Stewards of Children®
Prevention training that helps adults recognize, prevent, and respond to child sexual abuse.
Keeping children safe is a responsibility the adults in their lives share. Stewards of Children® is an evidence-based training that gives staff, volunteers, parents, and community members practical, everyday tools to prevent, recognize, and respond to child sexual abuse. Families First Center offers this training in person or online — whether you’re preparing your organization’s team or gathering a group in the community.
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These visits recognize both realities: that recovery takes work, and children still need connection.
Led by Families First Center’s authorized facilitators
Why This Training Matters
Child sexual abuse is more common than most people realize, and it thrives in silence. When the adults around children know how to spot warning signs, set clear boundaries, and respond calmly and appropriately, children are safer.
Stewards of Children® rests on a simple, steadying truth: keeping children safe is an adult’s job — not a child’s. This training turns that belief into skills your team and community can use right away.
Child safety is an adult’s job.
Who Should Take This Training
Stewards of Children® is for any adult responsible for the wellbeing of children — at work, at worship, on the field, or at home. That includes:
- Schools and after-school programs
- Faith communities
- Youth sports leagues and clubs
- Childcare and preschool providers
- Scouting and mentoring groups
- Healthcare and social-service staff
- Foster and adoptive parents
- Parents and caregivers
What the Training Covers
In a single 2.5-hour session, participants learn Darkness to Light’s “5 Steps to Protecting Our Children,” a practical, research-based framework for prevention.
Learn the Facts
Understand the realities of child sexual abuse and why prevention is an adult’s responsibility.
Minimize Opportunity
Reduce isolated, one-on-one situations between children and adults.
Talk About It
Have clear, age-appropriate conversations with children and with other adults.
Recognize the Signs
Learn the warning signs in children and in adult behavior.
React Responsibly
Know how to respond when abuse is disclosed, discovered, or suspected.
What Sets Stewards of Children Apart
Built for Organizations
It helps you create the policies and procedures that keep children safe — not just individual awareness.
Empowerment, not fear
Builds understanding and personal responsibility while honoring participants’ concerns along the way.
Grounded in evidence
Based on Darkness to Light’s nationally recognized, research-backed curriculum.
Real people, real stories
A video component pairs survivors’ experiences with the perspectives of professionals who confront these issues daily.
Outcomes that Keep Children Safe
After completing Stewards of Children®, participants and organizations are better prepared to:
- Recognize the warning signs of child sexual abuse
- Respond calmly and appropriately to disclosures and concerns
- Establish safer environments, boundaries, and policies
- Talk openly with children and colleagues about protection
- Share responsibility for the safety of every child in their care
Bring Stewards of Children to your Organization
Ready to schedule a training for your staff, volunteers, or community group? Our authorized facilitators will come to you.