Local YMCA Offering Free Sexual Abuse Prevention Training
North Suburban YMCA has partnered with Darkness to Light to bring a free sexual abuse training prevention program, Stewards of Children.
The local YMCA is teaming up with sexual abuse prevention experts to train local groups and parents to help protect children. According to Katie Stinchon of the YMCA of Greater Boston the statistics on sexual abuse are alarming. She said 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused before their 18th birthday. In response, the North Suburban YMCA has partnered with Darkness to Light to bring a free sexual abuse training prevention program, Stewards of Children, to Woburn, Winchester, Burlington, Arlington, and Lexington residents, according to a release. "Stewards of Children is the only training workshop available nationally that is proven to increase knowledge and change child protection behavior in adults," a release on the program…
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