Preventing Sexual Misconduct

Prevent sexual misconduct by recognizing warning signs and fostering safe, respectful environments for all youth.

Full Course Description

This 30-minute course is designed for line staff in youth programs who are committed to creating safe, respectful environments for all young people. Learn how to recognize early warning signs of sexual misconduct, set clear boundaries, and promote a culture of safety and respect. Walk away with practical tools to protect youth and uphold trust. Enroll now to strengthen your role in prevention and care.

This course will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

This course satisfies these child care training requirements:

Early Care and Education Professional Competency Goals for Staff

1. Child development, including discipline, guidance, nutrition, injury control and safety
3. Child abuse and neglect, including identification and reporting, and meeting the needs of abused and/or neglected children

Afterschool & Youth Development Standards

3. Environment & Climate
5. Health & Well Being
6. Staffing & Professional Development
7. Organizational Practices

Early Care and Education Professional Competency Goals for Directors

e. Professional and leadership development
f. Advocacy for the Center, Parents, children and Staff

Network for Youth Success Quality Self-Assessment (QSA) Tool

1. Environment & Climate
4. Staffing & Professional Development

School Age Child Care

4. Safety and Security Procedure
10. Adverse Childhood Experiences, Focused on Understanding Trauma and on Nurturing Resiliency

NYC DYCD Core Competencies for Youth Work Professionals

6. Ability to promote responsible and healthy decision-making among all participants.
8. Ability to behave professionally.

Out-of-School Time (NMOST) Guiding Principles

1. Environmental Safety

Early Childhood Education and Care Department

2. Health, safety, nutrition, and infection control
5. Learning environment and curriculum implementation

Career Development

1. Ethics and professionalism in child care

Child Growth and Development

2. Interpersonal Relationships
5. Health and Safety

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services: Child Care Center Professional Development Training Topics

Career Development

Quality Guidelines for Ohio's Afterschool Programs

Child Growth and Development

Afterschool Network Quality Standards

1. Foster positive relationships between program participants and staff

Early Childhood: Child Care Center Training Topics

6. Prevention, signs, and symptoms of child abuse and neglect, including child sexual abuse, and legal reporting requirements

Afterschool Network

1. Guidance toward healthy relationships
3. Health, wellness, and safety
6. Learning environment

Child Care Training & Education

Standard 3: Staff Qualifications and Professional Development
Standard 7: Health, Safety, Nutrition, and Physical Activity

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Training

1. Health and safety
8. Detection of child abuse

MOST (Michigan Out-of-School Time) Standards of Quality

1. Health, Safety
2. Human Relationships

Core Knowledge Areas from the Michigan Core Knowledge and Core Competencies for the Early Care and Education Workforce

2. Health, safety, and nutrition
7. Interactions and guidance

After School Program Quality Standards and Indicators

1. Health, Safety and the Environment
2. Relationships
4. Staffing and Professional Development

Afterschool Standards

1. Human Relationships
4. Safety, Health, and Nutrition

Core Knowledge and Competencies

2. Health, Safety and Nutrition

Program Content

1. Physical Environment
2. Interpersonal Relations

Program Management

6. Safety and Health

Early Care & Education Professional Development Content Areas

7. Health and Safety

Afterschool Program Standards

Program Content
Program Management

Afterschool Alliance's Quality Standards

1. Planning a safe, healthy learning environment
3. Positive ways to support children’s social and emotional development
7. Observing and recording children’s behavior

Child Care Centers Professional Growth and Development Training Requirements

1. Planning a safe, healthy learning environment (includes nutrition)
3. Positive ways to support children’s social and emotional development (includes guidance and discipline)
7. Observing and recording children’s behavior

Afterschool Alliance Best Practices

1. Prepared Staff
6. Promotion of Safety, Health and Wellness

All Staff Annual Training

4. Health and Safety, Nutrition

Early Learning Staff Professional Development Areas

All Staff Annual Training

Afterschool Network Best Practices

1. Prepared Staff
6. Promotion of Safety, Health and Wellness

Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners

2. Health, safety and nutrition
6. Interactions with children

Department of Human Services Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education Child Care Licensing Unit

1. Proper supervision of children
2. Behavioral guidance practices
7. Mandated reporter training

Standards for Quality Afterschool Programs

1. Safe and Appropriate Program Environments and Facilities
2. Ongoing Training and Staff Development
4. Positive Youth Development

Workforce Knowledge and Competencies

2. Alignment with CDELS
6. Health, Safety and Nutrition (HSN)
7. Professionalism and Leadership (PL)

Quality Afterschool Guidelines

1. Quality Environments
4. Safe Environments

Hawaii OST Quality Guidelines

1a. Pilina (Relationships) between Staff and Youth
1b. Pilina (Relationships) between Youth and their Peers
2a. Youth Learning and Development
3c. Health, Safety, and Emergencies

After School Network

1. Relationships — Interactions and Engagement
5. Safety

Early Learning and Development Standards

7. Child Abuse Laws

Guiding Principles for Quality OST Programs

1. Safe & Supportive Environment
6. Healthy Choices & Behaviors

Early Care and Education Knowledge Base

6. Professionalism

Quality Standards for Expanded Learning

1. Safe and Supportive Environment
5. Healthy Choices and Behaviors

ECE Competencies

3. Relationships, Interactions, and Guidance
9. Health, Safety, and Nutrition

Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals

1. Safe Environments
2. Healthy Environments

Goals for Program Management and Delivery

1. Safe, Healthy, and Orderly Environment

Goals for Program Connections

4. Positive Participant and Staff Interactions

Child Care Facilities: Staff Development Topics

a. Planning a safe, healthy learning environment

North Carolina Center for Afterschool Programs (NCCAP)

Goals for Program Connections
Goals for Program Management and Delivery

Texas Partnership for Out-of-School Time (TXPOST) Standards of High Quality

1. Safety, Health and Nutrition
6. Relationships and Interactions

Early Childhood Education: Professional Development Areas

Annual Training (4) Teacher-child interaction
Pre-Service 4. Fostering children’s self-esteem

Quality Standards for OST Programs

1: Health and Safety
2: Relationships and Interactions

Early Childhood Educator Requirements: Birth to Second Grade

2. Developmental curriculum planning/ environment and curriculum
5. Health, safety, physical activity, and nutrition

School's Out Washington Quality Improvement Standards

2. Having positive, meaningful relationships with program staff and youth

Department of Children, Youth & Families: Child Care Provider Training Requirements

2. Learning environment and curriculum
5. Safety and wellness
6. Interactions with children/youth
8. Professional development and leadership
11. Other training as appropriate

Childcare Program: Continuing Education

2. Health and safety or fire safety
7. Behavior guidance

Standards of Early Learning and Development

2. Health, Safety and Universal Precautions
6. Positive Discipline and Guidance

Afterschool Quality Standards

2. Staff and Youth Relationships
7. Staffing and Professional Development

Guidelines for Afterschool, Summer, and Youth Development Programs

2. Health, Safety, and Environment
8. Staff and Professional Development

Child Care Training Regulations

2. Routine and emergency health protection of children including health related exclusions

Afterschool & Out-of-School Time Professional Network

2. Healthy Behaviors: Nutrition and Physical Activity
3. Human Relationships
6. Safety and Environmental Health

Department of Children & Families: Staff Training Requirements for Childcare Centers

ii. Positive guidance and discipline

National Afterschool Association Competencies

2. Learning Environment and Curriculum
4. Interactions with Children and Youth
8. Safety and Wellness

Department of Early Education & Care Standards

2. Planning Programs and Environments for Young Children
8. Health and Safety in Early Childhood

Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool Youth Development Network (PSAYDN) Statement of Quality in Afterschool

2. Positive Connections
3. Safety and Health

Afterschool Network Quality Standards

2. Relationships

Afterschool Program Quality Institute

2. Relationships and Connections

Early Childhood - Continuing Education

3. Child Abuse Prevention
7. Health and Safety

Statewide Afterschool Quality Standards

2. Safety, Health, and Nutrition
4. Professional Development and Qualifications

B-3 Continuum

5. Joint Professional Development

Virginia Partnership for Out-of-School Time Quality Standards

2. Staffing, Volunteers & Professional Development

Child Care VA Standards

6. Safe Spaces

Building Blocks for Out-of-School Time Quality

2. Supportive Relationships & Environments
8. Youth Safety and Wellness

Ignite Afterschool

2. Supportive Relationships and Environments

Teachers of Early Childhood Education Subject Matter Standards

7. Health, safety, and nutrition

Core Knowledge and Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals

3. Child safety, abuse, and neglect

West Virginia Afterschool Program Quality Standards

4. Health, Safety and Nutrition

Academic Standards: Essential Skills

3. Civic/Interpersonal Skills

OST Quality Guidelines

3. Human Relationships
5. Staff Qualifications and Training
7. Health and Safety Guidelines

Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and Administrators

5. Health, safety and nutrition

Child Care Core of Knowledge

3. Health, Safety, and Nutrition

Out-of-School Time Program Quality Standards

Administrative Quality Standards
Program Quality Standards

Program Quality Standards

I. Youth Program Climate

Administrative Quality Standards

III. Health, Safety and Program Space

Department of Early Learning and Care: Training

4. Health Safety and Nutrition
10. Understanding and Guiding Behavior

Standards for Quality Afterschool Programs

5. Health, Safety and Nutrition

Department of Children and Families (Annual In-Service Training)

10. Community, health and social service resources
11. Child abuse

Afterschool Program Quality Guidelines

5. Professional Development

Department of Social Services, Child Care Services (CCS): Pathway to Professional Development

6. Program health and safety

Program Quality Practices

6. Safety, Health, and Wellness
8. Professional Development

Quality Standards for Out-of-School Time Programs

A. Safe and Healthy Environments
B. Positive Relationships
C. Intentional Programming and Activities
F. Program Management

Early Childhood Education Professional Learning Standards

B. Health and Safety Issues
C. Program administration, planning, development, or management

Department of Education and Early Development (DEED)

Biennial and Quadrennial Requirements: 1. Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Training for Educators
Mandatory Trainings: 1. Sexual abuse awareness and prevention
Mandatory Trainings: 3. Dating violence awareness and prevention (Must be approved by DEED)
Teacher Certification Requirements: 2. Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Training for Educators (eLearning course: Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Training for Educators)

Quality Standards for Nevada OST Programs