Preventing Educator Sexual Misconduct with Dr. Elizabeth Jeglic

About this episode

Dr. Elizabeth Jeglic discusses the prevention of educator sexual misconduct in schools.

In this episode of One in Ten, host Teresa Huizar speaks with researcher Dr. Elizabeth Jeglic about preventing educator sexual misconduct, which has increased in schools even as abuse rates have declined in other youth-serving settings. Dr. Jeglic describes limited prior research since a 2004 Department of Education report and presents her team’s survey of 6,600 recent high school graduates: 11.7% reported some form of educator sexual misconduct and about 1% reported contact abuse, with survi...

People in this episode

Host: Teresa Huizar

Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Jeglic

Topics covered

• educator sexual misconduct
• youth safety
• research
• high school graduates
• abuse prevention

Keywords

• educator misconduct
• sexual abuse
• youth-serving settings
• high school survey
• abuse rates

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Children's Alliance, Department of Education

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