Invitation to interactive session -Safe Schools: Supporting schools address child sexual abuse
Protecting children is no longer an option – it is a responsibility vested in each one of us. And schools are at the front line of child protection w ith a large part of the truly "awake" time of a child's waking hours being spent at school. N eedless to state the school and the community of educators are one of the most significant aspects of a child's world and we also know that educators care for their students and their welfare and safety at all times. A school’s integrity and worth is not based on whether cases of sexual violence happen to children on its rolls. Instead it is based on the acceptance of the possibilities of occurrence and preemptive steps taken to both safeguard and respond in a timely and appropriate way to ensure that its children may benefit from its caring and foresight to truly have the right to be safe all the time, everywhere. Besides being legally liable, schools have an ethical