The trainer introduces herself to the participants and each participant is introduced to the group. By the end of the training, they have seen the entire curriculum demonstrated with 3 groups of children, usually a Kindergarten, 3rd grade and 5th or 6th grade class. During the afternoon training sessions, trainees discuss the curriculum and what they have observed in the classroom demonstrations that morning. They observe how the curriculum grows in information as the children grow in years.
Participants learn the statistics of abuse as well as the signs and symptoms of a child victim.
They learn about perpetrators of abuse and the dynamics between perpetrators and their victims. Participants learn how to identify a child who may be hurt. They learn the difference in behaviors of the female and male child victim. Their role is to review reporting procedures of the particular community in which the training session is held, as well as discuss state abuse laws. Participants learn how to conduct a short teacher meeting with the school or day care's staff, and how to conduct a parent meeting.