FREE WEBINAR
Building Safe Schools:
Become a Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Expert
Thursday, May 08, 2025, 9:30 AM EDT
Presenter: Dr. Shani Verschleiser, AuD, LCSW
Learning Objectives:
- Identify three key strategies schools can use to prevent hiring individuals with harmful intentions.
- Demonstrate methods for training school staff on recognizing and responding to child disclosures of sexual abuse.
- Describe at least two components that a school-based sexual abuse prevention program must include to be effective.
- Analyze legal responsibilities and potential risks for schools regarding child sexual abuse prevention.
These workshops offer 5 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits
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This workshop equips school mental health professionals with the tools to proactively prevent child sexual abuse in school settings. Participants will learn how to foster a culture of safety, implement effective hiring practices, and support staff and students. Topics will include understanding child sexual abuse, recognizing disclosures, maintaining healthy boundaries, and addressing peer-to-peer interactions. Legal responsibilities, best practices for intervention, and research-based prevention strategies will also be covered. This interactive session will provide practical tools to empower school staff to create safer student environments. This workshop will empower school mental health professionals to proactively safeguard students while providing vital support to staff and administrators.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify three key strategies schools can use to prevent hiring individuals with harmful intentions.
- Demonstrate methods for training school staff on recognizing and responding to child disclosures of sexual abuse.
- Describe at least two components that a school-based sexual abuse prevention program must include to be effective.
- Analyze legal responsibilities and potential risks for schools regarding child sexual abuse prevention.
Agenda:
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Morning Session (3 hours)
- Understanding the Role of Schools in Prevention (30 min)
- Why schools are essential for abuse prevention
- Case studies of effective school-based programs
- Building a Safe School Culture (45 min)
- Hiring practices & screening measures
- Developing school policies and procedures
- Recognizing & Responding to Child Sexual Abuse (45 min)
- Signs of abuse and how children disclose
- How to respond effectively to disclosures
- Healthy Boundaries for Staff (1 hour)
- Professional boundaries with students
- Recognizing inappropriate behavior in peers/staff
Lunch Break (1 hour)
Afternoon Session (2 hours)
- Prevention & Intervention Strategies (45 min)
- Research-based prevention programs
- Peer-to-peer abuse: healthy vs. harmful behavior
- Legal Responsibilities & Risk Management (45 min)
- School liability and reporting laws
- Q&A and Wrap-Up (30 min)
- Understanding the Role of Schools in Prevention (30 min)
This presentation is open to:
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: introductory
Level of Clinician: intermediate
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.
Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.
Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling.
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Satisfactory Completion Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
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Refund Policy:
Full Refund until 48 hours before scheduled date.
48 hours before: full refund less $5.00 processing fee. After event no refund will be given.
*exclusions apply for reasonable need and cause.