Circles of Safety Live Training Calendar
What Trainees Are Saying
"All foster parents need this training - no, all humans need this training." - Foster parent
"The training was amazing! I didn't know how much I needed this. Everything was so relevant to my job, and I think everyone should be aware of this information!
- State sexual assault coalition educator
"The training...puts a different perspective on sexual abuse … the proactive perspective as opposed to our usual reactive response when we get disclosures. Having the opportunity to be more proactive about something and having the education to go about doing that will certainly benefit our staff here.” - Foster care program director who participated in Circles of Safety
What Makes Circles of Safety Different
- COS is highly customizable and can serve as a foundation for ongoing prevention planning and activities in any setting. We aim to provide a training experience that is respectful of the needs and concerns of any community, be it professional or personal.
- Circles of Safety combines education with support, information with empowerment, and action steps with confidence-building in personalized training platforms to change the way individuals and groups understand their role in prevention.
- Through interactive presentations that combine reflective and team-building activities, individuals are able to apply what they've learned both immediately and in long term, vision-oriented prevention programming.
Awareness to Action
Awareness to Action (A2A) is a foundational training introducing key child 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 and prevent child sexual abuse.
Continuing Education (CE) credits are available. Click here for more information.
This course requires a minimum of approximately 16 registrants. A smaller number of registrants may result in a shortened training. You will receive notice approximately one week before the training is scheduled to begin if this course will be shortened or canceled due to a low number of registrants. You will be offered the choice of a refund or you may apply your registration to a future training.
Upcoming Training Dates:
October 2026
Dates: Monday, 10/26/2026 through Thursday, 10/29/2026; 1:00pm - 4:00pm ET. (4 consecutive days)
Registration: Click Here
Course Agenda & Objectives: Click Here
Cost: $285.00
Recommended Audience: Professional caregivers, (i.e. foster parents, youth residential staff, youth program support staff, sexual assault and response professionals, child protective service professionals, child and family advocacy professionals, educational professionals) youth-serving organization employees in any role, and anyone interested in preventing child sexual abuse.
Course content level: Beginning level
Presenters: Click here
The Upper Ohio Valley Sexual Assault Center has recently been trained in “Circles of Safety”.
Training of Trainers
With A2A as a prerequisite, our Training of Trainers (ToT) program offers community and youth-serving organizations the training and tools they need to teach their own staff and program stakeholders, bring Circles of Safety to their communities, and prevent child sex abuse.
This course requires a minimum of approximately 8 registrants. A smaller number of registrants may result in a shortened training. You will receive notice approximately one week before the training is scheduled to begin if this course will be shortened or canceled due to a low number of registrants. You will be offered the choice of a refund or you may apply your registration to a future training.
Upcoming Training Dates:
June 2026
Dates: Monday, 6/22/2026 through Wednesday, 6/24/2026; 1:00pm - 4:00pm EST (3 consecutive days)
Registration: Click here
Cost: $265.00
Recommended Audience: Youth-serving program training professionals
Presenters: Click here
Creating a Culture of Prevention
This combination of program-wide staff education with an additional day of mentored leadership training supports and guides youth-serving organizations to assess their current practices, policies, and procedures to sustain prevention activities, and to identify the next steps necessary to increase safety in the organization and for the people (clients, students, foster children) they serve.
Prevention Workshops
Recognizing that organizations are either dealing with limited time for staff training or are looking for the next level in building their child sexual abuse prevention toolbox, our workshops provide an interactive learning experience focused on specific key steps of safety planning or unique considerations for specific communities, such as camps or faith-based institutions. Browse our list of examples of workshops focused on specific child abuse prevention topics.
Stop It Now! is happy to develop custom workshops for you and your organization so that you can develop the skills you need most to prevent child sex abuse in your community.
FAQS
Who is this training for?
Who can take the Train the Trainers (TOT) training?
What will I be able to bring back to my agency from the Train the Trainers (TOT) training?
How will annual Booster Sessions work for trainers?
What accessibility information is helpful to know?
What is the cancellation policy?
Who can I contact with additional questions?
Who is this training for?
This training is for professionals caregivers (i.e. foster parents, youth residential staff, youth program support staff), youth-serving organization employees in any role, and anyone concerned or interested in preventing CSA.
Who can take the Train the Trainers (TOT) training?
At this time, only trainers, facilitators, and other designated staff from youth-serving organizations are able to take TOT. Attendance will be limited to 16 participants, to allow for a more personalized training experience.
Participants in TOT must have taken Circles of Safety: Awareness to Action within the last 2 years (24 months); please reach out to us at training [at] stopitnow.org if you've taken this training more than 2 years (24 months) ago so we can work with you on what you need to be able to take this training. If you have taken Awareness to Action more than one year (12 months) ago, we may request that you do a brief open-ended question quiz to ensure that the training's key concepts are still fresh in your mind.
What will I be able to bring back to my agency from the Train the Trainers (TOT) training?
Upon completion of Circles of Safety: TOT and signed agreement of the Trainer Contract, trainers will be able to facilitate the two workshops identified below in their agency, appropriate for both staff and parents, including volunteers and foster parents.
- Circles of Safety: Understanding the Role of Healthy Sexuality Development and Education in Sexual Abuse Prevention
- Circles of Safety: Understanding and Responding to Warning Signs
Each training is approximately 2.5 hours long. Trainers will receive a complete trainer’s manual, as well as workshop handbooks for them to copy and distribute. The manuals and training powerpoint will also be made available to trainers through an electronic link, which can be downloaded and printed. Each workshop includes pre and post evaluations, as well as trainer tips and resources to better prepare them on the content. Stop It Now! will remain available for any training consultation needs. Trainers will be offered annual Booster sessions to support and enhance their comfort level and knowledge with the content.
These workshops are perfect for both orientation trainings, as well as for ongoing and supportive training needs on building awareness of protective actions to support children’s sexual safety in their organization. Participants in these workshops will become more knowledgeable and confident when determining how they can best help a child with healthy sexuality development promotion activities and how to respond when there are concerns that a child may be at risk of sexual abuse. Your agency will enhance its commitment to the safety of children and youth you serve, and will be able to promote itself as an agency trained to be a Partner for Prevention.
How will annual Booster Sessions work for trainers?
A minimum of two annual Booster sessions will be offered yearly (calendar year). The first booster after the first year you complete the TOT will be free to you. The following two years’ Booster sessions will be a nominal fee ($35-$50).
What accessibility information is helpful to know?
We strive to make our spaces inclusive, though an online format may not be right for all audiences.
Participants should be able to have a quiet space set aside to take this class, and should be able to pay attention for the full duration of the training (which typically is 3 hours at a time). A stable internet connection is required to participate fully, and a large screen (a desktop monitor, TV, or laptop instead of a tablet, a phone) is recommended. One 15-minute break is scheduled midway through the training, though additional breaks, as needed, are permitted.
Trainers use a combination of visual aids through PowerPoint, video, lecture, role plays, handouts, polls, personal reflection, and small and large group discussions during the training. A copy of the PowerPoint and handouts will be made available (both online, and, if requested, a hard copy) before the training. No interpreter is available on site; fluency in English is required to participate.
Zoom is the platform we use to facilitate the training, which has additional accessibility features and supports screen readers – you may want to familiarize yourself with the options available to you through Zoom before you take this training or check out their Accessibility FAQs page. Currently, there are no image descriptions on our PowerPoint presentation.
Auto-generated closed captioning is also available upon request; please reach out to training [at] stopitnow.org so that we can ensure that feature is turned on when you take a training if this would be helpful to you.
What is the cancellation policy?
Stop It Now! will offer a full re-fund up until 2 weeks prior to the training.
And if you have further questions about cancellations please reach out to training [at] stopitnow.org.
Who can I contact with additional questions?
Please email training [at] stopitnow.org with any additional questions.