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POLICIES AND PROCEDURES REGARDING CHILD ABUSE AND HARASSMENT

Table of Contents
  • I. CHILD ABUSE POLICY AND PROCEDURES
    • A. INTRODUCTION
    • B. REPORTING CHILD ABUSE - THE REPORTING LAW
    • C. DEFINITIONS
    • D. MAKING A REPORT
    • E. DETECTION OF CHILD ABUSE
    • F. WHO TO CALL
    • G. INTERVIEWING A VICTIM AT SCHOOL WHEN THE MATTER PERTAINS TO CHILD ABUSE WITHIN THE CHILD'S HOME
    • H. EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
    • I. PREVENTION AND PREPARATION
    • J. WHAT TO DO WHEN ABUSE OR NEGLECT IS SUSPECTED
    • K. RESOURCES
    • L. INDEPENDENT FACT FINDING COMMITTEE
    • M. A FINAL NOTE
  • II STUDENT-TO-STUDENT HARASSMENT POLICY AND PROCEDURES
    • I. STUDENT-TO STUDENT HARASSMENT
      • A. INTRODUCTION
      • B. HARASSMENT IN GENERAL
      • C. SEXUAL HARASSMENT
      • D. DISCIPLINARY ACTION
      • E. STUDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY
      • F. ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSIBILITY
    • II. STUDENT HARASSMENT ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
      • A. DISSEMINATION OF POLICY
      • B. COMPLAINT PROCEDURE
    • III. GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS DESIGNATED TO INVESTIGATE STUDENT HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS
      • A. FIRST RESPONS
      • B. GENERAL INVESTIGATION GUIDELINES
      • C. INTERVIEWING COMPLAINANT
      • D.INTERVIEWING ALLEGED HARASSER
      • E. INTERVIEWING WITNESSES
      • F.RESOLVING THE COMPLAINTS
  • YOUTH/ADOLESCENT HARASSMENT POLICY AND PROCEDURES
    • I. YOUTH/ADOLESCENT HARASSMENT
      • A. INTRODUCTION
      • B. HARASSMENT IN GENERAL
      • C. SEXUAL HARASSMENT
      • D. DISCIPLINARY ACTION
      • E. YOUTH/ADOLESCENT'S RESPONSIBILITY
      • F. ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSIBILITY
    • II. YOUTH/ADOLESCENT HARASSMENT ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
      • A. DISSEMINATION OF POLICY
      • B. COMPLAINT PROCEDURE
    • III. GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR PROGRAM DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS DESIGNATED TO INVESTIGATE HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS
      • A. FIRST RESPONSE
      • B. GENERAL INVESTIGATION GUIDELINES
      • C. INTERVIEWING COMPLAINANT
      • D. INTERVIEWING ALLEGED HARASSER
      • E. INTERVIEWING WITNESSES
      • F. RESOLVING THE COMPLAINTS
    • IV. WORKPLACE HARASSMENT POLICY AND PROCEDURES
      • A. PURPOSE
      • B. THE ARCHDIOCESE'S COMPLAINT PROCEDURE
      • C. PROTECTION AGAINST RETALIATION
      • D. LIABILITY FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT
      • E. ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION
      • F. HARASSMENT OF THIRD PARTIES
      • G. A FINAL NOTE
    • V. ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I. CHILD ABUSE POLICY AND PROCEDURES #

A. INTRODUCTION #

The terms “childhood” and “innocence” are synonymous in nature. That is why the pain runs so deep for all those of good will when we learn that the innocence of a child has been harmed, and in some cases destroyed, by the experience of childhood abuse. In the Gospel, Jesus says