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您与之合作的大多数工作人员都非常努力工作和爱儿童。可能很难想象有意伤害孩子的任何人。不幸的是，它发生在托儿和其他青年服务组织中。您的计划有助于保护人员和保护儿童的政策。本课程将有助于为您的工作人员提供教学，模型和遵守这些政策。

The Department of Defense makes every effort to ensure the safety and well-being of children involved in DoD facilities, such as schools and child development centers, or DoD-sponsored activities, such as youth sports or recreation programs. This includes conducting thorough background checks and training all staff and volunteers involved with these facilities and programs.

Facility Operations

您的建筑设计并配备，以防止儿童虐待机会。您需要帮助员工了解保护儿童和员工的设施的功能。婴儿和幼儿虐待报告的婴儿和幼儿和学龄儿童课程包含万博体育全站app有关保留儿童和员工免于滥用指控的设施特征的信息。（它们也可以提供这条赛道，儿童虐待：预防，第五课。）如果您不熟悉旨在防止滥用的设施的功能，我们鼓励您查看直接护理课程并观看题为的视频“Facilities that Protect Children from Harm。”

Your program also has policies and procedures in place to prevent child abuse and neglect. You will need to work with management to teach staff members about these policies and procedures. Here is an overview of what staff will need to know:

招聘和人员配置程序

All staff members are carefully screened before hiring. Background checks are conducted and records are maintained.米尔A staff member who has been accused of child abuse or neglect in the program will be reassigned to a position without contact with children while the case is investigated. Records will be maintained, so individuals with a record of committing child abuse or neglect are not re-hired at different facilities or installations.

最大组大小和问责制

Your program follows standards for high-quality early care and education settings. Small group sizes and adequate adult supervision (with at least two staff members supervising children at all times) minimizes the risk of child abuse and neglect. As a T&C, you should already be familiar with maximum group sizes and ratios for your program. You will learn more about enforcing adult-child ratios and maximum group size in the Safety course. For now, understand that maximum group sizes, safe ratios, and adequate supervision minimize the risk of institutional child abuse and neglect.

指导和纪律政策

您的计划经理已奏效米尔closely with the Family Advocacy Program开发指导和纪律政策,represents best practices in the field. In the Explore section of the direct care lessons, staff members are asked to work with their manager to get a copy of the Guidance and Discipline policy for your program. You might be involved in helping staff members read and understand the policy. This policy statement describes acceptable and unacceptable forms of guidance and discipline in your program. You might be responsible for ensuring staff members receive and understand the policy. You will be responsible for making sure staff members follow the policy at all times, so make sure you are very familiar with the policy yourself.

确保工作人员认识并遵循指导和纪律政策。您的政策可能包括指导方针：

可接受的指导和纪律做法

不可接受的指导和纪律做法

Recognizing, reinforcing, and encouraging appropriate behavior (“You helped your friend pick up the toys. Thank you.”) Redirecting a child to an alternate behavior (“It’s not safe to jump here, but you can jump on the carpet. Let’s turn on music.”) Providing a nurturing and supervised environment for a child to calm down (“Let’s take a deep breath and sit down for a minute.” 用肩膀或手轻轻地指导孩子。（“我要帮助你走到门口。”）

Corporal punishment (spanking, paddling, whipping, hitting, etc.) Belittling or shaming Isolation in a locked room, closet, box, etc. Withholding food, water, or physical activity

确保您与员工沟通有关触摸儿童或青年的界限。触摸是培养成人和儿童关系的重要组成部分。但是，当使用不恰当时，它可能是有害的。确保工作人员了解并遵循以下准则：

触摸没关系

Touch that is not OK

Reassuring touch: Pat on the shoulder or upper back, tousling hair, holding the hand of a young child, gently rubbing the upper back to calm a child 如果孩子舒适或启动，轻轻地拥抱 Holding the hand of a child for safety or reassurance (i.e., as you cross the street) Moving a child’s fingers to help him hold a musical instrument or play a sport Helping a child stand up who has fallen on the playground Tending to an injured child’s wound

拍摄臀部或任何触摸儿童的生殖器或“私人部分”（包括抚摸和猥亵） Hugs that are romantic, intimate, or forced upon the child 迫使再见吻 Corporal punishment 拍打，醒目或捏 长时间发痒 Any behavior that is romantic, intimate, or flirtatious: holding hands romantically, sitting on laps, cuddling on furniture, lifting or carrying youth as part of roughhousing, etc. Touching any child or youth who does not want touched Any touch that satisfies the adult’s needs at the expense of the child

儿童责任与监督：入学和释放

Your program has standard operating procedures for the admission and release of children. Learn about your program’s policies related to releasing children. Children should only be released to:

• 父母或法律监护人
• 个人父母或法律监护人授权书面授权
• 在紧急情况下，合法授权的个人，如紧急医疗响应者，警察或儿童福利工作者

Individuals who arrive to pick up a child should be asked for photo identification before proceeding to the child’s classroom.

开门政策

Parents and families should have access to all parts of the building while their child is in the program’s care. This does not mean strangers can roam the building. Rather, programs must provide controlled access (sign-in, secure entrances). Providing an open door to families makes the program more family-friendly, encourages partnerships between families and staff, and makes the program’s operations more transparent. There should be no “secret” spaces.

实地旅行程序

The risk of injury increases when children leave the facility. Your program has specific procedures for keeping children safe on field trips. You will need to make sure staff know and follow these procedures every time they leave the facility. You will learn more about keeping children safe on field trips in the Safety course. Make sure staff know the importance of:

• Obtaining your manager’s approval for trips.
• 获得父母和监护人的签署许可。
• Recruiting volunteers as needed.
• Preparing for emergencies: emergency contacts, first aid kit, and signed permission slips are taken on the trip.
• Maintaining a list of adult volunteers and staff members on the trip. Assign adults to specific supervision roles and make sure ratios are maintained by staff members.
• Providing a “visual identity” for your group: identical t-shirts, bandanas, or hats. Do not put names on shirts or badges. These can be used by strangers to lure children into dangerous situations.
• 在旅途前和在旅途中审查安全规则。安全规则应包括防止滥用和忽视的政策，例如：

Model

• Enforce your program’s Guidance and Touch policy. Make sure staff members understand it. If you see a staff member violate the policy, act immediately. Ignoring violations sends the message that these behaviors are OK. Talk with the staff member and help him or her reflect on appropriate guidance strategies. Spend time in the classroom or program modeling for the staff member. Follow-through to make sure the staff member uses appropriate strategies consistently.
• Communicate the value of facility security features like closed-circuit television, vision panels, fencing, and security check-in procedures. Do not allow staff members to block cameras, cover vision panels, or in any other way diminish the value of these features. Help staff know that these features of the facility protect them as much as they protect children.
• 观察儿童在计划中滥用虐待或忽视的迹象。当您有疑虑时，提出报告PUBLICto your manager米尔to FAP (or your Reporting Point of Contact (RPOC) in Army programs) following your Service and installation policy。They will investigate.

观察

Recognizing Child Abuse and Neglect in Center Settings

照顾孩子可能是一个压力的工作。在不适当的护理措施和虐待儿童之间可以有一条罚款。有疑问，与您的经理或FAP交谈。在防止子环境中虐待的课程中，您将更多地了解积极的指导策略。有时候，护理措施将线路划分为虐待甚至虐待。您将在下一课程中了解更多信息。本课程侧重于虐待儿童滥用或忽视中心设置的情况。如果您看到任何这些迹象或行为的模式，您可能怀疑虐待儿童或忽视您的环境，并将提出报告：

当您有疑虑时，提出报告米尔遵循服务指南to your reporting point of contact (RPOC) and manager. They will investigate.

Ensuring Staff Adhere to Program Policies and Procedures

You will learn much more about how to help staff promote child development and use appropriate guidance strategies in other Virtual Lab School courses, such asChild Abuse: PreventionandPositive Guidance。目前，专注于观察和提供有关员工遵守本课程所阅读的其他政策和程序的反馈。反思以下情景，并确保您在程序中促进一致性。

虽然我们永远不能100％肯定会始终是安全的，但在本课程中概述的程序和实践以及您刚刚完成的课程中，仍然是保护儿童免受儿童虐待和忽视的良好第一步。