Training for Prevention

Stop It Now! offers FREE online training to help adults prevent child sexual abuse. Our webinars help parents, professionals and all adults learn about the Stop It Now! approach and our research, and about using our online tools for prevention.

• Introductory Webinar:  Awareness to Action--Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
• Research Webcast: Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation? Why Definitions and Linkages Matter for Prevention
• Research Webcast: Healing for Children Who Have Been Victimized Online
• Advanced Training for Preventing Child Sexual Abuse-- Cross Cultural Explorations, Explanations and Interventions
• Research Webcast: Competing Meanings of Childhood:  Implications for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
• Research Webcast: Perceptions of Child Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean
• Research Webcast: What Do U.S. Adults Think about Child Sexual Abuse?
• Introductory Webinar:  Prevent Child Sexual Abuse: Learn to Use a New Online Tool
• International Webinar: Sharing US Strategies with International Violence Prevention Advocates
• Calendar and How to Register
• What People Are Saying
• Archives
• Other Training Resources

Awareness to Action: Preventing Child Sexual Abuse

Are you ready to move beyond knowing and worrying about child sexual abuse to taking action to keep children safe?
Wondering what you can do to keep children safe from sexual abuse?  Learn tips and ideas for taking action individually and in your community.

Date: March 7, 2012
Time:  1:00 pm Eastern USA (Massachusetts)  Please check www.worldtimeserver.com for the correct time in your area.
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: FREE

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Competing Meanings of Childhood:  Implications for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention

Dominic Pasura, Ph.D, Research Fellow, University of Huddersfield, UK  examines how different conceptualizations of children and childhood shape the structure of adult/child relationships and how this has implications in developing child-directed practice.

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Perceptions of Child Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean: Overview of Research Findings

Learn the latest on attitudes and beliefs about child sexual abuse in the Eastern Caribbean as revealed in a 2008-2009 research study funded by UNICEF. Key findings will be presented by research team leader and report co-author, Prof. Adele Jones, PhD, Professor of Childhood Studies and Director of the Centre for Applied Childhood Studies at the University of Huddersfield (UK). Join the conversation on shared challenges, opportunities and considerations for working on community-based child sexual abuse prevention across cultural and policy contexts.

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What Do U.S. Adults Think about Child Sexual Abuse?

Do you know what US adults think about preventing child sexual abuse?  Do most adults believe that strangers are the biggest risk to children?  What do adults say that they would do if faced with suspected abuse? Do they support treatment for offenders? This webinar details the results of our report on "What Do U.S. Adults Think about Child Sexual Abuse? Measures of Knowledge and Attitudes Among Six States."

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• View the slides only
• Read the report

Prevent Child Sexual Abuse:  Learn to Use a New Online Tool

Need to know how you can respond to behaviors that raise concerns about child sexual abuse?

This session is 1 hour.
Cost:  Free

Join our free webinar that shows you how Stop It Now!'s Online Help Center can give you the help you need.   The Online Help Center is an interactive tool where adults can get private, 24/7 access to customized information and resources for preventing child sexual abuse.

The webinar takes an hour and has a limited number of participants so that you can get the answers you need for your family, work or community.

In this session, you’ll learn how the new features of the Stop It Now! Online Help Center can help you with your work with children and families. This unique online tool offers the following resources for adults concerned about preventing child sexual abuse:

• Specialized information on child sexual abuse
• Customized guidance on how to respond to concerns
• Practical resources to turn to for help 

Sharing US Strategies with International Violence Prevention Advocates

Join in a global dialogue to share strategies for the prevention of the sexual abuse of children.

This session is 1.5 hours.
Cost:  Free

Participate in Stop It Now!'s  free webinar about our experience in child sexual abuse prevention.  Learn how Stop It Now!'s Online Help Center can be a resource for you.   The Online Help Center is an interactive tool where adults can get private, 24/7 access to customized information and resources for preventing child sexual abuse.

Together we can learn from each other. Our goal is to create a dialogue between international violence prevention advocates and Stop It Now! for developing innovative tools and strategies for prevention.

Objectives include:

• Increase knowledge of specialized information on the prevention of sexual abuse of children
• Increase participants’ ease of use of the Stop It Now! Online Help Center and customized content and resources
• Open up communication between international and US professionals for ongoing exchange of information

Webinar Calendar

What's a webinar?

A webinar is an online workshop where you watch a presentation on the internet and listen to the presenters on the telephone.  Our webinar will have a limited number of participants for an in-depth discussion including live text chat and question and answer session.

What people are saying...

• The technology used was perfect...You kept it at a reasonable clip and succint, thoughtful, evidence based information was provided.
  I was very happy with this event.
• This was my first conference call involving a computer so i enjoyed this new venture. I would like to thank you for all of your work in getting this information to us. It is invaluable and will be used to its fullest.
  
• This is the first webinar where I felt comfortable asking a question.

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Archives

What Do US Adults Think about Child Sexual Abuse: webcast, slides

Prevent Child Sexual Abuse:  Learn to Use a New Online Tool: slides

Sharing US Strategies with International Violence Prevention Advocates: slides

Other training resources

Training on child sexual abuse prevention :

Darkness to Light - prevention and intervention training for adults
Generation FIVE - prevention advocacy
Prevent Child Abuse Vermont - programs for professionals, parents, teens
Committee for Children - personal safety curriculum pre-K through 3rd grade
Good Touch/Bad Touch - in-school program pre-K through 6th grade
International Center for Assault Prevention - in-school programs pre-K through 12th grades
Kempe Center - training for professionals
NEARI - training for professionals/caregivers of at risk youth

Training on working with children who have been abused:

National Children’s Advocacy Center, http://www.nationalcac.org/
National Child Protection Training Center, http://www.ncptc.org/
Child Welfare League of America, http://www.cwla.org/
National Children’s Alliance, http://www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/

Training on working with youth with sexual behavior problemsⁱ:

NEARI, http://neari.com/
Kempe Center, http://www.kempe.org/

Training on working with adults with sexual interest in children

Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, http://atsa.com/
Child Molestation Research & Prevention Institute, http://www.childmolestationprevention.org/

Please note: The missions and strategies of the organizations listed above do not always reflect the views of Stop It Now!. Listing does not constitute an endorsement or verification by Stop It Now! of the services or products advertised or provided (see Terms of Use).  Please contact us if you know of other organizations to add to this list.