Prevention

About Prevention Training

Prevention trainings support child advocacy centers and other organizations as they help their communities prevent child abuse and maltreatment.

Webinars:

Normalizing the Conversation: Talking with Families about Body Safety

In this session, we will not only discuss healthy childhood development, but also go over working with parents and non-offending caregivers as they start to grow their communication skills and normalize talking about body safety with their children. Participants will be informed on what to look for in terms of victim manipulation, signs of possible child sexual abuse, and how to support caregivers in learning and understanding this information.

Poverty vs Child Neglect

In 2022, child neglect was the number one reason children entered the foster care system, at 62%. As advocates, social workers, mandated reporters, and supports for children, we must have the tools in our toolbox to differentiate child neglect from a child experiencing poverty. This training will discuss the statistical context of the impact systems can have on families experiencing poverty, legal differences between poverty and child neglect, strategies to differentiate child neglect and poverty, as well as how we can offer additional support to families experiencing poverty.

Is This Normal? Problematic Sexual Behaviors in Youth

Historically, the presence of sexual behaviors in children was societally met with judgment, fear, and misunderstanding. Realistically, sexual play is common for children, with 66%-88% of children exhibiting some form of sexual play in the course of their childhood. As professionals working with children, it is important to understand how to distinguish between developmentally normal sexual behaviors and developmentally problematic sexual behaviors in children. This presentation differentiates between sexual behaviors that are more typical than sexual behaviors that are more harmful and uses this foundation for considerations on responding to problematic sexual behaviors.

Demystifying Victim Manipulation and Grooming

Throughout this presentation, we will explore the relationship between the victim and the offender, the stages of the victim manipulation process, as well as the intentionality behind the subtlety and secrecy of victim manipulation. Participants will learn how an offender chooses a victim and how to intervene during this abusive relationship.