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EnglishWhat Is the Youth-Led Child Safety in Sport Seminar on the APSA Website?
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The APSA website highlights an online seminar hosted with Sport Integrity Australia: a youth-led conversation on what makes young athletes feel safe, respected and included in sport. The session explores findings from the Hear Me Play: Youth perceptions of safety in sport report, with three current youth athlete panellists joined by a safeguarding expert. It is relevant to figure skating coaches in the APSA community who want to understand how young athletes themselves define safety and inclusion.
Who takes part
The page names the panellists and their sporting backgrounds:
| Panellist | Background as listed |
|---|---|
| Kate | Junior football player and national referee academy member |
| Bec | Former national-level high jumper and current netball pathway athlete |
| Jaydon | Paralympic athlete (description cut off in the page excerpt) |
| Safeguarding expert | Joined the three youth panellists |
The format is a panel conversation rather than a lecture: young athletes describe their own experiences, and the safeguarding expert adds professional context.
What the seminar covers
The central question is what makes young athletes feel safe, respected and included. The discussion is built around the findings of the Hear Me Play report on youth perceptions of safety in sport, so the panel connects lived experience to reported evidence. For coaches, that framing is useful because it shifts the starting point from what adults assume young athletes need to what athletes say themselves.
Why it appears on the APSA site
APSA describes itself as a community of figure skating coaches focused on education, collaboration and professional development, aiming to help coaches "lead with confidence and inspire the next generation of skaters on and off the ice." A seminar on athlete safety and inclusion fits that education role, and it sits alongside the association's other member notices, such as the reminder that Update Points logs are due by 30 June 2026.
Practical points before you plan around it
- Check the current listing. The page excerpt does not state a date, time, registration link or cost for the seminar. Confirm these on the APSA website or with Sport Integrity Australia before relying on the session.
- Treat it as development, not automatically as points. The site does not say the seminar counts toward Update Points. If you intend to claim it, check the current rules rather than assuming.
- Note the separate points deadline. Update Points must be submitted via the form on the APSA website before 30 June 2026, using the latest spreadsheet version saved to your own device; other formats and external storage links are not accepted.
If your goal is to understand young athletes' views on safety in sport, the seminar is a direct source: athletes speaking in their own words, supported by a safeguarding specialist and grounded in the Hear Me Play findings.