Monday, March 1, 2010

06 - 23/02/10 - Part 2 - Child Protection

Why?

Legal Responsibility

Duty of Care

Appropriate Load/Fequency

Participation/Retention

Health and Wellbeing

Injury prevention

appropriate sports and social development

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Responsibility
strategy and standards
identify and respond to threats
share knowledge and skills with others
safeguard oneself

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Definition of abuse (on slide)

Physical, sexual, emotional, neglect, verbal
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inappropriate training
fabrication/deliberate inducement of injury
(Munchausen by Proxy)
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Sport OR Abuse - some dangers

No coercion

Pushy parents!!

innapropriate age grouping

trips/tours away

touching - dealing with injury

overnight stays

photography

Obligations

Code of conduct, NGB Ruls

vigilance - sensitivity - report concerns - don't to anything alone

Reference - NSPCC web site (Child Protection in Sport Unit)

Example - Shanghai China Circus videos on you tube (have been removed from the web site)

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