The first step of prevention is to understand what child sexual abuse looks like and the warning signs in children’s and adult’s behaviors. Check out this page for more information about CSA and how to define it:

Social media and the Internet have become parts of our everyday lives and necessary components in many ways, even for young children. The following guide provides information on topics such as media literacy, privacy and safety, social media, and more:

Being able to identify these warning signs early puts caring adults in a better position to take steps to make sure children and youth are safe online.

Two more trainings have been added to our Circles of Safety prevention training calendar for 2025!. See all of our available trainings for 2025 on our Virtual Classroom page:

Parents and caregivers should feel confident in understanding how children and teenagers use technology as well as what the risks are for youth in order to better take preventative steps and help young people identify unsafe situations online.

This month, we want to help you guide your children to navigate technology safely. Our tip sheet, Keeping Children and Youth Safe Online, offers some guidance and safety planning steps for online safety for every age group:

We're partnering with the @ndvh to better understand victims and survivors’ experience with tech-facilitated abuse. Take the anonymous survey and help shape support for survivors:

Our partners at the Center for Violence Prevention Research recent publication focuses on the people we help on WhatsOK, and explores how these youth can meaningfully and safely engage in research. Valuable insights from the publication can be viewed in the summary brief below.

Knowing how to best support your child and keep them safe from further harm after sibling abuse is disclosed is a difficult matter. Read how we recommended this worried parent navigate the situation:.

This new study uses Stop It Now! metrics to meet the need for more information about how the pandemic may have caused changes in the help-seeking behavior of people who have concerns about their thoughts and behaviors regarding children.

As parents, you should also know, like your kids, that you are not alone. Healing and finding safety for your family is absolutely possible after harm has occurred. Read Karen's Story of Hope and discover how a family can reunite and re-establish safety.

Sometimes we need tips and support on how to demonstrate our support and care when a child has been impacted by sexually harmful behavior or has harmed another child.

As part of Internet Safety Month, we're happy to share the American Academy of Pediatrics Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health page:

Many adults reach out to us with similar questions, struggling with their own actions from years ago. It can be so difficult to think about your own sexual behaviors as a child. Learn where to begin addressing your actions with our Advice Column:

Circles of Safety: Awareness to Action is less than two weeks away which means you only have a handful of days left to register for this foundational prevention training.

When presented with a sexual behavior in a child, it is not always obvious whether or not the behavior is anything to be concerned about. Read our piece to help you understand what is problematic and what is not:

This month, we are sharing resources from our site that may help you to reflect upon and build insights about your childhood behaviors. You may read by reading this previously published Online Help Center piece here:

We're so happy to hear our service for youth between the ages of 14 and 21, What's OK?, being discussed at length by Stop It Now! partner and long-time collaborator Melissa Bright, PhD, Director of The Center for Violence Prevention Research. Listen to the full podcast below!.

Are you a part of a youth-serving organization, institution, or community that will be working with children this summer?. Enroll in our prevention training courses today and help keep kids happy and healthy throughout the season.

If you want to bring prevention techniques to your youth-serving organization this is a great opportunity to gain all the skills and qualifications you need to do so in a two week time period - reserve your space in our Circles of Safety trainings today: