Creating a Safe Environment to Prevent Abuse in Youth Sports

Keeping kids safe while playing sports means more than just preventing injuries. It also means creating an environment where kids can enjoy the benefits of ...

Preventing Abuse in Youth Sports and Organized Activities

Any youth-serving organization should have written policies and procedures for child safety. These policies must provide clear physical and ...

Keep Kids Safe in New Environments | U.S. Center for SafeSport

Tips for Parents and Guardians: · Get to know your child's coach or instructor. · Check in regularly. · Educate yourself and be aware.

The Next Step in Youth Sport Safeguarding? Trauma-Informed ...

Today's youth sport coaches are increasingly encouraged, if not required, to complete abuse prevention workshops offered by the U.S. Center for ...

Preventing Abuse and Misconduct | U.S. Center for SafeSport

Building healthy relationships and modeling positive behavior set the tone for an abuse-free sport environment. Societal issues such as physical and emotional ...

5 Things Every Youth Sports Organization Should Know About the ...

One key component of the Safe Sport Act is the focus on minimizing one-on-one interactions between coaches or other adults and young athletes.

7 Actions Sports Organizations Can Take to Prevent Abuse

7. Heal Athletes · Promote a trauma-informed, healing centered sports environments for all athletes by having coaches: Honor athletes' lived experiences ...

Protecting Youth Sports Participants - Loss Prevention

... prevent child sexual abuse in their sports organizations. Adhering to written policies and procedures can help create a positive and safe environment.

Creating a Safe Environment for Our Young Athletes

o Required Safety Policies - Scroll down to the bottom of this page. • To help prevent and respond to abuse, please familiarize yourself with the Athlete.

The Definitive Guide to Abuse Prevention Training in Youth Sports

Strategies To Prevent Abuse · Maintain a Code of Conduct. · Limit one-on-one interactions. · Set clear reporting policies. · Foster an environment of open ...

MSU creates free modules to help prevent abuse in youth sports

Created in collaboration with the National Alliance for Youth Sports, or NAYS, the videos provide practical strategies to create safe ...

It's Time to Protect Youth Athletes...and MBF can help!

“It is our hope that we can work with sports organizations to help them allow athletes to continue to enjoy sports in a safe environment. Prevention ...

SafeSport Resources for Leagues

All athletes deserve to participate in sports free from bullying, hazing, sexual misconduct, or any form of emotional or physical abuse.

Keeping youth safe in sports (Child Abuse Prevention Month)

They can also support coaches by providing training and consider partnerships to share resources and funding. Policies can be enacted to help ensure the safety ...

Abuse in youth sports: How to recognize signs and prevent it

The Respect In Sport program has trained about 2.5 million volunteers through its online programs in preventing abuse. They learn we can't just ...

Everything You Need to Know About the Safe Sport Act | Praesidium

The Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017 was created in reaction to the abuse found various youth sports ...

Up Your Coaching Game: Create a Safer Environment

Step one, create a safe environment. By being aware and creating a safe environment for your athletes to be in, you help protect them from abuse ...

Preventing Sexual Abuse in Youth Sports - What's Working, What's Not

At a minimum, each youth sports program should develop a safety system, and the foundation of an effective system includes effective training of ...

Resources to Help Prevent Abuse and Misconduct in Sport - stack

The U.S. Center for SafeSport is a nonprofit organization created to respond to and prevent sexual, physical, and emotional abuse in the U.S. ...

Child Abuse in Youth Sports: Awareness, Prevention, and Action

Educating coaches, parents, and athletes about the signs of abuse, reporting procedures, and the importance of creating a safe and supportive ...