Community Education

Circle of Security Parenting is an 8-week parenting program based on years of research about how to build a strong relationship with your children. Circle of Security helps parents give their children a feeling of security and confidence so they can explore, learn, grown, and build positive relationships; all essential skills for life-long success. (For More Info & How to Register to Click Here)

The Birds, The Bees & Beyond Wondering how to broach the topic of The Birds, The Bees, and Beyond? Do dads need to talk to boys and moms talk to the girls? Why is it so important for me to talk to my child? Is it ever too late to start having these conversations with my child?  Answers to these questions and more provided with humor and honesty.

Empowering Youth: Part 1 (Body Safety Program) helps caregivers navigate tricky conversations with youth about establishing healthy relations and boundaries. This program is intended to accompany the student body safety program, Play It Safe.

Empowering Youth: Part 2 (Internet Safety Program) helps caregivers navigate tricky conversations with youth about establishing healthy relationships and boundaries while they are online. This program is intended to accompany the student internet safety presentation, NetSmartz.

Recognizing & Reporting Child Abuse highlights the complex dynamics of child abuse and neglect. Objectives include: Recognizing the signs and symptoms of child abuse, responding to concerns and disclosures of abuse with appropriate questions, understanding the legal implications of being a mandated reporter and lastly, building resilient youth

Not A Number (Parent Education Program) gives parents an overview of the interactive child trafficking and exploitation prevention curriculum. Not A Number is designed to provide youth with information and skills in a manner that inspires them to make safe choices presented at the middle school and high school level.

**All participants will be provided a certificate and resources following the trainings**

Adverse Childhood Experiences – ACEs are traumatic experiences from abuse, neglect, and witnessing several areas of household dysfunction. Toxic Stress is extreme, frequent, or extended activation of the body’s stress response without supportive relationships. Did you know that toxic stress can have damaging effects on learning, behavior, and health across the lifespan? We can do more to support our community during adverse situations.

Not a Number – Love146 –Not a Number is an interactive child trafficking and exploitation prevention curriculum designed to provide youth with information and skills in a manner that inspires them to make safe choices. Youth learn to identify and utilize healthy support systems that may decrease their vulnerabilities.

Recognizing & Reporting Child Abuse highlights the complex dynamics of child abuse and neglect. Objectives include: Recognizing the signs and symptoms of child abuse, responding to concerns and disclosures of abuse with appropriate questions, understanding the legal implications of being a mandated reporter, and lastly, building resilient youth.

**All participants will be provided a certificate and resources following the trainings**

Play It Safe (Body Safety Program) helps children identify situations that may be unsafe or confusing to their bodies. Program objectives include empowering youth to say “No!”, get away, tell a trusted adult, and it is NEVER the child’s fault. www.playitsafe.org 

NetSmartz (Internet Safety Program) lessons help children identify and respond appropriately to situations online that may be unsafe of confusing to them or others. Program objectives include keeping personal information private, establishing healthy boundaries online, telling a trusted adult, and it is NEVER the child’s fault. www.netsmartz.com.

Recognizing & Reporting Child Abuse (Student Version) this workshop was designed to empowers students in leadership roles or career related classes (PALS, Ready-Set-Teach, Child and Family Development, Criminal Justice) to recognize, respond and report situations of child abuse. Course objectives include understanding the signs and symptoms of child abuse, the legal obligations of reporting such allegations, and building resiliency in peers.

Not A Number (middle school/high school) is an interactive child trafficking and exploitation prevention curriculum designed to provide youth with information and skills in a manner that inspires them to make safe choices. Youth learn to identify and utilize healthy support systems that may decrease their vulnerabilities.

**WCCAC provides all campuses with a letter to advise parents/caregivers on the goals, objectives, and main messages of the program. **