Child Safety Trainings

Courses can be taught on-site at your location.

Courses We Facilitate

Protecting children takes families, educators, caregivers, youth-serving organizations, faith groups, and neighbors working together. The Darkness to Light courses below are designed to strengthen communication between children and safe adults, equip parents and caregivers with prevention-focused knowledge, support educators and community leaders with clear guidance, and foster cultures of trust, respect, and accountability. All trainings are based around the 5 Steps to Protecting Children™.

Courses marked with an asterisk (*) require a workbook. The cost per person for workbooks is listed below the course. All other courses are provided free of charge.

  • Teaches adults the guidelines for healthy affection and respectful interactions with children, including how to define and model consent and appropriate boundaries to help protect children from sexual abuse. Content includes verbal and non-verbal signals kids give about touch and what healthy sexual development looks like so adults can avoid overreacting to appropriate behaviors or missing red flags for abuse.

  • This course teaches adults how to talk with and listen to children about their safety and concerns regarding sexual abuse, strengthening protective relationships and empowering kids through ongoing, supportive conversations.

  • Learn practical skills to recognize boundary violations and intervene safely to protect children from sexual abuse, empowering adults to act confidently as upstanders rather than passive bystanders in real-world situations.

  • Explores how child sexual abuse increases vulnerability to commercial sexual exploitation and equips adults with the knowledge to recognize what trafficking is, understand its root causes, and take intentional actions to reduce risk and protect children.

  • Helps adults learn to identify the signs of sexual, physical, emotional abuse, and neglect, and understand their legal responsibilities as mandated reporters so they can take appropriate action to protect children.

    Workbooks cost $8/person

  • Teaches adults practical actions they can take to reduce instances of child sexual abuse in their organizations, families, and communities through interviews with a very diverse group of people with lived experience, experts, and treatment providers.

    Workbooks cost $16/person

If you’re interested in arranging a Child Safety Foundations or Stewards of Children course for your organization, complete the form to the right. Our Public Education Specialist will reach out to you to coordinate.

For more information about Darkness to Light, visit their website or look through their 2025 Annual Impact Report.