Student Safety

Child Sexual Abuse: It’s More Prevalent Than You Think

Know the signs of abuse and the common behaviors of offenders so you can protect the children in your organization.

By Robin Hattersley Gray | January 18, 2012 | Comments (1) | Post a comment

Vetting Campus Staff and Volunteers Who Work With Children

Conduct background checks on current staff, as well as on all adults and adolescents who are applying to be teachers, coaches, band leaders, club sponsors and volunteers. Some people with criminal records will attempt to gain access to children through schools, campuses and other programs aimed at children. Be mindful, however, that these checks can provide a false sense of security because many offenders don’t have criminal histories.
Check references
Rigorously screen applicants who will have more autonomy
Consider more in-depth written applications and personal interviews for adolescents. Background checks probably won’t reveal anything on these applicants.
Do not make exceptions for people you know or have worked with in the past
Let applicants know your organization is serious about protecting youth, and let them know about your policies and procedures. This might deter some at-risk individuals from applying.
Ask applicants if they have any issues with any of your organization’s policies and procedures

For more information on the policies and training that can help to prevent abuse, click here.

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Cordelia Anderson is the founding president of the National Coalition to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation.

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From Roque Burio Jr. the lemon who can dance but can also sing. Here is the repetition of my song on the latest move of LAUSD to continue the false accusations and false charges they brought against me in that secret joint project of LAUSD and UTLA against us old and veteran teachers where the LAUSD spent about thirty five million dollars against the seven of us old and veteran teachers. The LAUSD was claiming at that time that it lacked sufficient money for students and teachers—that it had financial difficulties, and yet it spent half a million (500,000 dollars to force me to resign through duress, intimidations and innumerable false accusations and false charges. The LAUSD has sent me the said letter on or about March 31, 2012 informing that it is forwarding the relevant information to the California Teachers Credentialing Commission that I resigned or was separated from the said district on March 2, 2009. Oh boy, the LAUSD including Cortines, Deasy, and most of all Holmquist took more than three years to finally inform the commission—they really kept so tightly their secret of falsely persecuting me and those other teachers; Or perhaps, Holmquist, has terribly lost his self respect as he will always remember our phone conversation and his gentleman’s challenge against me that he really wanted to see me with his bunch of lawyers in the court of Law to prove once and for all that the his mother LAUSD was right and correct in all of its accusations, charges and procedures against me. This is my response to you Holmquist: I am not scared of you and of your bunch of lawyers. Although I do not have the money or good car to travel to Sacramento, I will see you there alone without any lawyers. Bring all of your lawyers including that very attractive, smart, young and beautiful private lawyer of the best law firm in LA whom you hired to scare me while someone added street drug into my soda and food. I assure you that I will be very careful with my

Roque Burio, Jr.
June 18, 2012