Circles of Safety: Awareness to Action
Awareness to Action is a foundational training introducing key sexual abuse prevention concepts and skills, preparing staff and professional caregivers working with youth and their families to confidently and knowledgably know when to speak up and take actions to address children’s sexual safety.
Through lecture, reflection exercises and group activities, participants will learn how to support children’s healthy and safe sexual development; identify and respond to warning signs in children and adult’s behaviors in their program; and design safety plans to address safe boundaries, privacy, consent and respect. A complete training manual with curriculum, handouts, surveys, and workshop participant's handbooks is included.
Time Commitment: 12 hours over the course of 4 days or an 8 hour/full day training
Setting: Remote Classroom (Virtual)
Recommended Audiences:
- Parents
- Professional early childhood education and care providers
- Foster parent, residential, and in-home support professionals
- Treatment providers
- Community safety and parenting educators
- Teachers
- Youth programs and camps
- Any group of adults interested in learning what they can do to keep children safe from sexual harm
Awareness to Action is offered periodically throughout the year as part of our Virtual Classroom Series. Visit our Virtual Classroom page to see when the next A2A is taking place, how you can register, and other FAQs. Alternatively, you may email training [at] stopitnow.org if you wish to schedule an Awareness to Action training for your organization.