Sample Policies, Forms and Procedures for preventing and addressing child abuse and sexual misconduct -- one conference's approach.  The following materials were prepared by the Southeastern California Conference of Seventh Day Adventists and are reproduced here with permission.  These materials are to be used as samples only and do not represent legal advice in any form.

1.  Sample Policy and Purpose Statement for Volunteer Workers with Children and Youth.
2.  Sample Application for Children and Youth Volunteer Worker Position (2 pages)
3.  Sample Screening Questions
4.  Child Protection:  Suggestions for Staff and Volunteers Who Work With Children and Youth
5.  Sample Reference Contact Form (2 pages)
6.  Suggested Plan:  Responding to Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse

• Training Professionals:  "Broken Boundaries: Sexual Exploitation in the Provider-Client Relationship".  This is a training video for Clergy and Professional Health Care Providers produced and distributed by the Maryland State Department of Health (410-767-6612).
  
• Report of the Maryland Task Force to Study Health Professional-Client Sexual Exploitation
  
• An Open Letter to Religious Leaders
  From participants of the "Is Nothing Sacred?" Retreat for Women Survivors of Clergy Sexual Abuse held August 21-23, 1998, Adelynrood Conference & Retreat Center, Byfield, MA.
  
• Identification & Prevention of Clergy Misconduct:  Exercises & Tools by Gary Richard Schoener