TRAINING
Advocacy and Training Alliance provides structured training programs based on current research models recognized as “best practice.” The training provides a solid therapeutic foundation through didactic and experiential opportunities. Training is conducted by experts in conjunction with credentialed Advocacy and Training Alliance faculty.
LEVEL 1:
CSAYC - Clinical Credential
Level 1: CSAYC Training
Training Dates: Training dates for this course are January 22-24, 2024 and February 26-28, 2024 and will be held virtually via Zoom. You must be able to attend all 6 days of training and cameras must remain on.
Register Here for January/February 2024 training.

Future Training Dates:
May 6-8, 2024 and May 15-17, 2024
LEVEL 2:
CSAYP - Management/Program Credential
Level 2: CSAYP Training
20 hours of applicable continuing education is required every 2 years to maintain Level 2 - CSAYP credentials.
Future Training Dates: TBD
LEVEL 3:
Direct Care Certificate of Training
Level 3 training is recommended for direct care professionals who provide treatment to youth who have engaged in sexually harmful behaviors. Participants will gain information to improve a child's success in treatment and their continued success after treatment.
Date: Call to schedule
Total training hours: 1 day; 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $150 per person; money is non-refundable
Training Dates: Call to schedule - Training is available via zoom or in person
For questions about this training, Contact us
LEVEL 4:
Foster Parent Certificate of Training
This training program is recommended for foster parents and provides information on safety for the child, family, and community. Foster Parents learn how sexually harmful behaviors develop and how to be an active part of the child's treatment team. Practical, effective and respectful plans to ensure safety are provided.
Circles of Safety®-the Stop It Now! training and technical assistance program-educates and supports adults and organizations responsible for providing safe and healthy environments for children. Based on violence prevention and bystander engagement research, as well as public health and adult education models, Circles of Safety delivers practical and customizable training that is easy to implement to prepare and guide adults to be active agents in children's safety planning at home, in the community, and in youth-serving organizations. Through Circles of Safety training tools and practice, adults learn to address barriers and misconceptions that may interfere with preventive actions. Adults can become more confident, comfortable, and knowledgeable about protecting children from sexual harm. The training is to teach skills to prevent sexual abuse.
Stop it Now! Sexual Abuse Prevention Training Opportunities in Indiana:
Workshop 1 - Circles of Safety: Understanding the Role of Healthy Sexual Development and Education in Sexual Abuse Prevention
This workshop presents key steps in child sexual abuse prevention. Understanding and promoting healthy sexual development for children in foster care settings is critical to helping them achieve increased health, safety, and well-being. By increasing participants' knowledge, confidence and comfort, participants will be able to better recognize and support children's sexual safety. Participants will learn how to use safety rules as tools to help keep children and youth safe.
Workshop 2- Circles of Safety: Understanding and Responding to Warning Signs
This workshop identifies behaviors in both children and adults that are warning signs that a child is at risk of being sexually abused or that a child is being sexually abused. Participants will be able to recognize and respond to warning signs specifically in adults' behaviors that may contribute to increasing the vulnerability of an environment. Communication tools for adults to talk with other adults about children's sexual safety will be introduced and practiced.
Interested in training, please contact us - trainings are available via zoom or in person
LUNCH AND LEARN
Lunch and Learn is a virtual one-hour learning discussion hosted by various professionals and will take place from noon to 1 p.m. EST the first Thursday of every month in 2023.
Attendance is free to all those interested! If you would like to receive a CE for your attendance there a $10 fee. Fee must be paid via credit card.
All who attend will be asked to complete a quick post-survey to provide feedback on the discussion. For those who attend and pay to receive CE, then you will be required to complete an additional survey concerning the material covered.
Continuing Education Credits are available ONLY through the Indiana Professional Licensing Association (CE License #- 98000590A)
This is NOT an NBCC related program.
Click on the date below to go to the registration page.
November 2, 2023 - The Influences of Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI) on Inappropriate Sexual Behaviors; presented by Abby Noack, Psy.D., CSAYC Register Here