FBCC Child Safety 2024Final

dechoker device today and show you how to use this device in a choking emergency let's first talk about the device itself and I'll point out some of the parts of this device the application tube this is really like a tongue depressor The Mask which creates a seal and then the plunger which pulls air through the tubing to try to withdraw the obstruction and of course the uh exhaust valve so that you can actually push air back out through this instead of back into the patient's mouth if you simply take one of the de chokers and put your finger in the airway and pull back if you notice I can't pull back that's the kind of generation of pressure that you can get get with this thing this valve this oneway valve will actually push air out of the the tubing and not back into the mouth if I clamp the the oneway valve and I try to push on the plunger I can't do that if you notice I cannot push that through so that tells you that this one-way valve is actually going to when in the right position push air out of the valve you probably heard that how that pushed that out so let me demonstrate the the choker it's very simple device I think you're going to find it really easy easy to use well as you approach the choking victim of course make sure their mouth's open if they're conscious you ask them to open their mouth if they're not you're going to have to open it yourself and you're going to use the device like a tongue depressor and push down the tongue to insert that into the mouth The Mask needs to cover both the mouth and the nose to get a good seal you push the head back tilt the chin up and after applying some firm pressure to get a good seal pull back on the device now you can check to see if you actually got the obstruction out if you didn't pushing the your through is going to go through the exhaust valve again you can go back in get a tight seal on both the mouth and nose pull back on the device

as you can see I got it out the first time and the obstruction is now in the device I'm excited about the dechoker because I think there's finally an alternative to the abdominal thrust the abdominal thrust always relied on the air in the lungs to be pushed against the obstruction to force it out the dechoker works on the opposite side to suck the actual obstruction out of the trachea I think this is going to save a lot of lives oh wait so Thomas just told me they're right now in the toddler room is where they're located so I mean pretty simple you can push down on if it's in the kid's mouth and it's going to blow the air out so you're not pushing anything back obviously he says not to do it but if you do it's okay um he didn't really touch on the seal method so when we've been somebody we use What's called the C EC method so if you take your fingers and you put three fingers on the jaw you make an e and then the C around the mask you make a c so preferably if you get two people doing that you get two EC's going on and it seals it and then one person to pull would be easiest but if you're by yourself you can just do it one-handed and it sounds like it'll work pretty well so that's the that's the way that we get seals for when we're ventilating people so that's all I have on that any questions go ahead so the question is there any chance of collapsing along the one we bought is for toddlers infants and toddlers yeah so there are larger ones that would be for older kids yeah so I don't think so the only way to really when you deal with most people that collapse along it's because they force too much air in so like when we're ventilating patients we have to watch which size of bag we use we've actually decreased our bag sizing because it's blown in and basically blows the side of

the lung out but sucking against it I don't think so and you're going to have air Escape when you you're not going to get that seal perfectly and to do it one time I don't I just don't see it so and you also have the object in the way so it's not like you're you're getting all that Force down into the chest cavity oh yeah they're probably going to cough a lot after you do it though so lots of coughing which is okay so we I always I mean when I get on scene the first thing I see if I see a kid awake and screaming I'm always happy cuz at least they're awaken screaming so if they're unconscious that's when I start getting really nervous good question any other questions okay um so the other two things I'm going to talk about is our AED locations are in this hallway here um by the admin office and also on the Weare side um they have they're approved for um child and adult um short answer you open it up and it gives you step-by-step instructions pads are already in there they're already ready to go so it will tell you how to do that um and the last thing I'm going to do um this is a class we put on for free at Mercy it's a stop the bleed class it's normally an hour and a half we're going to do it in two minutes so we're going to hit the big pieces but the security team is wanting to put gauze and tourniquets um available and throughout the building um we're going to be replacing aeds next year because they're hitting end of life and the new ones won't fit in the old boxes so we'll have those boxes so we'll be able to put more de chokers and get more throughout the building um but there's cheap ways of doing that obviously the budget is the biggest issue right now so I'm going to grab the two things I need and then I'll show it really quick and then that'll be it for

me e all right so this is our little guy here um he's going to be our our bleeding victim um it's set up as a stabbing and gunshot victim but let's not hope for that so the short answer is going to be when you've got bleeding you want to get the clothing out of the way see the bleeding and find your gauze and put pressure and hold it um if it bleeds through the GL gauze you want to add more gauze you don't want to take it off because you pull that clot out of the way and you continue to to bleed so just hold it and then call for help is what the class teaches um obviously we got kids so it'll just kind of depend on at what point you do that um the other one is is the cat tourniquet um this is carried by military and most law enforcement agencies um it can go over clothing just not bulky items in your pocket but um we we always say high and tight for arms so up here in the bicep area and then on the legs you want to do it in your thigh area um you can use more than one if you need to but the short an rer is going to put it on and turn it until the bleeding stops so with this one you're just going to put the strap on get it tight um and you're just going to twist this Rod until the bleeding stops and then lock it in the time piece is on here it really doesn't matter um there's been no significant life loss or limb loss with a tourniquet um we did a lot of studies in the war in Iraq and they showed us that so that's that device um and the other one is we use this on the ambulance and I'm going to recommend it for here because these are about $30 and these are five so just a little bit cheaper we can get more throughout the building um but it's called a SWAT te and how it works is it's a band so you see on here it's got diamonds and we want to make them Squares so you're just going to put it on and start wrapping it until they become

squares and that's it so but yep that's it you're just making Diamond squares and tightening it up um this is it works very well um we do not have these two devices yet they're not budgeted for this year this would be a next year thing if we have the if they have the money available that the security team wants to do I just saw the group of people here and thought we would do the education on it so you guys have it if you see it in the future that's what it is um but that's where we're at any questions over any of the stuff that I can answer yes sir correct yes so limb so the tourniquet high on the limb and as tight as possible to stop the bleeding yes that is what we're that is the goal thank you Andrew so Andrew helped me teach a stop the bleed class in the high school last year he got to help out with the active shooter training so we we spent a day going over all this stuff any other questions go ahead so the midsection is these are only approved for limbs so the midsection is go to the hospital very quickly so that's the you need a surgeon you don't need so it would be the direct pressure we would use that that direct pressure and then yep so if you've got bleeding in your trunk or on your neck you can't put a tourniquet around somebody's neck unfortunately in some cases so so we would definitely do uh direct pressure and then these are cases where they're most likely getting helicopter rides to either Columbia or Springfield or we're going to drive as fast as we can they need blood products until they can get surgery so it's a pretty significant good question any other questions all right well thank you thank you guys for your time have a great day all right good let's get back into

it um parents if we could remind children maybe not to do uh balce the balls um playing back there would be great just bouncing the balls is a little bit loud but um all right all right why do we need all right thanks Joey why do we believe that we need to protect children there's a lot of ways you can come at this I kind of just pick two because the kind of like Jesus kind of gives us uh you know two two points of view on this the first one is you don't want a millstone tied around your neck right you don't want that there's a judgment piece to it we protect children because uh Christ says that uh it's very important to him uh that that the children come to him that we do not hinder them because they are innocent they are vulnerable and uh their innocence allows them to believe uh basically anything we tell them that's a high calling and that's a huge responsibility so there's a judgment aspect to this the other one is the positive Jesus says suffer little children uh and forbid them not to come unto me for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven uh they're precious uh we want to be a part of what God is doing in bringing uh the Nations and in bringing people to himself and uh children are uh a a massive Mission field so all right let's go through a core beliefs a lot of this is uh stuff that I got from Heather so I'm very thankful for for the uh work that she has already put into this we want to promote healthy relationships um many of the children attending aana and VBS have never had a good example of a healthy relationship between adults and children we have that opportunity to share with them what it looks like to Love Like Jesus wants us to and uh uh that you know having adult and child relationships is a positive thing uh that they get an opportunity to

look up to someone older and mature and wise and uh and have a good idea of uh what the Christian life is like who Jesus is like you I think of uh good Fathers you know uh looking at a good father is is as a small uh version of looking at our heavenly father and so we we want to promote those types of relationships um uh because they're they're extremely effective you know Paul says imitate me right uh and he was the greatest of the Apostles protecting is our responsibility uh it's everyone's responsibility no matter if you're working with children or just watching from afar um we uh we all have a responsibility to use our discernment and our eyes and our ears to uh in in our Capac and in with in our capacities to protect uh our children and I think we'll get into a little this a little bit more later on uh preventing and responding to abuse um this requires training and accountability uh not it's not like uh we don't all necessarily know how we should handle situations that come up um I had to go to uh Susie is Susie here oh hey Susie I had to go and talk to her the other day like hey what would you do in this situation and uh what a great resource to have someone like Susie who's been working with uh you know children from all sorts of homes and has had all sorts of uh experience um and and she learned a lot of that on the fly from training from just whatever the Lord and uh it's not something that we're all just we all just know you know we we we do need training and uh we need others to to rely on as well okay key commitments we're just going to go through these we're not going to talk about them um too much Zero Tolerance uh what that means is we're we're not going to tolerate uh patterns of uh Stepping Over The Line okay uh we're going to report to the authorities when we see something that

fits that category um oh I I guess one thing about reporting to authorities um uh there's some situations where you report to uh myself or the pastor of this church and then there's some cases you need to go straight to the uh the civil magistrate you need to go right to them because they have been given the Sword of Justice and that is outside of our grition and actually uh a big reason why churches get in hot water is because they try to deal with that in-house and that uh it basically results in coverups and that's not what we want to do uh no one volunteers who is convicted or confessed to abusing a child um if accused you're suspended from serving children um accusation does not mean conviction so we uh we just want to distance ourselves from the accusation to allow time for uh the authorities to um figure out what's going on right uh if you don't abide by policies you're not allowed to work with children or youth all right managing risks risks to the safety of the children um each of us uh has a sin nature uh and we are Redeemed by having the Holy Spirit living within us but it is our responsibility to manage the risks involved in working with other people um risks to the reputation of volunteers and staff and risks to the reputation Ministry of church okay we're my notes Here don't cover each of these individually so uh risk to the children is obvious but perhaps uh you didn't know that the greatest risk to children in church settings is older children and youth um I was shocked when I heard that uh that the greatest risk to Children is other children so we're going to get into like

uh uh you know isolation and and discipline and those kinds of things and uh keep in mind uh this point of other children uh harming other children okay so it's not only do we want to have uh adults uh not being isolated with children we don't want to have children really being isolated with each other as well um it's a little bit different when it's you know our own closed events with our own people um there tends to be a little bit more of a gray area but when we're doing something like VBS and we're getting kids that we don't even know who they are this is going to be really important all right I'm going to skip this part okay three ways to reduce risk first is reduce isolation uh we address this in our Cote conduct document by restricting one toone situations and having two adults with each group um most of you already know this we do this in our uh in our Sunday school Ministries in our aana Ministries we try and have two adults all the time um and you can even have one adult and one youth worker um but uh then there's restrictions on what the youth can do and uh like youth cannot change diers and those kinds of things but uh we the big thing is we do not want just one person with a whole group of kids you know for for uh various reasons uh we want to Balance power and control uh teachers require an imbalance of power and control in order to keep the classroom functioning uh when this becomes a risk is when power is out of balance and adults don't keep to the code of conduct uh a good example would be you're losing control of your classroom and you uh resort to giving out threats okay uh threats uh that you have no intention of following through on um or you even would uh sometimes even the threats can be intended to cause strike a little bit of fear into the child uh because that child uh

doesn't know how to respect you or whatever it's an easy Temptation and it's not hard to get there right we uh we've probably all done it honestly and uh and it's something that we need to repent of uh and it's it's just something we need to be aware of and and and and constantly be asking the Lord for patience right so uh uh keep that in mind also another example would be isolating yourself with a child in order to deal with a behavior issue uh sometimes this needs to happen right you need to pull the child out of the class and have you know get on their level have a conversation with them um but we have cameras in our hallways so that is a great place to do that the camera is that second person okay the camera is that third person um so make sure if you have to to to talk to a child and and give some instruction and some discipline like and by discipline I mean like reminding them of our of our three strike Rule and reminding them of the consequences that that you already laid out for them okay um do that in an area where there is a camera where you are not on your own with the child and accountability we increase accountability by establishing boundaries and hold each other to those boundaries we can create a culture of accountability when we hold others accountable it's pretty basic um you know don't be uh the person who says we're going to hold accountability and then not accept any accountability on yourself lead by example you're all leaders in here because you're all working with children and uh you know we get a lot of new people in our church periodically who express interest in are wanting to help um so for us here who are established we're you know we're committed we're we're the ones who are Faith F coming to church we our children are here we're invested um let's let's

uh create a culture amongst ourselves so when new people do come in they they can see again it goes back to the the power of seeing an example they can see what we're all about and what we're doing and they and there will be they'll they should be intuitive enough to pick up on the fact that okay this is important and uh and and sometimes those those questions of uh what do I do in this situation they'll know because they'll see it so I thought I'd put this uh verse in here when talking about accountability but two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor if either of them falls down one can help the other up but pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up also if two lie down together they will keep warm but how can one keep warm alone the one may be overpowered two can defend themselves a court of three streng hands is not quickly broken um when we are a team unified team working together on this issue of child safety uh we will have a stronger Ministry and we will be stronger and more protected from um accusations and and and worse than an accusation is the misleading of a child all right let's talk about reporting this is where I may defer to the expert in the room experts actually we have a few people who really know what they're talking about okay mandated reporters mandated reporters by law is anyone caring for children if I have my uh understanding correct about this caring for children would be uh people who are in paid positions uh but also those who are volunteers under like a Ministry of myself so um when I when I read this it sounds like anyone who is like in Susie's position and her workers but because we are a Ministry it's me and then anyone who comes under uh the children's ministry as well so you then where I'm going with this this you are

all by definition mandated reporters okay uh go ahead and type that down I'm just kidding I put it on there because I had I have intentions of putting this online so you can just click on it but that's a great document that kind of tells you and lays out more of the uh um you know all the Nuance of of reporting and who should report when and where um so that's good so we are going to report to Civil Authorities when we witness or discover an Act of abuse um what do we mean by abuse go ahead yeah yeah yeah what AB physical abuse like uh would would uh would abuse be uh grabbing the kid by pinching him on the shoulder and dragging him along could that that be abuse in a situation like that would you report to the authorities or would you talk to me yeah this is what I mean by it's not always uh easy because our definitions you know we have different understandings of what abuse is um and this would have been a great time to actually go into abuse but I just thought of it now but um actually uh Heather or Susie would you guys like to talk about abuse and what that looks like I feel like to me abuse is whenever you see a child that has been hurt you know physically and they tell you that they have been hurt physically sometimes they tell you the truth that it was a parent did it and sometimes they lie and so that's not our job to determine that our job is just to call the 1 1800 number and say I have this child here's what this child does has said to me and I want to let you know that and that's our job our job is not to determine I is this really happening is it not happening that's the investigator's job and that's what they

do that's what they get paid to do they go into a home with a police officer usually and say Here's what's been said um we just need to find out if it's true or if it isn't true and the parent will say search my house you can see I'm a good parent or you can talk to whoever you want to and you can see or they'll become really nervous and then the police can take over and go from there but it's never our job to really determine if the abuse is real or not abuse or or if it's not real if you suspect abuse you should call that 1 1800 number do you have anything you want to say he no perfect thank you uh Susie that that takes a lot of weight off of our shoulders to make those decisions and and determine oh should I report well you know what I can call this- 1800 number something's not sitting sitting right with me and uh absolutely that's great thank you Susie disclosure Susie touched on this when a child tells you of abuse that they experienced and reasonable cause Okay um it does not require absolute proof okay so um if the child is told you something but you know and you can't see the marks uh you don't need to see them you can uh you can still uh believe the child and call that number um and it also means one or more signs of abuse are present so um and this was uh in there you can contact the senior pastor and complete our knowledge of suspected child abuse form so this is this is under suspected uh not there is okay so uh there is uh Cody then would call the number and uh there's you can just go through those channels because um there's a there's a hierarchy of authority here so uh and that form is in the back of your [Music]

handout and the re one of the reasons why you would talk to Cody uh or myself or or Susie is if you're really you just don't know what you should do and uh we would rather you talk to somebody than than than resort to I'm I'm scared I don't know what to do and then not do something um uh it's easy to be in that position if you really are unsure and and and kind of intimidated and scared like I and there's all kinds of thoughts going through your head sometimes the Temptation is ah is you know I don't I don't really want to do anything no no you got you come talk to somebody talking to somebody is better than not doing nothing one thing I always helpful is if you will um if you will still let the senior pastor know or if it's a weak Care Child let myself know so that we when we are contacted we're not blindsided by like oh yeah I had no clue that that had happened or that was going on you know if it's someone that um the pastor Cody if they contact him and say so I heard this happen in VBS or this teacher said this or what do you think and he knew nothing at all about it that's kind of a hard place to put him in and so I feel like it's really good to let a leader know when you do contact someone so that they can be aware of the steps that's going on to just kind of keeping them in the loop legally means a lot thank you um so I just wanted to share an experience that I had when we were in Texas um a student had told me that her father had abused her in inappropriate way and so when I told Cody and the staff everyone was like well that's actually kind of common knowledge so it's already been handled and I think we had only been there for six months to a year so I was still kind of being familiar with the area and I was like oh okay you know it's already taken care of but then a couple days

later I had the police come to my door and they said why didn't you report this to the authorities and I said well and I was under the understanding that it was already addressed and so I got a warning but it was an eyeopener that when somebody tells you something even if someone says it's already been taken care of it is really good to protect yourself to go ahead and report it to the authorities as well because if you don't then you're kind of a culprit for being a part of it so anyway well they said we could I had I think I just had Mal they like we could take you an arrest you for it but I guess under our circumstances and I had a lot of people that were witnesses to saying that it was common knowledge in the area they they gave me Grace on that yeah I think it was circumstantial but I mean it was also a pretty corrupt city too but I'm thankful that they were with add to that if I can add to that question yes a mandated reporter is criminally liable for not reporting it's okay so a lot of times depending on the abuse investigator that you get they don't take it real serious um children are taught to lie about things I mean that's really sad but they're taught to lie and so it's very hard for a um abuse investigator to get to the bottom of the truth sometime but if you report it and then there's four or five more reports that come along the way then they uh are more likely to look into it deeper and so even if someone says to you that's already been reported go ahead and report it again because as Austin says you you will be legally um you can be legally bound to that and um so go ahead and report it to again because I found that the more times things are reported they're more apt to take things

serious and sometimes the more times things are reported our Sheriff's Department is more apt to take things seriously too and uh h maybe not really overstep DFS but kind of encourage them roughly yeah and so yes the more reports that are made the better it is for the child I feel like sorry great okay let's get into boundary violations so uh when we are uh creating a as we're creating a culture of accountability in our ministry um you see someone who uh took a child out did nothing wrong but they did it in an area that uh didn't have that second eye or third um you know and you talk to them and you say hey you did this oh I'm sorry I I didn't realize okay that is a misjudgment or slipped their mind um if we see something like that we want to address it but if we see something like that we're not going to be like you're done get out of this ministry you're uh you're a terrible uh volunteer you're you know you're contributing to you know whatever throw all all kinds of accusations against them we're not looking looking for one time misjudgments or accidental violations we're looking for willful and repetitive boundary violations um because what does willful and repetitive uh behaviors speak to it speaks to it's it's in their heart it speaks to that there there is no um understanding um of of what's at stake there is no submission to Authority uh and so we uh we can't deal we can't have those folks um who are in that state uh participating in working with with our children so what could a boundary violation look like could look like an adult or volunteer uh student volunteer in an isolated area with a child um it could look like a volunteer

intim inating the child um intimidation um um is includes but is not limited to you know like raising your voice in a very direct and uh uh heart like you know um rude and fearful kind of way you're you're trying to intimidate there's a difference between raising your voice and being like hey getting their attention um that is that's okay but but uh you can tell the difference between someone who's just trying to get a child's attention versus someone trying to intimidate that child and strike fear into them um changing posture for the purpose of putting fear into the child right like like if like if you square up to the person you know I think of Andrew anyways uh just with what you do for work right you know you you you you want to like there's a way to get you'll put your feathers up you know and and really like o okay I need to back off um that is not what we do because we're trying to promote healthy relationships between adults and children um and threats that are outside of our three strike policy uh one thing I will say about our three strike policy we'll we we'll touch on that in in a bit um you uh you're not you should not throw out the threat of a of our of our three strike policy haphazardly if you are going to uh say hey this is an official verbal warning that's a good way to do it this is an official verbal warning next time uh you know you have to go out and see Mr Thomas or whoever's at the check-in desk okay uh and then you follow up on that it's it's not something that you would just throw out um because if we do that then it it means nothing to the child either right so another uh boundary violation um could be within the realm of joking uh so certain types of jokes that

are maybe sexual in nature um coming from an adult that's that's really alarming um and so you if you hear that or see that you really want to uh nip that in the butt and uh and zero tolerance right key commitment Zero Tolerance if an adult or student uh volunteer wants to give a child a hug and the hug seems uncomfortable even if it's in a visible area uh you know sometimes you're you're just trying to help the child or or calm them down or whatever and and naturally your your instinct is to especially as mothers to like okay come here but if you don't know that child the child is new and there's instant you know push back it's okay you can let the you don't have to try and oh I really need to calm him down this way um then you would just want to contact the parents and uh and bring them in do we have any uh other good examples from from our experienced folks on what a boundary violation could look like in your ministry I was talking with um someone on Wednesday night with like the the Toddlers and the infants um mostly the toddlers so when they U misbehave and we you know give them that warning what is the best way to I guess it wouldn't be discipline but um just show them I guess the right way if that makes sense yes we don't have check person for toddlers um Toddlers and Heather step in here any time uh uh one way I look at it with with my little children is they're they're very very young short tension spans you know redirect and if you need to uh set put them in time out short short and then bring them back in redirect short um if this is something that's going on the like I can't keep doing this let's say you got 15 new kids and you're just two of you go go get Mom

um um I think that's very much going to depend on a conversation and getting to know Mom and Dad for some parents they would appreciate that others would not so I would really make an effort at drop off and pickup to get to know Mom and Dad see how they want to handle that but that is really why we do keep contact numbers on the kids because at that young age we don't want coming to church to be a like we're not teaching them something they're not already learning at home so we want it to be an extension of home so it might mean calling Mom a little more often at the beginning until you get a good Rhythm down but definitely a lot of communication is helpful thank you okay appropriate touch okay touch should be open rather than secretive show care for the child rather than meet a need in the adult uh touch including hugs should never be forced uh be age and developmentally appropriate uh like for example uh where's CLM coming up sitting on your lap reading a book very appropriate for uh toddler in that situation uh always communicate unicate respect for the child and immediately cease If the child is in any way uncomfortable all right um oh I should say on that last one uh go to uh page two on the code of conduct page that is where you'll find a more in-depth um explanation and and procedure on what what what appropriate touch should look like all right our three-step procedure for discipline is an age appropriate warning then it's a timeout that's also age appropriate um there was a good a good example a few weeks ago there was a young man who uh he was in the prek room and uh our the

leaders there were like hey we've we've talked to him many times given him a lot of good warnings uh he he just needs to have a talk with with you outside and it was a great opportunity for me to get to know him and and talk to him and and kind of figure out what's going on and uh uh the Lord was was gracious that he he allowed me to to be able to speak to him in a way that he could understand and he went back in there and everything was great and it hasn't been any problems with him since so uh you know sometimes those are you know you don't ever want to have a child leave the classroom but sometimes it's it's appropriate because um it's not fair to other the other kids right it's not fair to them because they're now you're taking away opportunities to to teach and then if that doesn't work you can always call the parents for immediate pickup any questions on that I did want to say very loud I did want to say that uh for sometimes it's good to also see what's going on and what the needs of the child are could be they're hungry they're tired they are sitting next to someone who's agitating them or they're doing the agitating so sometimes it's worth looking into what's going on with the child and that's where those that time out kind of remove the child from that situation and gathering information on why is this this going on because sometimes it's a very simple solution here have a granola bar and we'll go back to class and have fun but also the first like the Step Zero would be to redirect so always we're trying to just and we can stay in that stage indefinitely as long as you can stay in that stage and your class can stay in that stage um but you you redirect as much as you can then we move to warning because you know I do teenagers that doesn't warning and timeout don't always

work so well so the first stage is really where we live until things get out of hand and some teachers will have more patience than others so pray for patience uh severe discipline if there's harm involved call the parents right ways yeah okay photos and videos um something I'm working on is getting uh photo consent forms or or photo consent options on all of our forms um just so that we can stay on top of that uh good thing for you to know if you're taking pictures of your kids right make sure you know they're appropriate and not yeah use your discretion there um and maybe we can even talk about like um contacting the parents before you send it to them like we we typically don't do a lot of putting our kids on the public form in Facebook we putting it on our children's ministry page and so uh even there though I think we should we should uh make sure that our kids are okay or parents are okay having their kids being put on there so um that's something that I haven't totally gotten around to doing yet so um in the meantime just uh be very wise uh for VBS uh that is on the form so although some of you I just put it on uh three days ago so there have been some registrations that did not get to answer that question but uh from here on out we will have that that information on there okay bathroom breakes not your bathroom break yet we're talking about bathroom breaks um Treat times of intervention with thoughtful care if possible same gender workers to help with crowd control and assistance inside the bathroom if it is needed the privacy of a bathroom usually can lead to kids uh mucking around uh

and this is really relevant for us right now right Austin we well it was this conversation we had about kids yes uh plugging uh sinks and causing uh bathrooms to get flooded um it's yeah it's it's a problem uh assistance with older children must be sensitively managed but as a rule it should be same gender generic rule workers wait in the hallway and if needed prop open the outer door for crowd control all of our restrooms with the exception of the handicapped toilet outside of the youth room are designed that the outer doors can be open while allowing privacy within the main bathroom for safety sake student workers should not assist in the bathroom areas or with diaper changes they can help with crowd control in the hallway but same guidelines on supervision apply to them as to the adults this is Nursery specific change diapers in designated areas don't leave children unattended on the changing tables and ideally it should be the women who change diapers Nursery bathroom doors need to stay open when assisting children in the toilet if your help is not uh if your help is not required but an older child uses the nursery bathroom the child May close the door for privacy uh I should probably mention this here um if you're in the nursery room like especially the todler room and you need to leave and there's one person in there uh I have talked to the security guys um and so that camera in the toddler room is that third person who can watch during those times I would love it if nursery workers could just you know uh Hey Nursery to security uh I got to go change a diaper I got to go to help in the bathroom can you keep your eye on the room you know it's prob it's good protocol it's good procedure it's probably a good habit to do um it's not one of those things because we haven't

been doing it if you forget over and over again oh you know you know so um we have that there to to help so just for your information all right and lastly never forget to pray okay uh and here's 1 John 5:14-15 and this is the confidence that we have toward him that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us and if we know that he hears Us in whatever we ask we know that we have the requests that we have asked for of him in accordance of his will we're we're we're we're Desiring to uh instruct these children in in the ways of the Lord and protect them that sounds like that's part of his will so let's pray um about that constantly um and uh and and leave it with you know do what we can with what we are able uh and and leave the rest with the Lord and and I'm sure Susie again probably has a ton of examples of how um uh you know all she's left to just pray and has seen um example of after example of just the Lord uh doing marvelous Works um in this area of uh protecting children and seeing restoration and all that so um