Safety Is a Shared Responsibility: Recognizing and Responding to Concerns About Child Sexual Abuse

Training description

Child sexual abuse concerns are often first noticed by neighbors, volunteers, coaches, family friends, faith community members, youth-serving staff, and others who may not hold mandated reporting responsibilities but still play an important role in child safety.

This training helps participants understand how signs of child sexual abuse may emerge through patterns, behaviors, boundary violations, grooming dynamics, disclosures, or changes in a child’s behavior or environment. Participants will learn how to recognize concerns without jumping to conclusions, respond in supportive and trauma-informed ways, and understand when and how to make a report to Child Protective Services.

Cost: Free for non-CEU attendees, $30 for CEU attendees.

For training participants licensed in Maryland, this activity is approved for 3.0 continuing education hours for licensed Maryland Social Workers, Professional Counselors and Psychologists.

For training participants licensed as a social worker outside of Maryland, Harford Counseling, LLC (Provider number: 2705), is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: (1/15/26- 1/15/27). Social workers participating in this training will receive up to 3.0 credits of Category 1 Continuing Education Credits.

Contact information: Jennifer Redding, LCSW-C c/o Harford Counseling, LLC [email protected]. This training has been classified as beginning level courses for the purposes of ACE.

Please note, training registration will close one hour prior to the training start time. You will be unable to register after this time.