Stewards of Children®
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Promising

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Description

This is a training program for childcare professionals, so that they can prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse.
The intervention is carried out through a two-hour face-to-face mini-course, with each participant receiving a book containing the program’s content. The facilitator uses a video that integrates segments of sexual abuse survivors relating their stories of abuse and recovery with segments of professionals who have experience in and knowledge of the problems related to violence against children.
The facilitator interrupts the video at three points and leads a discussion on the concepts presented in each segment. The program not only trains adults in child protection, but also helps organizations create individual and organizational policies and procedures to try to keep children safe.

Impact evaluations

An impact assessment showed that the program led to a statistically significant increase in the knowledge, attitude, and preventive behaviors of healthcare professionals in relation to child sexual abuse [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Rheingold, A. A., Zajac, K., Patton, M., de Arellano, M. A., Saunders, B., & Kilpatrick, D. G. (2011). Child sexual abuse training for childcare professionals: A multi-site randomized controlled trial of Stewards of Children. Manuscript submitted for publication.