Assini-Meytin Luciana C, Muempfer Ericka, DeSilva Abigail, Tasharski Laurie, Mathews Ben, Kaufman Keith L, Letourneau Elizabeth J, Palmer Donald
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Mental Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.
SCAN of Northern Virginia, Alexandria, VA, United States of America.
Child Abuse Negl. 2025 May;163:107340. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107340. Epub 2025 Mar 2.
Large organizations for recreation and culture in the U.S. have engaged in several best practices recommendations to keep children safe from sexual abuse. Informed by a deep characterization of such practices, in 2020, a group of researchers published a Leadership Desk Guide encouraging organizational leaders and staff to consider aligning their policies and practices under eight logical and overarching child-safe principles. The feasibility and applicability of such principles within K-12 school settings remained unknown.
To qualitatively assess the feasibility of applying the Leadership Desk Guide framework to prevent child sexual abuse (CSA) in K-12 school settings, and identify areas for enhancement.
We obtained information from key stakeholders, including district- and school-level administrators (N = 15) and teachers (N = 20) via online interviews and focus groups.
Participants were exposed to an overview of the eight Leadership Desk Guide principles and asked about implementation barriers and facilitators. Thematic analysis of responses elicited areas of consensus and salient topics for further consideration.
Results indicated consensus among administrators and teachers regarding the necessity and adaptability of the child safety principles from the Leadership Desk Guide to K-12 settings. Implementation considerations included teachers' work demands, the inclusion of substitute teachers and volunteers in training, and the incompatibility of some recommendations (e.g., increasing direct line of sight) with contemporary challenges (e.g., school shootings).
Findings can help organizations identify and overcome barriers and increase the adoption of child safety strategies to prevent CSA and related boundary-violating behaviors by educators in K-12 schools.
美国大型娱乐文化组织已采取多项最佳实践建议，以保护儿童免受性虐待。基于对这些实践的深入了解，2020年，一组研究人员发布了一份《领导案头指南》，鼓励组织领导和工作人员考虑根据八项合乎逻辑且总体性的儿童安全原则调整其政策和实践。这些原则在K-12学校环境中的可行性和适用性尚不清楚。
定性评估在K-12学校环境中应用《领导案头指南》框架预防儿童性虐待（CSA）的可行性，并确定需要改进的领域。
我们通过在线访谈和焦点小组从关键利益相关者那里获取信息，包括学区和学校层面的管理人员（N = 15）和教师（N = 20）。
向参与者介绍了《领导案头指南》的八项原则概述，并询问了实施障碍和促进因素。对回答进行主题分析，得出共识领域和值得进一步考虑的突出主题。
结果表明，管理人员和教师在《领导案头指南》中的儿童安全原则对K-12环境的必要性和适应性方面达成了共识。实施方面的考虑因素包括教师的工作要求、培训中纳入代课教师和志愿者，以及一些建议（如增加直接视线）与当代挑战（如校园枪击案）的不兼容性。
研究结果可帮助组织识别和克服障碍，增加儿童安全策略的采用，以预防K-12学校教育工作者实施的CSA及相关违反边界的行为。
