The Workshops

Parenting Safe Children, LLC, Part I

While child sexual assault is disturbingly prevalent, there are skills that parents, teachers, and caregivers can learn to increase children’s safety and prevent abuse in their lives.

The Parenting Safe Children workshop is the culmination of nearly twenty years of professional experience in providing child assault prevention services; moreover, it is updated regularly to reflect new best practices in prevention and parent-child communication.

It is never too early to start talking with children about keeping their bodies safe.

Workshops Cover Three Key Areas of Parenting a Safe Child:

1. Knowledge: Educate Yourself - Parents/caregivers need current and accurate information about child sexual assault in order to keep children safe. 2. Safe Home: Modeling Safe Behavior - Children need body safety concepts and rules to be safe. 3. Parenting with a Filter - A parenting “filter” is an inquiry into all areas of a child’s life and a vehicle to monitor those areas for the child’s safety.

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Who Should Attend?

Whether or not we have children of our own, all members of society are responsible for the safety of children.

Parenting Safe Children is an adult-focused educational program. Anyone interested in the safety of children may attend this workshop, including: parents, grandparents, teachers, therapists, healthcare professionals, police officers, nannies, daycare and childcare providers, and anyone interested in learning a proactive approach to child safety.

The Parenting Safe Children workshop is appropriate for people with children ages birth - 18.

Topics Covered

1. Misconceptions and truths about victims and perpetrators.

2. Offenders' targets: who is vulnerable?

3. The grooming process: patterns of sex offenders; demographics and prevalence.

4. Sexual offenders: misconceptions and truths.

5. Adolescent sex offender traits; demographics and prevalence.

6. Identify adolescent abusing behaviors.

7. Child-to-child sexual abuse.

8. Helping children and teens who abuse.

9. Recognizing and utilizing "teachable moments."

10. Boundaries and privacy.

11. Body-safety rules.

12. Intuition.

13. Characteristics of safe homes.

14. "Parenting with a Filter" - Questioning yourself and others.

15. Choosing substitute care. (baby-sitters, day care, team sports, youth activities)

16. Age appropriate sexual behavior.

17. Tips for building "open communication" with children.

18. The nature of secrets.

19. Responding to children and teens who disclose sexual abuse.

Workshop Schedule

2010

For locations and to register, call Feather at 303-673-9558 or 303-931-5782 or email her.

Materials/Fees

Take home materials include: guidelines for interviewing childcare providers, descriptors for age appropriate sexual behavior, identifiers of sexual abuse, resources, and more.

Registration Fees:

$50/person.

Fees may vary depending on location of workshop.

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January 2010
18	8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Denver, CO Private
23	9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Carbondale, CO
25	5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.	Aspen, CO
27	10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Aspen, CO Private
30	9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Boulder, CO
February 2010
1	6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.	Boulder, CO
8	5:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.	Denver, CO
20	9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Boulder, CO Private
27	10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Highlands Ranch , CO
March 2010
6	10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Boulder, CO
13	10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Evergreen, CO
18	6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.	Nederland, CO Private
20	9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Denver, CO

22	5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.	Golden, CO
April 2010
10	9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Boulder, CO
17	9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Boulder, CO Private
19	5:45 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.	Boulder, CO
28	5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.	Denver, CO
May 2010
8	9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Commerce City, CO
22	2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Boca Raton, FL