Volunteering
In order to maintain compliance with DSUSA policies and the changes in PA Child Protective Services Law, all TRAS volunteers are required to complete a State Police Criminal Record Check and a PA Child Abuse History Clearance. For those individuals who have not resided in PA continuously for the previous 10 years they must also complete an FBI Criminal Background Check. There is also a Sports Protection Training Course component.
Please complete the following form. You have the option to start it then return as you complete each requirement.
Please complete the following form. You have the option to start it then return as you complete each requirement.
Sports Protection Policy
Three Rivers Adaptive Sports (TRAS) has adopted the following Sport Protection policies as they relate specifically to TRAS-controlled activities and events, and facilities under TRAS’s jurisdiction (to mean facilities owned and controlled by TRAS.
Engaging in sport should be an opportunity for all athletes to have fun and spend time with friends. Sport also encourages a healthy lifestyle, and builds self-confidence. Athletes often do better off the field than those who do not participate in sport. They learn goal-setting, teamwork and time management skills. Athletes are less likely to use cigarettes, drugs and alcohol; they have higher graduation rates and are more likely to attend college.
Unfortunately, sport can also be a high-risk environment for misconduct, including athlete physical and sexual abuse.
All forms of misconduct are intolerable and in direct conflict with the ideals of Three Rivers Adaptive Sports. Misconduct may damage an athlete’s psychological well-being; athletes who have been mistreated experience social embarrassment, emotional turmoil, psychological scars, loss of self-esteem and negative impacts on family, friends and the sport. Misconduct often hurts an athlete’s performance and may cause him or her to drop out of sport entirely.
TRAS is committed to improving the development and safety of athletes and participants involved in the community we serve. TRAS publishes this Handbook as a resource to guide TRAS’s development, implementation and internal review of effective athlete safety and misconduct prevention strategies.
ALL volunteers must confirm their review of this document.
Click Here for TRAS Sports Protection Policy Handbook
Engaging in sport should be an opportunity for all athletes to have fun and spend time with friends. Sport also encourages a healthy lifestyle, and builds self-confidence. Athletes often do better off the field than those who do not participate in sport. They learn goal-setting, teamwork and time management skills. Athletes are less likely to use cigarettes, drugs and alcohol; they have higher graduation rates and are more likely to attend college.
Unfortunately, sport can also be a high-risk environment for misconduct, including athlete physical and sexual abuse.
All forms of misconduct are intolerable and in direct conflict with the ideals of Three Rivers Adaptive Sports. Misconduct may damage an athlete’s psychological well-being; athletes who have been mistreated experience social embarrassment, emotional turmoil, psychological scars, loss of self-esteem and negative impacts on family, friends and the sport. Misconduct often hurts an athlete’s performance and may cause him or her to drop out of sport entirely.
TRAS is committed to improving the development and safety of athletes and participants involved in the community we serve. TRAS publishes this Handbook as a resource to guide TRAS’s development, implementation and internal review of effective athlete safety and misconduct prevention strategies.
ALL volunteers must confirm their review of this document.
Click Here for TRAS Sports Protection Policy Handbook
DSUSA Sport Protection Reporting
Three Rivers Adaptive Sports is a chapter of DSUSA. Therefore, we are complying with the DSUSA policy regarding abuse.
"Cases involving sexual abuse and molestation must be reported to law enforcement authorities- notifying and making a report to Disabled Sports USA does not satisfy this obligation.
To report all forms of misconduct by Disabled Sports USA, please select" Report a DSUSA Violation.
"If you are a chapter that has had a report submitted to you about misconduct within your organization, please select" Notify DSUSA of a Chapter Violation"
"Cases involving sexual abuse and molestation must be reported to law enforcement authorities- notifying and making a report to Disabled Sports USA does not satisfy this obligation.
To report all forms of misconduct by Disabled Sports USA, please select" Report a DSUSA Violation.
"If you are a chapter that has had a report submitted to you about misconduct within your organization, please select" Notify DSUSA of a Chapter Violation"
