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professional development

Building confidence in connection, prevention, and wellbeing.

Professional development and trainings for educators, counselors, service providers, and first responders.

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Strengthening the adults who build safer schools and communities.

Professional Development
Trainings

Expert-led trainings for educators, counselors, direct service providers, and first responders.

NEST Curricula Implementation
Trainings

Asynchronous or in-person trainings for implementing NEST curricula.

featured trainings

Trainings that strengthen professional practice.

Educators

Practical, evidence-based trainings for educator wellbeing and to create classrooms and schools where all students belong.

Creating Inclusive Classrooms

Build classrooms that celebrate diversity and foster belonging for every student

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Rediscover the “Why”: Staying Connected to Purpose as an Educator

Reconnect with your passion and create a vision to guide your teaching journey

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Proactive Safety Strategies for Educators

Create safer schools through proactive planning and emergency preparedness

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NEST Curricula Facilitators

Facilitator training to confidently implement NEST curricula with fidelity, using trauma-informed approaches and effective facilitation techniques.

Facilitator Training: You Belong Here

5 Hours

Training to prepare facilitators to deliver You Belong Here with trauma-informed, connection-centered practices.

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School Staff

Practical, evidence-based trainings for anyone working with youth, ranging from building belonging to ensuring youth safety.

Intersections of Vulnerability: Protecting Children with Disabilities from Exploitation

Recognize signs of abuse and create safer environments for children with disabilities

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CSEA 101

Learn to recognize, respond to, and prevent child sexual exploitation and abuse in your community

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Upstander Behavior: Turning Awareness into Action

Practice safe, effective intervention strategies to disrupt harm and support others

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Direct Service Providers & CACs

Targeted training on trauma-informed practices, connection-building strategies, and prevention approaches for those working directly with at-risk youth and families.

CSEC 101

Identify, intervene, and support youth at risk of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking

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Coping with Grief & Loss

Support children through grief with practical tools for difficult conversations

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Intersections of Vulnerability: Protecting Children with Disabilities from Exploitation

Recognize signs of abuse and create safer environments for children with disabilities

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First-Responders

Essential tools for recognizing trauma, building rapport with youth in crisis, and understanding the role of connection in prevention and intervention.

CSEC 101

Identify, intervene, and support youth at risk of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking

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Compassionate Response to Disclosures

Respond with empathy and care when young people disclose abuse or exploitation

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CSEA 101

Learn to recognize, respond to, and prevent child sexual exploitation and abuse in your community

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Experience

Flexible Timing to Fit Your Schedule

Choose from focused 2-hour virtual sessions or comprehensive half- and full-day programs, available both in-person and online.

Specialist Instruction

Our trainings are developed and led by multidisciplinary experts from leading academic institutions including Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, MIT, UT, UNC

Resource Materials

Our resource materials transform training learning into real-world action with practical tools, and ready-to-use strategies.

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