Question: Polyvictimization
Answer: experiencing multiple types of child maltreatment
Question: resilience
Answer: a child’s ability to overcome obstacles; develops with exposure to positive role models
Question: positive discipline
Answer: high fives, verbal praise, fist bumps
Question: banned things
Answer: physical violence, sexual abuse, spiritual abuse, harassment, initiation rites, theft, drugs,
Question: Mandatory Reportings
Answer: report if you have reasonable suspicion that these have occurred:
– physical violence
-sexual abuse
-emotional abuse
-neglect
-exposure to any form of violence
-exposure to any form of sexual exploitation
(cannot be delegated to any other person)
Question: how to report
Answer: 1. call 911
2. call SCOUTS first hotline (1-844-726-8871)
3. call state’s Child Protection Services
Question: call helpline
Answer: you must also call the helpline if you see:
-any threat or use of a weapon
-discriminatory behavior
-child abuse
-suicide threat/mention
Question: buddy system
Answer: a cooperative practice of pairing two or more willing people together for mutual assistance or safety (especially in recreational swimming); forms barrier to abuse
Question: child sexual abuse
Answer: engaging a child in sexual activity
Question: adult on youth
Answer: child sexual abuse perpetrated by an adult in a position of authority over children