Course 3 of 6
Responding and Reporting.
Notice the signs, respond when a child tells you, record it, and report it the right way, including online harm and concerns about a colleague.
Every coach · 10 modules · About 4 hours · Lessons in your language · 4 weeks to finish · ₹999 · certificate valid 12 months
Open to every coach. Courses can be taken in any order.
The 10 modules.
What you will be able to do after each one.
Noticing the signs
- Recognise physical, behavioural and emotional signs of abuse and neglect
- Notice changes over time, including the child who suddenly quits
- Recognise warning signs in an adult's behaviour around a child
- Take the right next step without investigating yourself
When a child tells you
- Listen to a child calmly and without leading questions
- Reassure a child without promising secrecy
- Explain to the child, honestly, what happens next
- Refer the concern to the right people straight away
Writing it down
- Write a clear note the same day, using the child's exact words
- Keep facts separate from opinions and guesses
- Keep records safe and share them only with those who need to know
- Protect the child's identity, online and offline
The law in India, made simple
- Explain your personal duty to report suspected sexual abuse of a child
- Explain why you must never check or investigate before reporting
- Reassure yourself and others that honest reports are protected
- Recognise when hitting, cruelty or humiliation breaks the law
Who to call, and when
- Decide quickly whether a concern is an emergency, a possible crime, or a code breach
- Choose the right number or person for each situation in India
- Act safely when the concern is about a parent, or there is no Safeguarding Officer
- Follow up on a report until the child is safe
Online harm: images, sextortion and cyber-bullying
- Recognise the main forms of online harm, including sextortion and image abuse
- Respond calmly to an athlete who is being threatened online, without blame
- Handle a sexual image of a child safely: never forward, download or save it
- Report online harm straight away and know who to call
Speaking up about a colleague
- Explain why colleagues stay silent, and what that silence costs children
- Step in safely when you see poor practice in the moment
- Report a concern about a colleague without confronting or investigating
- Recognise retaliation and know that it is not allowed
If a concern is raised about you
- Respond calmly and correctly in the first hours after hearing of a concern
- Avoid the actions that harm the child and your own case, such as contacting the family
- Explain that interim measures and suspension protect everyone and are not a finding
- Describe a fair process and the good practice that protects you every day
After a report: caring for the athlete
- Explain what a survivor-centred approach means for a coach
- Keep the athlete safe and their story private after a report
- Support the athlete to stay in sport, and notice signs of distress
- Refer the athlete and family to counselling and other support
Putting it together
- Connect every step, from noticing a sign to caring after a report
- Choose the right action and the right people to call in mixed, real situations
- Handle online harm, concerns about colleagues and concerns about yourself
- Explain your choices in plain words
How a module works.
Every module has the same two steps. Finish all 10 and the certificate is yours.
Watch
Short narrated lessons in your language, about ten minutes. Pause anytime and pick it up later.
Test
A multiple-choice test. Score 80% to pass. Miss it? Review and try again.
The certificate
Earned, dated and checkable.
Complete every module and My Drona issues your Responding and Reporting certificate. It carries a unique number and a QR code that opens a public page anyone can check, with no account.
It is valid for 12 months and appears on your Digital Coach Passport with the date you earned it.
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