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Posted by Tana Murray on April 14, 2025

How Often Should Employee/Volunteer Training Take Place and What Should it Include? A key element of a comprehensive approach to prevent child abuse in youth-serving organizations is to build a solid training structure founded on evidence-based and outcome-oriented best practices in abuse prevention education – for administrators, employees, and volunteers. Evidence suggests that child safety more…

Posted by Tana Murray on April 7, 2025

Good Enough Mindset For most of us, we have been doing our jobs long enough to know what is the right way to do something and what falls short to “good enough.” When it comes to workplace safety, “good enough” does not cut it. When addressing hazards, having this mindset will lead to exposure to more…

Posted by Tana Murray on March 31, 2025

When School Employees are Inappropriate on the Clock A county deputy, who also served as the town’s mayor and high school resource officer, is accused of engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a teacher during school hours. The school superintendent stated that the misconduct did not include physical contact, but involved improper text messaging and more…

Posted by Tana Murray on March 24, 2025

Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Children’s Safety A recent newspaper article reported that a pastor, a Catholic school principal, and a teacher had all resigned their positions at a large suburban parish on the East Coast. The reason was that for the previous 6 weeks, male elementary students had complained on more than one more…

Posted by Tana Murray on March 18, 2025

4 Things to Prepare Your Summer Camp Spring is around the corner and summer will quickly follow. Summer youth camps may not be on your mind, but planning for upcoming camps should be. How does your camp prepare for staff and volunteers working with children? Providing a safe environment is key to running a successful more…

Posted by Tana Murray on March 10, 2025

Calling All Heros In this article, you’ll learn how traffickers use psychological manipulation to lure minors into prostitution, factors that increase susceptibility to trafficking, and how to help victims become survivors. Spotlight: Withelma “T” Ortiz Walker Pettigrew—“T” for tenacious—is a survivor of commercial childhood sexual exploitation (CSEC) and advocate who testified before congress and was more…