Prevention

Safe Shores Targets FREE Prevention Trainings for 100 D.C. Adults in April 2009

In recognition of Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month this April, Safe Shores is offering a FREE Stewards of Children training on child sexual abuse prevention to the first 100 adult registrants. This revolutionary interactive prevention program was developed by Darkness to Light, a national child sexual abuse prevention organization.

Training Dates, Location:

April 1, 2009 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Charles Sumner School (RSVP Deadline: March 30, 2009)

April 8, 2009 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Charles Sumner School (RSVP Deadline: April 3, 2009)

April 23, 2009 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Charles Sumner School (RSVP Deadline: April 20, 2009)

April 28, 2009 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Leadership Greater Washington (RSVP Deadline: April 24, 2009)

Click HERE for training details and registration information. To learn more about the Stewards of Children training curriculum, visit the Darkness to Light website by clicking here.

"I was very happy to attend the Stewards of Children training session last week. It was very helpful and informative. You are providing a very powerful and important service!!! Thank you!!" - Jessica

Safe Shores Launches Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training In DC, Jan. 2007

Safe Shores - The D.C. Children's Advocacy Center is the first organization to bring the Stewards of Children child sexual abuse prevention training to the District of Columbia. Since the launch in January 2007, five Safe Shores staff members have been trained as facilitators in the Stewards of Children prevention curriculum. Further, Safe Shores has trained other child-serving professionals and responsible, caring adults as facilitators in order to help spread this important training within the community exponentially.

Stewards of Children is a revolutionary, interactive, evidence-based child sexual abuse prevention training program developed by Darkness to Light, a national child sexual ause prevention organization. Stewards of Children educates adults to take simple, proactice steps to protect children from sexual abuse, including how to prevent, recognize and react responsibly.

The core features of the Stewards of Children Training are:

- A video integrating segments of sexual abuse survivors relating their stories of violation and healing, with segments from the author of the curriculum and from professionals who interface daily with the problem of sexual abuse.
- An interactive workbook for each participant.
- Discussion about critical issues in sexual abuse prevention and the relevance of these issues within organizations that serve children and adolescents, led by an authorized facilitator.
- Lists of community resources.

If your organization or agency (i.e. youth-serving, faith-based, school, camp, etc.) is interested in receiving the Stewards of Children training, please contact Safe Shores' training coordinator Jessica Galimore at (202) 638-2575 ext 101 or stewardsofchildren@safeshores.org.

To learn more about the Stewards of Children training curriculum, visit the Darkness to Light website by clicking here.

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