For Schools, Camps & Youth-Serving Organizations

Prevention is a system, not a training day

A curriculum is one part. What actually protects children is who you hire, how you supervise, whether staff know exactly what to do, and whether a child believes an adult here would help. We build that with you.

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Why This Matters Here

Five things determine whether a child is safe in your care

Organizations tend to think about prevention as a training to schedule. The research and the case files both say otherwise: what protects children is a set of systems that make harm harder to do and easier to report.

Who you let in

Screening, references, and interview questions that actually ask about boundaries with children.

What can be seen

Observable and interruptible. Reducing one-adult, one-child unobserved time protects children and staff alike.

What happens next

A reporting protocol every adult can state from memory, including when the concern is a colleague.

Who is trained

Every adult, not only child-facing staff. A child tells the person they trust, and that is often the bus driver.

What children know

Skills and words of their own. Adult training and child education together outperform either alone.

The two most effective ways to prevent child sexual abuse are education and training focused on adults, and skills training focused on children. Programs that do both outperform programs that do either alone.

Committee for Children, 2016 · the research base for Stay KidSafe!™

Free Self-Assessment

Is your organization prepared?

Ten questions across the five things that actually determine whether a child is safe in your care. Takes about three minutes. You will get a plain assessment and a short list of what to fix first.

Nothing is saved, sent, or seen by us. This runs entirely on your own device.

Question 1 of 10

We build this with you

Center for Child Counseling develops customized proposals based on what your organization actually needs, from a single staff session to policy support and multi-week curriculum delivery.

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What We Offer

From one session to a whole system

Most of what we do is free. Where there is a cost it is small, and it is stated here rather than hidden behind a form.

Free

Stay KidSafe!™ curriculum

Personal safety education for Kindergarten through 5th grade, self-serve online and available to any school anywhere.

Animation, activities, and songs
Lesson plans and guides
Parent letters in English and Spanish
PreK delivered in person in Palm Beach County

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Free

Educator & staff training

One hour, self-guided, online. Approved by the School District of Palm Beach County and districts in Texas.

Recognizing children at risk
Professional protocol and boundaries
Mandated reporting procedures
Responding to a disclosure

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Camps nationwide

CampSafe® Levels 1 & 2

Child abuse prevention training built specifically for camp staff and leadership, with an advanced curriculum for returning staff.

Level 1 for new staff
Level 2 for returning staff
Online and self-paced
Group pricing available

See CampSafe®

$10 per user

SchoolSafe for resource officers

For SROs, police, and detectives. Prevalence and long-term impact, recognizing an abused child, the grooming process, and responding to disclosure.

One hour, self-guided
Built for law enforcement in schools

Enroll

Custom proposal

In-person programming

Delivered by our team, built around what your organization actually needs rather than a fixed package.

Single classroom sessions
Full-school assemblies
Multi-week curriculum delivery
Parent education workshops
Faith communities and out-of-school-time programs

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Free

Healthcare professional training

Foundational knowledge for clinicians and practice staff on child sexual abuse, ACEs, prevention, disclosure, and reporting.

One hour, self-guided
Pediatric and primary care settings

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In the Community

We bring it to you

Prevention education only works if it reaches the children who need it. Our team delivers KidSafe programming in person at partner schools and sites, at community events, and through the Mobile HOPE Unit.

We bring the classroom to the parking lot, the health fair, and the neighborhood that has no bus route.

The Mobile HOPE Unit

Center for Child Counseling staff engaging children in safety education

Fun, empowering personal safety education in the community

The Mobile HOPE Unit

A classroom on wheels. The Mobile HOPE Unit brings personal safety education, activities, and our team directly to schools, neighborhoods, and community events, including places where transportation is the barrier between a child and a program.

If you have seen it at an event, that is what these photographs are.

Embedded in schools and sites

KidSafe programming is provided at no cost to our co-located partner sites across Palm Beach County, part of an embedded model that puts prevention education where children already are.

Our team also delivers programming in Martin County, funded by the Children's Services Council of Martin County.

Want KidSafe at your school or organization?

We build customized proposals, from a single classroom session to a full-school assembly, multi-week curriculum, or parent workshop.

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Your Team

Who you will actually work with

Not a call centre. These are the people who will build your proposal, deliver the training, and answer the phone afterwards.

Dominika Nolan

Sr. Director, Development & Community Education

Builds training partnerships across Palm Beach and Martin Counties. Your first conversation about a proposal is with her.

Elysse Dion

Director of Digital Learning & Innovation

Runs BeKidSafe.org, the platform behind every course we offer. Handles enrollment and access for your whole staff team.

Stephanie De La Cruz

Trainer, Education & Prevention

Delivers programming directly in schools and community settings, with real expertise in culturally responsive practice.

Cherie Benjoseph, LCSW

Creator, Stay KidSafe!™ & CampSafe®

Licensed clinical social worker and nationally recognized child safety expert. She wrote the curriculum your staff will teach.

Track Record

Districts and camps already trust this

Since 2009, KidSafe programming has reached children and trained adults across Florida and beyond.

60,000+

Children reached with personal safety education

50,000+

Adults trained to be better protectors

180+

Camps nationwide using CampSafe®

2009

The year this work began

Approved and in use

School District of Palm Beach County

School District of Martin County

School districts in Texas

Martin County programming is funded by the Children's Services Council of Martin County. Programming is free at our co-located partner sites across Palm Beach County.

Next Step

Start wherever makes sense for you

You do not need a budget, a committee, or a plan to begin. Two of the three routes below cost nothing and can start today.

Request a custom proposal

Tell us about your organization and we will build something around what you actually need. In-person sessions, assemblies, multi-week delivery, or parent workshops.

Submit a request

Register your school

Get your staff into the free curriculum and the free educator training on BeKidSafe.org. No proposal, no meeting, no cost.

Train your camp staff

CampSafe® Level 1 for new staff and Level 2 for returning staff, online and self-paced, with group pricing.

See CampSafe®

Rather just talk to someone?

Call 561-244-9499 or email our team.

Hablamos español. Serving Palm Beach and Martin Counties in person, and schools nationwide online.

Protecting Children Is a System

Build it before you need it

Most of what we offer costs nothing, because our donors pay for it. You do not need a budget, a committee, or a plan to begin. Start with the free training today and build the rest with us.

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Three minutes

Is your organization prepared? Ten questions across screening, supervision, reporting protocol, staff training, and families. You get a plain assessment and a short list of what to fix first.

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Serving Palm Beach and Martin Counties in person, and schools nationwide online. Hablamos español. Call 561-244-9499 or email info@centerforchildcounseling.org.