Einstein was right about rising sexual abuse
If insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result, why, with rising sexual abuse, are most youth-serving organizations still only using…
The Importance of Aligning Sexual Abuse Protection with an Organization’s Culture
An organization’s culture determines how people behave in the organization, and how people behave in youth-serving organizations determines how safe children are from sexual abuse. …
Sexual Abuse List Management isn’t Risk Management Best Practice
We are often asked: “Please can you give me a list of the top ten controls I can implement that will prevent sexual abuse in…
Who’d Manage Sexual Abuse Risk for a National Governing Body?
Sexual abuse is difficult for any organization to prevent, is rising, and the consequences of failing to prevent sexual abuse are significant and growing. But…
Safe environments don’t keep children safe from sexual abuse
The approach most organizations (95%) use to protect children and vulnerable adults from sexual abuse is known as the safe environment approach. “Safe environment” is,…
Ten ways to get the broadest sexual abuse insurance coverage for the lowest premium
There are many reasons why, over the last three years, sexual abuse insurance has become far harder to obtain, costs much more, and covers much…
10 reasons we aren’t better at preventing sexual abuse
If you ask a room full of people if they agree we should be doing everything possible to protect children and vulnerable adults from sexual…
Effective sexual abuse prevention requires a systematic approach
In the 15 years I have worked with youth-serving organizations, I have seen many examples of sexual abuse. In almost every case, the organization followed…
Sexual abuse protection must be comprehensive
Most youth-serving organizations must implement controls to prevent the sexual abuse of children and vulnerable adults. We talk about the need for comprehensive sexual abuse…
Sexual abuse criminal background check best practices
Criminal background checks were adopted by youth-serving organizations to prevent known pedophiles from being able to work with children or vulnerable adults. As a result,…