Darkness to Light Series

Who’s Been Trained?

The following organizations have trained staff in Darkness to Light: Commute Options-BLSD Transportation, BEAT Children’s Theatre, Warm Springs CPS/Prevention Team, Sisters Church of the Nazarene, Circle of Friends, The Child Center, COCC ED265, High Desert ESD, COCC Nursing Students, KIDS Club Harney County, COPA Behavioral Specialists, Camp Eagle, New Leaf Academy, Cascade School of Music, Blossoms Therapeutic Center, Morning Star Christian School, Cascades Academy, FRC Parent Group (Spanish), COCC ED 140, OSU-Cascades.

Darkness to Light:

Stewards of Children

For: Parents, caregivers and adults who work with or on behalf of kids
Length: 2.5 Hours
Offered: Virtually and in-person (at locations across Central Oregon)
Cost: Free

Experts estimate that 1 out of every 10 children will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday. The greatest risk to our children doesn’t come from strangers but from our friends and family; 90% of all victims know their abusers.

Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children® is a 2.5-hour interactive training program providing participants with 5 steps to better protect children from sexual abuse. It gives adults tools for recognizing the signs of sexual abuse, responding to suspicions, and gives simple ways to minimize opportunities for abuse in organizations and in our community. This training is ideal for any adult in our community who has interactions with children. We recommend taking this class every two years.

KIDS Center is proud to be 1 of 13 sites, across the state of Oregon and Siskiyou County, partnering with The Ford Family Foundation to increase safety for children by providing Darkness To Light’s Stewards of Children® to adults in our rural communities.

This training is made possible through the generosity of The Ford Family Foundation.

Darkness to Light:

Talking with Children about Safety from Sexual Abuse

For: Parents, caregivers and adults who work with kids, plus kids in elementary through high-school
Length: 1 Hour
Offered: Virtually and in-person (at locations across Central Oregon)
Cost: Free

Talking about personal safety creates a protective bond between parent and child, increasing confidence for both and instilling knowledge that makes children and teens much less vulnerable. In this one (1) hour training, adults will learn the importance of relationships and resiliency, receive examples of how to talk about personal safety with children, and learn how to use everyday opportunities to talk with children about sexual abuse and its prevention.

Darkness to Light:

Healthy Touch for Children & Youth

For: Parents, caregivers and adults who work with kids
Length: 1 Hour
Offered: Virtually and in-person (at locations across Central Oregon)
Cost: Free

Healthy affection and touch is a protective measure against child sexual abuse especially with parents, caregivers, and family members. In this one-hour training, you will learn guidelines for healthy touch and safe, respectful ways to interact with children. Discussion will be centered around guidelines for healthy touch at home and in youth serving settings, how to balance children’s needs for warmth and affection with safe, respectful ways of interacting, and we will learn about when touching behaviors can become inappropriate.

Darkness to Light:

Bystanders Protecting Children

For: Parents, caregivers and adults who work with or on behalf of kids
Length: 1 Hour
Offered: Virtually and in-person (at locations across Central Oregon)
Cost: Free

A bystander is a person who witnesses a boundary violation, or sees a situation where a child is vulnerable. Being prepared to intervene as a bystander is key to preventing child sexual abuse. In this training you will learn how to be an active bystander in child sexual abuse prevention and response. You will receive examples of boundary violations and inappropriate behaviors, and how you can make spontaneous and planned interventions that reinforce boundaries and protect children.