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“Keeping Them Safe with Sharon Doty”
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NEWS AND NOTES:
PODCAST
KEEPING THEM SAFE with SHARON DOTY! The podcast is more than a year old now and is providing a real opportunity for all adults to become “Alert Adults” and stop predators in their tracks. Through these bi-weekly episodes, we are inviting parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and all responsible caring adults to join the Keeping Them Safe mission to empower adults to eradicate child sexual abuse from the planet. The episodes are short and focused and offer practical information and steps adults can take to create safe environments and keep our children safe from sexual predators. Get started now by clicking this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2137056/12283837-let-s-get-started.mp3?download=true
From time to time, we interview experts in the field who can give us a perspective on the scope and nature of the problem such as a recent interview with Dr. Maggie Ingram from the Centers for Disease Control discussing problematic sexual behavior among children.
Find KEEPING THEM SAFE with SHARON DOTY on your favorite podcast platform. There are now 50 episodes available. You can listen to them in any order you want and if you have questions or comments, send them to us through the “Contact Us” link on the site or contact Sharon directly at swdkeepingthemsafe@gmail.com.
UPCOMING TRAINING SCHEDULE:
Training for professionals to present the Keeping Them Safe adult education program is currently scheduled for the following dates. The cost for training is only $40. You will be provided electronic versions of all materials, PowerPoints, manuals, handouts, etc. at no charge. THIS PROGRAM IS FREE TO YOU!
Thursday, November 21st - 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST
TO REGISTER CONTACT SHARON DOTY AT SWDKEEPINGTHEMSAFE@GMAIL.COM. or click on the link. Keeping Them Safe Training for Trainers (google.com) If the date provided does not work, contact Sharon to arrange for additional opportunities.
You think you know how to keep your children safe from sexual predators.
What if you don't?
What if something you don't know that you don't know
is the key to prevention?
For many years adults have concentrated child sexual abuse prevention efforts on teaching children to say "no," run away, and tell somebody as the primary tool for prevention. Adults have received what we call “IRT”- Immediate Response Training. Through these programs adults are taught to recognize three critical things:
How to recognize the signs in a child that they might have been or are being abused
How to deal with disclosures of abuse from a child
How to report
In addition, caring, responsible parents have established the family rules and practices they think will prevent child sexual abuse. Although the “family rules” may not be the thing that truly protects children, these responsible adults think they are doing all that is possible to protect their children from child molesters.
The professional community has also focused attention on the three aspects of IRT. In addition, they have looked to other methods of strengthening families and finding ways to empower parents. They have not focused on educating parents about how to recognize potential predators and stop them from trapping children in a sexually abusive situation because, it has been the general consensus among professionals (even the CDC) that educating parents is not possible.
WHAT IF YOU AND THEY ARE WRONG?
There are things adults don't know about how child molesters operate that can help us stop predators before they succeed in their seduction. If we can stop them before the child is harmed or trapped in the predator’s web, we can eradiate child sexual abuse and create safe environments. There are ways to get that message out to all responsible adults.
Keeping Them Safe is dedicated to this mission.
Keeping Them Safe trains adults to recognize potential predators in the environment and stop the grooming process before a child is harmed. Our programs are customized to meet your specific needs and the needs of your neighborhood, school, church or organization!
Through Keeping Them Safe, adults take on primary prevention of child sexual abuse. We are no longer only working to stop it from happening again and providing the resources to help children recover from the trauma. Keeping Them Safe eliminates the need for trauma intervention and improves the general health of society because they never experience the harm.
Sharon W. Doty, M.H.R., J.D., Founder
The flagship program for Keeping Them Safe is an interactive play that educates adults about the behavioral characteristics of potential child molesters.
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