1. LIFELINE LEADER MEETING

2. SUMMER MISSIONS

3. PROTECTING OUR STUDENTS

4. SCENARIO 1 There is a student in your group who shows up one week with bruises on their face. You ask them about it, and they say that they tripped and fell. What do you do?

5. SCENARIO 2 You have a student in your group who normally has a very vibrant personality, but over the last couple weeks they seem withdrawn, quiet, and seem to be losing weight. You ask them about it but they just say they are tired. What do you do?

6. SCENARIO 3 You have a student in your group who shows up to LifeLine. During small group time, you notice bruises on a part of their body that doesn't seem like a normal "bruise area". In front of the whole group they announce that a friend hit them with a baseball bat. What do you do?

7. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?

8. WHAT IS CHILD ABUSE? Harm or threatened harm to a child's health or welfare that occurs through non-accidental physical or mental injury, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, or maltreatment"… by the person responsible for the child's care.

9. WHAT IS CHILD NEGLECT? The Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter or medical care.

10. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

11. ALWAYS BELIEVE THE CHILD

12. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? ALWAYS BELIEVE THE CHILD DO NOT OVERREACT/REDUCE ANXIETY

13. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? ALWAYS BELIEVE THE CHILD DO NOT OVERREACT/REDUCE ANXIETY SHUT DOWN DURING SMALL GROUP TIME

14. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? ALWAYS BELIEVE THE CHILD DO NOT OVERREACT/REDUCE ANXIETY SHUT DOWN DURING SMALL GROUP TIME ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS/NOT LEADING QUESTIONS

15. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? ALWAYS BELIEVE THE CHILD DO NOT OVERREACT/REDUCE ANXIETY SHUT DOWN DURING SMALL GROUP TIME ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS/NOT LEADING QUESTIONS DOCUMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

16. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? ALWAYS BELIEVE THE CHILD DO NOT OVERREACT/REDUCE ANXIETY SHUT DOWN DURING SMALL GROUP TIME ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS/NOT LEADING QUESTIONS DOCUMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TAKE A PICTURE

17. WHAT’S MOST IMPORTANT

18. ALWAYS TELL A LIFELINE STAFF

19. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU TELL US?

20. LET’S BE CLEAR CPS WILL NOT GO IN WITH GUNS BLAZING ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO BLAME IT ON US

21. QUESTIONS