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 reporting requirements) in Spanish. The national council can arrange the translation for you, provided that each of these documents is not more 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 reporting requirements) in Spanish. The national council can arrange the translation for you, provided that each of these documents is not more 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
ADULTS
PARENTS' GUIDES
Same information as in handbooks but without pictures
Boys' Life
- "Protect Yourself from Child Abuse"
- "Confronting Child Abuse"
- "Danger in Cyberspace"
- "Net-ting a Profit: Kid Businessmen Make Money a New Way: Online" and "Safety in Cyberspace"
- "Stay Right Online"
Scouting Magazine Articles
- "Child Abuse: Let's Talk About It"
- "It Shouldn't Hurt to be a Child"
- "Youth Protection News Briefs"
- "Working Together to Protect Our Children"
- "Assuring Emotional Security for Children"
- "Words Can Hurt"
- "Using the Internet Safely"
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