South Carolina Training Aimed at Sex-Abuse Prevention
10,000 school employees will learn to identify signs, respond in abuse cases.
The South Carolina Department of Education is launching a statewide effort to prevent sex abuse in schools by training 10,000 teachers and other school employees this summer in how to spot potential problems and intervene in abusive relationships.
Teachers, school nurses, counselors, and administrators will take part in a 2½-hour training course through the national nonprofit group Darkness to Light , based in Charleston, S.C., which works to combat child sex abuse.
In addition to the training, each of the state’s 86 school districts will identify a facilitator who will complete a more in-depth, full-day training in the curriculum. The facilitators will then help train other teachers, enforce good child-safety practices, and lead a response team if abuse...
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