Our team provides a wide range of professional training and other educational opportunities for interested groups on child sexual abuse recognition and prevention, mandated reporting, and Carousel Child Advocacy Center’s program services. If you work for a school, daycare, after-school program, church, or any organization serving children, let us help you train your staff and volunteers. We welcome the opportunity to provide information in a brief talk for civic organizations.

Together, we can Protect Children, Battle Abuse, and Restore Lives!

Topics are varied and may include the following:

• Overview and Tour of the Child Advocacy Center: 45-60 minutes, no cost
  Tour one of our facilities – Supply, NC, or Wilmington, NC, and learn more about the Carousel Center Child Advocacy Center services.
• Child Advocacy Center 101—This talk can be modified based on available time.  A trained speaker will give an overview of the child advocacy center model and Carousel Child Advocacy Center’s specific services. This informative presentation is ideal for civic groups, Rotary, Kiwanis, United Way meetings, etc.
• Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children® (SOC) 2 hours depending on Q&A. This nationally recognized, evidence-informed training has proven to increase knowledge of child sexual abuse and change child-protective behaviors using five simple steps. Continuing education contact hours are available for social workers, childcare providers, and nurses. Continuing Legal Education (CLE) contact hours may also be offered for Training dates and curriculum information.
• Resilience: Film Screening and Discussion: 1.5 hours, no cost. Adversity in childhood has lifelong effects on health and behavior. Resilience: the Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope chronicles the use of brain science to disrupt cycles of violence, addiction, and disease. Click the link to preview the film:

For more information or to discuss other potential training opportunities, contact Rebecca Martin, Education and Prevention Coordinator at Carousel Center Child Advocacy Center, or call 910-254-9898.

If you suspect that a child is being abused or neglected, or if you think a child may have died from being mistreated, the law requires you to report what you know to your county’s Department of Social Services.

• New Hanover County: 910-798-3400
• Brunswick County: 910-253-2077
• Pender County: 910-259-1240

If you believe a child is in imminent danger call 9-1-1 immediately.

Additional resources:
The Suicide Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255
Crisis Text Line – Text HOME to 741741
Trillium Screening Triage and Referral – 1-877-685-2415

Quick video overview of your visit to Carousel Child Advocacy Center