As families prepare to welcome a child through adoption, it is important that they consider the possibility that their child was or will be exposed to sexually inappropriate contact. This training provides information about sexual abuse prevalence, dynamics and offender characteristics, as well as about how children talk about it and how parents can most effectively respond to a child who is disclosing sexual abuse or exhibiting problematic sexual behaviors. Tips for establishing healthy body safety boundaries and messages to empower children to talk to their parents if they are exposed to sexually inappropriate contact is also discussed.
Alyssa Layne, MSW, LCSW – Adoption Social Worker, Holt International Children’s Services
Course length: 60 minutes
Course level: Beginning, Intermediate
Certificate type: This course offers a Social Work CE certificate
Credit type: General CE
After attending this course, professionals will be able to:
- Recognize sexual abuse prevalence, dynamics, and offender characteristics
- Describe how children talk about sexual abuse, and how parents can most effectively respond to a child who is disclosing sexual abuse or exhibiting problematic sexual behaviors
- Give examples of ways to establish healthy body safety boundaries and messages that empower children to talk to their parents if they are exposed to sexually inappropriate contact
Recorded 9/23/2021
National Council For Adoption, #1804, 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: 04/13/2023 – 04/13/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit.
This course does not offer credit for NJ or NY social workers. More information on continuing education credits is available here. 
