Early Impressions of Scouting America’s New Safeguarding Youth Training

Safeguarding Update: Discussing Distressing News Events With Children

Last Updated on 29th May 2025 Read Time: 3.9 Minutes29th May 2025Share this with your friends, family, and colleaguesNews travels fast in the digital age and social media can accelerate the spreading of details and commentary which can often be biased, unreliable or even harmful. When world events happen that involve violence or other harms, it is impossible to control the news that children and young people are exposed to. Such events can be pa…

Early impressions of Scouting America’s new Safeguarding Youth training

YPT is now SYT: Safeguarding Youth training. Scouting America’s most important training has been updated with an entirely new look and feel, including a greater emphasis on the organization’s SAFE initiative, updated information on technology and the threat to youth online, and the use of real volunteers in real Scouting environments. The training previously known as Youth Protection is now called Safeguarding Youth and is available immediately …