome.aspx
• A Time to Tell: Troop Meeting Guide
  http://www.scouting.org/YouthProtection/atimetotell.aspx
• Personal Safety Awareness discussion guide for Venturing Crews
  http://www.scouting.org/youthprotection/youthprotmeetingguide.aspx

ADULTS

• Youth Protection Guidelines: Training for Volunteer Leaders and Parents
  http://old.scouting.org/pubs/ypt/pdf/46-221.pdf
• Venturing Leader Guide
  http://old.scouting.org/pubs/ypt/pdf/25-026.pdf

PARENTS' GUIDES

Same information as in handbooks but without pictures

• Cub Scout Parents - English
  http://old.scouting.org/pubs/ypt/pdf/46-014.pdf
• Cub Scout Parents - Spanish
  http://old.scouting.org/pubs/ypt/pdf/46-073.pdf
• Boy Scout Parents - English
  http://old.scouting.org/pubs/ypt/pdf/46-015.pdf
• Boy Scout Parents - Spanish
  http://old.scouting.org/pubs/ypt/pdf/46-072.pdf

Boys' Life

• "Protect Yourself from Child Abuse"
  • English
  • Spanish
• "Confronting Child Abuse"
  • English
  • Spanish
• "Danger in Cyberspace"
  • English
  • Spanish
• "Net-ting a Profit: Kid Businessmen Make Money a New Way: Online" and "Safety in Cyberspace"
  • English
  • Spanish
• "Stay Right Online"
  • English
  • Spanish

Scouting Magazine Articles

• "Child Abuse: Let's Talk About It"
  • English
• "It Shouldn't Hurt to be a Child"
  • English
• "Youth ProtectionNews Briefs"
  • English
• "Working Together to Protect Our Children"
  • English
• "Assuring Emotional Security for Children"
  • English
• "Words Can Hurt"
  • English
• "Using the Internet Safely"
  • English