Safeguarding: Looking After Youth and Vulnerable Adults → Lesson 4: Grooming, Boundary Erosion, Favoritism, and Retaliation - Open Competition Alliance

Home
- Organize/Sanction
- For Organizers
Credentials
- Library
- Blog
Contact

Home
Courses
Non-Credential Courses

Safeguarding: Looking After Youth and Vulnerable Adults

Curriculum

9 Sections
16 Lessons
Lifetime

Expand all sectionsCollapse all sections

Module 1 – Safeguarding Foundations
2
- 1.1
  Lesson 1: Safeguarding in the OCA
- 1.2
  Lesson 2: Power, Access, Authority, and Vulnerability
Module 2 – Recognizing Harm and Boundary Erosion
2
- 2.1
  Lesson 3: Forms of Abuse, Misconduct, Neglect, and Exploitation
- 2.2
  Lesson 4: Grooming, Boundary Erosion, Favoritism, and Retaliation
Module 3 – Safer Youth Interaction
2
- 3.1
  Lesson 5: Youth Participants – Visibility, Supervision, and One-to-One Contact
- 3.2
  Lesson 6: Communication, Social Media, Photography, and Digital Conduct
Module 4 – High-Risk Event Settings
2
- 4.1
  Lesson 7: Travel, Transportation, Lodging, and Social Activities
- 4.2
  Lesson 8: Changing Areas, Costumes, Touch, Personal Care, and Accessibility
Module 5 – Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
2
- 5.1
  Lesson 9: Safeguarding Vulnerable Adult Participants
- 5.2
  Lesson 10: Dependency, Autonomy, Financial Exploitation, and Supported Decision-Making
Module 6 – Responding to Concerns
2
- 6.1
  Lesson 11: Responding to Disclosures and Immediate Safety Concerns
- 6.2
  Lesson 12: Reporting, Documentation, Confidentiality, and Non-Retaliation
Module 7 – Roles, Responsibilities, and Event Design
2
- 7.1
  Lesson 13: Event Organizer and Safeguarding Lead Responsibilities
- 7.2
  Lesson 14: Officials, Coaches, Volunteers, Vendors, Media, and Support Persons
Module 8 – Application and Event Planning
2
- 8.1
  Lesson 15: Competition-Specific Scenarios and Decision-Making
- 8.2
  Lesson 16: OCA Risk Tiers, Event Safeguarding Plans, and Final Review
Safeguarding Training Assessment
1
- 9.1
  Safeguarding Knowledge Assessment
  20 Questions

This content is protected, please login and enroll in the course to view this content!

Lesson 3: Forms of Abuse, Misconduct, Neglect, and Exploitation

Lesson 5: Youth Participants – Visibility, Supervision, and One-to-One Contact

Open Competition Alliance

The Open Competition Alliance builds the standards, tools, training, and infrastructure that help competitions run fairly, clearly, and credibly across established, emerging, and wonderfully unconventional disciplines.

OCA

What We Sanction

Resources

Quick Links

Verify Certificate

Forms

© 2026 Open Competition Alliance

Modal title

Main Content