Child Abuse Reporting, Recognition & Training
We take this very seriously. Troop 2340 requires that all adults participating in an outing must have completed youth protection training (YPT) found on my.scouting.org. All Troop 2340 registered adults (Leaders, MB Counselors, and Committee Members) have also completed youth protection training as a part of their registration process and must maintain certification.
Reporting process is per SVMBC’s procedures found HERE.
How we implement YPT for Troop 2340:
- There is always a female registered adult leader at every activity, meeting, or outing.
- There is always a minimum of 2 registered adult leaders at every activity, meeting, and outing.
- 1:1 adult:youth isolated interaction is not permitted under any circumstances. If a youth meets 1:1 with an adult (such as in a scoutmaster conference), it is done in view of a minimum of one other registered adult and in the view of the troop.
- A parent must accompany their scout to all Merit Badge counselor meetings unless there is a 2nd registered adult present at the MB meeting.
- No 1:1 electronic communications should occur between youth and adults. There should always be a parent or 2nd registered adult cc’d on emails, slack messages, texts, etc.