In Effort to Prevent Childhood Sexual Abuse, Stoughton Employees Taking Specialized Training
Various town employees, including the entire Stoughton Fire Department, have recently had the chance to attend Darkness to Light training sessions, which is dedicated to teaching adults simple, pro-active steps to help protect children from sexual abuse.
In partnership with the Old Colony YMCA, dozens of Stoughton town employees and community members have been receiving training in the Darkness to Light Childhood Sexual Abuse Prevention Program. Darkness to Light is a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching adults simple, pro-active steps to help protect children from sexual abuse, according to a March 28 Stoughton Patch article. "Child sexual abuse is not a Y problem, or a school problem, or a church problem or a Penn State problem: it is a community problem, something which will only be mitigated by the education of adults making informed choices for children," said Susan Komisar Hausman, a Darkness to Light facilitator since 2006. The two and a half hour training session consists …
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