Notice
Recognize physical-safety risks, behavior concerns, distress, boundary issues, barriers to participation, and near misses before they become easier to ignore.
Advocacy
Notice.
Respond.
Follow through.
Independent safety and mental-health advocacy for Scouting applications and other youth-serving communities, with a practical focus on awareness, prevention, reporting, and leader follow-through.
Ask about advocacy work →01 / NOTICE → RESPOND → FOLLOW THROUGH
Respond
Stay calm, protect immediate safety, listen well, follow reporting requirements, and involve the appropriate adults or professional supports.
Follow through
Document, report, connect, review what happened, and improve the next activity, meeting, or leader routine.
Mental-health ABCs
Ask.
Be there.
Connect.
Reporting is prevention.
The program keeps safety and mental-health awareness practical for volunteer leaders. It can support conference presentations, leader or unit training, safety and mental-health awareness, reporting and prevention education, and practical resources that help adults respond with care and clarity.
- Conference presentations
- Leader and unit training
- Safety and mental-health awareness
- Reporting and prevention education
- Practical leader resources
- Scouting applications and wider youth-service settings
Selected service
- 2020-2025
- National Safe Scouting Committee service ended
Distinct from clinical and executive work
Advocacy, not treatment or endorsement.
This advocacy work is separate from Dr. Pemberton's clinical-practice consultation and executive leadership offerings. It is designed to support prevention, awareness, reporting, and practical leader response; it is not direct clinical treatment, legal advice, or an official Scouting America or Lincoln Heritage Council program.