YPT Reporting Procedures 4

Question 1

An adult volunteer reports that another volunteer showed youth participants explicit images on a phone. This allegation should be treated as:

Accepted Answer

A potential crime requiring immediate reporting to authorities

Answer

Showing explicit images to minors is a crime and must be reported to law enforcement immediately.

Question 2

You overhear a youth telling a peer about abuse at home. Though the youth did not tell you directly, you should:

Accepted Answer

Report the suspected abuse based on what you overheard

Answer

Reasonable suspicion from any source, including overheard conversations, triggers the obligation to report.

Question 3

After reporting suspected abuse to your organization's leadership, you later learn no report was made to authorities. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Make the report to authorities yourself

Answer

If internal reporting fails to result in proper action, you retain your individual obligation to report to authorities.

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of peer-on-peer abuse that should be reported under YPT?

Accepted Answer

An older youth coercing a younger youth into sexual activity

Answer

Sexual abuse can occur between youth, and coercive sexual behavior by one youth toward another must be reported.

Question 5

What information should you NOT share with other volunteers when reporting a suspected abuse case?

Accepted Answer

Specific details of the youth's disclosure or identifying information

Answer

Details of the disclosure and identifying information are confidential and should not be shared beyond those who need to know.

(YPT) Youth Protection Training Practice Test