Protecting your children from sexual predators topic of upcoming training

The public is invited to learn how to protect their children from sexual predators Tuesday evening during a special presentation titled “Protecting Your Children: Advice from Child Molesters.”

The Southwestern Indiana Child Advocacy Center Coalition, Crisis Connection, the Department of Child Services and the Southern Indiana Law Enforcement Training Council will host the event from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Huntingburg Event Center.

Topics covered include the following: the extent of the problem – who the offenders are and why they molest children; common seduction, manipulation and “grooming” tactics used by offenders; problems associated with traditional prevention programs; talking to children about abuse and people with “secret touching problems”; practical child and family “rule” for safety; responding to sex-abuse disclosures and reporting child abuse.

Cory Jewell Jensen will be the keynote speaker. Jensen is the co-director of the Center for Behavioral Intervention in Beaverton, Oregon, and has worked with sex offenders and their families for 25 years.

Her workshops incorporate videos and offender quotes to help judges, prosecutors, detectives, child/victim advocates, and youth-serving organizations better understand offender behavior and improve investigative, prosecutorial, child welfare, and youth service efforts.

The event is free to the public and refreshments will be provided.