Dearest Sister's and Community Allies, our friends over at Strengthening Chicago's Youth ( SCY ) have an opportunity for you or someone that you know to be trained and prepared to respond to child sexual abuse.
SCY was created to take a policy and systems approach to violence prevention and they do an outstanding job of bringing the community together to have much needed conversations, trainings, and access to resources.
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Below is the information about the training and the contact person and phone number for those interested.
Host Chicago CAC Training
Ready to Respond?
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center provides training for professionals, parents and community members on responding to child sexual abuse. Through lecture and discussion, the presentation covers:
- how to define child abuse and child sexual abuse
- behavioral indicators of abuse
- reacting to disclosures of sexual abuse
- trauma and its impact
- the mandated reporting process
- Chicago Children's Advocacy Center's role
- how to support children, families and yourself
This training lasts up to three hours and can be done on-site at your location. CE hours are available for licensed social workers, licensed counselors and early intervention providers.
To schedule a training for your workplace or community site, contact Julia at JStrehlow@ChicagoCAC.org or (312) 492-3718.