Child Advocacy Training: Darkness to Light 

What is Stewards of Children?

• Stewards of Children is the sexual abuse prevention curriculum being trained across Missouri by facilitators including Missouri KidsFirst and the Office of Child Advocate.
• A proactive answer to child sexual abuse prevention.
• A two hour facilitator led training program that incorporates a combination of survivor stories, expert advice, and practical guidance.
• An evidence-informed prevention solution that shows organization administrators, staff, and volunteers how to implement effective prevention policies, recognize the signs of sexual abuse in children, and react responsibly if abuse occurs.
• Preapproved for CEUs for social workers, nurses, early childhood educators and POST – Interpersonal Perspective for two hours

Why choose Stewards of Children for your organization?

• Stewards of Children was developed to meet the needs of a variety of audiences including parents, child serving organizations, educators, and community members.
• Participants will receive workbooks they can take home at no cost with funding from the Children’s Trust Fund, Missouri Foundation for Health, and Office of Child Advocate.
• Organizations can host a training event for their staff, their clients, and their community at no cost.
• The training is all inclusive - covering how to minimize opportunity for sexual abuse both from a parent’s perspective and an organization’s perspective; how to spot the signs of grooming and abuse; how to react to a disclosure; and Stewards is one of the few to raise awareness that children can hurt other children – an area that many parents and organizations fail to prevent.
• All participants will walk away from Stewards of Children with not only raised awareness but concrete action items they can implement at a personal and organizational level.

What Outcomes Can Be Expected After Training?

• Increased awareness of the prevalence, consequences and circumstances of child sexual abuse.
• Participants will be able to identify what situations create the risk for abuse as well as identify grooming behaviors and techniques used by perpetrators.
• Practical strategies for protecting children from sexual abuse.
• How to intervene and react responsibly if warning signs appear or abuse is discovered.
• Proactive, positive change to organizational policies and procedures. 
• Individual commitment to action via a personal prevention plan.

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