Recognizing
The term for intended, non-accidental physical injury or cruelty to a child.
What is physical abuse?
Do or Don't?
Keep a disclosure confidential.
DO keep disclosures confidential.
This keeps students safe, gives them trust in the adults at school and respects their privacy.
Report a child protection concern only to the DSL. Do not talk about the situation with other staff members or students.
Confidentiality and mandatory reporting are not mutually exclusive.
True of False? Only teachers, and TA's, must report child protection concerns.
FALSE: All staff are mandatory reporters and should report any concerns to a DSL.
Name of the document that contains important information about the policies on child protection
What is the Child Protection Policy
The persistent failure to meet a child’s basic physical and/or psychological needs, that’s likely to result in the serious impairment of the child’s health or development
What is neglect?
Do or Don't?
After a disclosure, you should stay calm and listen without judgment.
DO stay calm and listen without judgment.
The step to take after "Reporting" a concern.
What is "Recording?"
True or False?
You should hug a student who is crying.
FALSE.
Maintain appropriate physical boundaries at all times, and touch students - when necessary - only in ways that are appropriate, and in public and in a non-sexual way.
Some reasons for this:
-Not everyone likes hugs
-Culture or religion
-School is a professional environment
-It leaves a door open for sexual predators to touch students
-It protects you from false accusations of abuse and from students misunderstanding your intentions.
The following signs may indicate this kind of abuse: Sexual behaviour/knowledge inappropriate for a child’s age, trouble walking or sitting, complaints of genital pain.
What is sexual abuse?
Do or Don't?
Promise to keep a child protection disclosure a secret.
DON'T.
Never keep secrets if you have a child protection concern. All school staff members are obligated to report any child protection concerns.
Secrets and confidentiality are not the same. You can report a child protection concern to a DSL and it can remain confidential.
True or False?
Child protection concerns need to be reported to a counselor or administrator within 48 hours.
FALSE.
Within 24 hours, you must report a child protection concern.
True or False?
Always be visible when working with students. Avoid being alone with students at school activities.
TRUE.
True or False? Sexual abuse can occur without physically touching the victim.
TRUE.
Examples: Exposure to sexually explicit material, communicating sexually explicit messages
Do or Don't?
Gather details and ask leading questions when you have a child protection concern.
DON'T.
Gathering details and asking too many questions can cause problems.
For example:
-A younger child could have trouble recalling events accurately during the investigation.
-Asking questions about a disturbing situation could exacerbate it or make it more difficult for the child to deal with.
The designated staff members who should file the report at our school.
Who are the DSL's?
True or False?
It is okay to engage in private communications with students (via text messaging, email, or any forms of electronic or social media) except for activities strictly involving school business.
FALSE.
The persistent emotional maltreatment of a child such as to cause severe and adverse effects on the child’s emotional development
What is emotional abuse?
Do or Don't?
Before reporting, be sure to begin the investigation.
DON'T investigate.
Be sure to report to a DSL as soon as possible. They follow the protocol and have education, training, and experience with child protection reports.
Asking too many questions of the child, peers, or family members could backfire.
For example, if the person who did the abuse finds out about the investigation too soon, they could manipulate the child into silence.
What is Early Help?
Early help means providing support as soon as a problem emerges at any point in a child’s life, from the foundation years through to the teenage years.
The name of the document that we all agreed to and signed to the risk of harm to students and that also protects staff.
What is The Staff Code of Conduct?