Youth Protection

Youth Protection Training

 

The Boy Scouts of America is dedicated to the principle of protecting youth from harm.  For this reason, all registered adult volunteers, no matter what their position entails, must complete Youth Protection training before they can be registered.

 

The training can be taken online through My.Scouting.

Here is a walkthrough of how to complete it.

 

The Boy Scouts of America’s Youth Protection Training works by creating a number of barriers to abuse. Including:

 

The BSA is always reevaluating and reassessing its policies to ensure the safest youth program and the best training are offered. Over the past two years, the Boy Scouts of America has worked with experts in the field of child abuse, child sexual abuse and maltreatment to develop new training and resources that will further strengthen our ability to protect youth. These changes include: