Recognizing and Reporting
This training provides insight on how to recognize abuse and how to report it. Participants will learn to identify signs and symptoms that are often missed and be guided by experts on the proper process for reporting abuse allegations.
- Ideal Length: 60–90 minutes
- Audience: Adults (18+)
- Good For: Educators, faith leaders, youth-serving organizations, volunteers, parents
- Why: Adequate time is needed to review warning signs, reporting procedures, and participant questions.
Cyber Bullying
In today’s world, so much of life happens online and through social media, creating hidden dangers beyond the screen. While cyber bullying is not new, the ways it occurs are constantly changing. This training offers practical tips to recognize and prevent cyber bullying.
- Ideal Length: Youth version: 45–60 minutes; Adult version: 60 minutes
- Audience: Youth ages 8–18 (recommended split: 8–12 and 13–18); Adults
- Good For: Schools, parents, educators, youth organizations
- Why: Cyber bullying varies by age and platform, requiring tailored, age-appropriate content.
Online Safety & Exploitation
The internet can be both empowering and risky. This training equips participants with tools to help children and families stay safe online, recognize exploitation, and navigate digital environments responsibly.
- Ideal Length: 60–90 minutes
- Audience: Youth ages 9–18; Adults
- Good For: Families, schools, caregivers, professionals
- Why: Covers multiple online risks including grooming, exploitation, boundaries, and reporting.
Mandated Reporter Training
For professionals and volunteers who are legally obligated to report suspected abuse, this training clarifies responsibilities, explains legal requirements, and provides practical guidance for making effective reports.
- Ideal Length: 90–120 minutes
- Audience: Adults only
- Good For: Professionals and volunteers who are legally mandated reporters
- Why: Legal requirements, thresholds, and scenarios require comprehensive instruction.
Body Safety Education for Kids
This training teaches children age-appropriate skills related to body safety, personal boundaries, and safe versus unsafe touch.
- Ideal Length: Ages 3–5: 20–30 minutes; Ages 6–8: 30–45 minutes; Ages 9–11: 45–60 minutes
- Audience: Children
- Good For: Schools, early childhood programs, youth organizations
- Why: Short, concrete, and repetitive lessons are developmentally appropriate and effective.
Teen Dating Violence
Dating violence is not limited to adults, teens are also at risk. With subject matter experts from the field, this training highlights the warning signs of teen dating violence and provides strategies to effectively address these issues.
- Ideal Length: 60–90 minutes
- Audience: Teens ages 13–18
- Good For: Middle schools, high schools, youth programs
- Why: Time is needed to unpack consent, power dynamics, digital abuse, and healthy relationships.
Disclosure Process
Children disclose abuse in many different ways, often over time. This training, led by our Forensic Interviewers, explains how children share their experiences, why delays or inconsistencies may occur, and what the disclosure process truly looks like.
- Ideal Length: 60–90 minutes
- Audience: Adults
- Good For: MDT members, educators, caregivers, youth-serving professionals
- Why: Disclosure is often misunderstood and benefits from in-depth explanation.
Grooming Behaviors
Abuse rarely begins suddenly, it often starts with subtle steps known as grooming. This training helps participants understand what grooming looks like, both online and in person, and how to recognize early red flags.
- Ideal Length: 60 minutes
- Audience: Adults; optional teen-adapted version
- Good For: Parents, professionals, youth-serving organizations
- Why: Clear examples and red flags help participants identify grooming early.
Secondary Trauma & Self-Care
Professionals working with child abuse cases may experience compassion fatigue or secondary traumatic stress. This training provides tools and strategies to build resilience, manage stress, and practice effective self-care.
- Ideal Length: 60–90 minutes
- Audience: Adults
- Good For: MDT members, clinicians, advocates, first responders
- Why: Interactive reflection and practical tools help prevent burnout.
Human Trafficking Awareness
Human trafficking doesn’t always look like it does in the media. This training helps participants understand the signs of trafficking, the vulnerabilities traffickers exploit, and the appropriate ways to respond when trafficking is suspected.
- Ideal Length: 60–90 minutes
- Audience: Adults; adapted version for teens ages 14–18
- Good For: Educators, professionals, community organizations
- Why: Recognizing subtle indicators requires thoughtful discussion and real-world examples.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) & Long-Term Impact
This training explores the science behind ACEs and their effect on brain development, behavior, and health outcomes. Participants will also learn about protective factors that help reduce the impact of early trauma.
- Ideal Length: 60–90 minutes
- Audience: Adults
- Good For: Leadership, educators, policymakers, professionals
- Why: Combines neuroscience, outcomes, and protective factors that require depth.
Supporting Non-Offending Caregivers
When abuse is disclosed, non-offending parents and caregivers are deeply impacted. This training highlights how to provide support, build trust, and connect caregivers with resources that strengthen family resilience.
- Ideal Length: 60 minutes
- Audience: Adults
- Good For: Advocates, MDT members, caregivers
- Why: Focused content supports trust-building and family resilience.
Cultural Considerations in Abuse Response
Culture influences how abuse is perceived, disclosed, and addressed. This training explores cultural barriers to reporting and provides strategies to ensure responses are respectful, effective, and inclusive.
- Ideal Length: 60–90 minutes
- Audience: Adults
- Good For: MDT members, professionals, community organizations
- Why: Discussion and reflection enhance culturally responsive practice.
The Role of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)
Child abuse cases require a coordinated response. This training explains how law enforcement, CPS, prosecutors, medical professionals, and advocates work together to support children and why collaboration is essential to healing.
- Ideal Length: Overview: 45–60 minutes; Deep Dive: 90 minutes
- Audience: Adults
- Good For: New MDT members, cross-discipline training, onboarding
- Why: Clarifies roles, collaboration, and coordinated response.
Family Advocacy & Resources for Families
Family Advocates play a critical role in supporting children and families after abuse is disclosed. This training highlights the role of advocacy, explores available community resources, and provides guidance on how to connect families with the support they need.
- Ideal Length: 60 minutes
- Audience: Adults
- Good For: New advocates, volunteers, MDT partners
- Why: Provides role clarity and practical resource navigation.
Victim Behaviors
Children who experience abuse may act in ways that are confusing or misunderstood. This training explains common victim behaviors, why they occur, and how to respond in a supportive and trauma-informed way.
- Ideal Length: 60 minutes
- Audience: Adults
- Good For: Educators, MDT members, caregivers, professionals
- Why: Shifts perspectives and improves supportive responses.