{"id":6631,"date":"2024-10-30T11:40:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T15:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marie-vincent.org\/comment-reagir-en-cas-de-doute-ou-de-devoilement\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:13:38","slug":"how-respond-suspicions-disclosures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marie-vincent.org\/en\/understand\/how-respond-suspicions-disclosures\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Respond to Suspicions or Disclosures"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<header class=\"header-primary-a section-block with-background orange-theme\" data-scroll-section>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container container-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-10 offset-md-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"title-1\">How to Respond to Suspicions or Disclosures\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\n\n\t\t<section class=\"text-standard section-block with-background beige-theme\" data-scroll-section>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Reporting the Situation to the Director of Youth Protection (DYP)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You do not need to be certain or have proof to make a report. If you have concerns based on a child\u2019s disclosures, behaviours, or attitudes, or those of their parents, you can contact the DYP. They will evaluate the situation and determine if measures are required to protect the child.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t\t<section class=\"text-standard section-block with-background purple-theme\" data-scroll-section>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title title-2\">How to Make a Report?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can report a situation by contacting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec.ca\/en\/family-and-support-for-individuals\/childhood\/youth-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DYP in your region<\/a>, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The identity of the person making the report remains confidential.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t\t<section class=\"text-media-c section-block with-background cream-theme\" data-scroll-section>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-main \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 col-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title-2\">Do I Have an Obligation to Report?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\"><p>Any person\u2014including parents, professionals working with children, health and social services employees, teachers, childcare workers, and police officers\u2014must report any situation of sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p>For guidance, refer to the document <em>Making a Report to the DYP is Already Protecting a Child<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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