Training
Training on how to prevent child sexual abuse and creating awareness of the issue and its effects on children & families is critically important. Below are trainings/presentations that are available in-person or virtually. If you aren’t seeing training that will work for your group, please reach out to Task Force Director to discuss your specific training needs. Contact the director here.
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
Dakota Medical Foundation
The Dakota Medical Foundation Child Sexual Abuse Prevention initiative teaches a set of preventative stq rategies to help protect children from sexual abuse. Training covers the scope of CSA (Child Sexual Abuse), local news, the financial burden of CSA, who is at risk, behavior patterns of abusers, and reviews the “Ten Steps to Protect”.
Nurturing Healthy Sexual Development
Prevent Child Abuse Vermont
Adults often feel discomfort speaking with children about sexual development, though children want conversations about it. Also, some adults may not know the developmentally expected sexual behaviors of children or how to respond. This training provides adults with this knowledge and also practical skills indicated in research to decrease the development of harmful sexual behaviors during childhood and decrease risk of child sexual abuse. This training was created by Prevent Child Abuse Vermont. This training is 2 ½ hours.
Stewards of Children®
Darkness to Light
Darkness to Light’s flagship, evidence-informed prevention training to help adults prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. The training is 2 ½ hours and features survivor stories, experts in the field, and other concerned individuals all providing practical guidance to prevent child sexual abuse.
Testimonials
“Having information on how to help keep children safe from sexual abuse is important for me as an educator, parent, and community member. Lindsey's presentation was excellent. The information she shared is important for all adults and community members.” • “Lindsey’s empathy and compassion allows for the subject matter to be digestible and impactful.“ • “This was a wonderful training! I love that I am able to take information I learned and apply it in my personal life and in my professional life. Love this program and this training!! I’d be very interested in attending more trainings. Easy to listen to and great information.”
“Having information on how to help keep children safe from sexual abuse is important for me as an educator, parent, and community member. Lindsey's presentation was excellent. The information she shared is important for all adults and community members.” • “Lindsey’s empathy and compassion allows for the subject matter to be digestible and impactful.“ • “This was a wonderful training! I love that I am able to take information I learned and apply it in my personal life and in my professional life. Love this program and this training!! I’d be very interested in attending more trainings. Easy to listen to and great information.”
“This webinar was outstanding. You can tell Lindsey is not only passionate about this work and making a difference, but Lindsey is meant to do this work. Thanks for all the knowledge and expertise in such a sensitive topic that needs to be talked about more often in our world today! I will highly recommend future webinars to my colleagues.” • “As we know this is a hard topic, but Lindsey did a great job!” • “This is a wonderful training!”
“This webinar was outstanding. You can tell Lindsey is not only passionate about this work and making a difference, but Lindsey is meant to do this work. Thanks for all the knowledge and expertise in such a sensitive topic that needs to be talked about more often in our world today! I will highly recommend future webinars to my colleagues.” • “As we know this is a hard topic, but Lindsey did a great job!” • “This is a wonderful training!”
“This was a VERY valuable training introducing topics that are hard to discuss.” “Lindsey did excellent! The information was appropriate, straight forward and activities/conversations went better than any other virtual training I have been on.” • “Very informative, hard subject to touch but very necessary. ”
“This was a VERY valuable training introducing topics that are hard to discuss.” “Lindsey did excellent! The information was appropriate, straight forward and activities/conversations went better than any other virtual training I have been on.” • “Very informative, hard subject to touch but very necessary. ”
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention 101 & Task Force Information
North Dakota Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Task Force
This presentation covers what CSA is, its prevalence & impacts, grooming behaviors & prevention strategies (for adults & children). This presentation also covers the history of the North Dakota Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Task Force, the goals of the Task Force, and highlights a statewide environmental scan that was conducted in 2022. This presentation can include additional information on how to identify problematic sexual behavior in children
Keeping Children Safe : Learning to spot the signs of sexual grooming & how to react responsibly.
This training includes what sexual grooming looks like, how to react responsibly if you spot these inappropriate behaviors, and how to talk to children about safely interacting with adults.