Each series features a boy and girl who talk about experiencing abusive situations - for example, with a neighbor or coach - and explain how they used a set of "Protect Yourself Rules" to avoid harm. The videos target two age groups: kindergarten through third grade and fourth through sixth grade. Jon Conte, a University of Washington professor emeritus who helped develop the videos, summarized their purpose this way: "Providing children with the knowledge and skills to identify risk situations and to avoid, escape or disclose abuse before it happens or after it happens once." The Boy Scouts' youth protection director, former police investigator Mike Johnson, decided to add the videos to the prevention program after vetting them with parents of Cub Scout-age children and with children themselves. The BSA credits the change to an array of prevention policies adopted since the mid-1980s, including mandatory criminal background checks and abuse-prevention training for all staff and volunteers, and a rule that two or more adult leaders be present with youth at all times during scouting activities. The bulk of the newly surfacing abuse cases date to the 1960s, '70s and '80s the BSA says there were only five known abuse victims in 2018 out of 2.2 million youth members. The Boy Scouts acknowledge that the litigation poses a financial threat and have not ruled out seeking bankruptcy protection. The initiative, being announced Thursday, comes as the Irving-based Boy Scouts face a potentially huge wave of abuse-related lawsuits after several states enacted laws this year making it easier for victims of long-ago abuse to file claims. The videos will be provided to more than 1.2 million Cub Scouts nationwide.
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Targeted at children from kindergarten to sixth grade, the series of six videos aims to teach children how to recognize potentially abusive behavior and what to do if confronted by it.