Circles of Safety for Foster Care Programs
Stop It Now!, a national child sexual abuse prevention program in Massachusetts, expanded Circles of Safety, a promising training model to improve the knowledge and confidence of foster care service providers and foster care parents creating system-wide change and reducing sexual harm to children in foster care.
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Communities
Adults Children with sexual behavior problems Men Parents/Foster Parents Women -
Products
Resource: Family Rules for Safe Boundaries, Respect and Privacy; Internet Safety Guidelines and Tips; Communication Tips and Examples; Sexuality Concepts in Concrete Terms and Guiding Supervision Questions Available upon request
Curriculum: Train-the-trainer manual including trainer’s handbooks for the two workshops. These are proprietary of Stop It Now! Visit Stop It Now!
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System
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Level
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Asset PDF
Strategies
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Strengthen Policies
Stop It Now! delivered Circles of Safety for fostercare program leadership to strengthen policy, procedures and practices to promote children's sexual safety. Participants completed training with an initial action plan.
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Educate & Train
Conducted 2 awareness-to-action trainings, 2 prevention leadership trainings, 2 train-the-trainer trainings, 2 2-hour community-based workshops, 2 educational support booster webinars.
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Measure Impact
Stop It Now! conducted evalutions including pre and post training surveys to measure impact on confidence, attitudes, knowledge and behavior.
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Provide Resources
Stop It Now! developed several handouts: Family Rules for Safe Boundaries, Respect and Privacy; Internet Safety Guidelines and Tips; Communication Tips and Examples; Sexuality Concepts in Concrete Terms; Guiding Supervision Questions; Train-the-trainer manual including a trainer’s handbooks for the two workshops.