Education & Training

If you would like to book a training, contact our Education Department at education@tscli.org

The Safe Center's Education Department is the agency’s prevention arm. The team works within the community to provide critical education, empowering people to end the cycle of abuse. The Safe Center offers trainings tailored by our subject matter experts to meet your group’s needs. General training topics include: Child Abuse, Rape/Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, Trauma, Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence.

Continuums of Care

The Safe Center offers free, confidential, specialized services for adult and child victims of domestic violence/dating violence, and sexual assault. Services we offer include:

  • Crisis Intervention
    24-Hour Fully Staffed Hotline: (516) 542-0404
    Emergency Safe Shelter

    Emergency Room Response

  • Counseling
    Specialized Group Counseling
    Adult and Children's Mental Health Services
    Emergency Room Response

  • Advocacy & Legal Services
    Child and Adult Victim Advocates
    Legal Consultation and Representation
    Court Advocates
    Dedicated Case Managers

  • Housing & Employment
    Short-term Rental Assistance
    Housing Placements
    Employment and Vocational Counseling

  • Human Trafficking Services: Trauma informed counseling and case management services are designed specifically for adult and child trafficking victims.
  • Legal Services: Our legal staff provides a variety of services in Nassau County Courts to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, rape/sexual assault, and elder abuse.
  • Rape & Sexual Assault Services: Free individual and group counseling is available to all survivors of sexual assault.
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Enough Abuse & Child Abuse Prevention

The Safe Center believes it takes a community’s united effort to address child abuse. For this reason, we take a unique approach by providing education not only to the child but to their family, caregivers, and school community. In this wrap-around system, we offer trainings that help develop skills to:

  • Identify, prevent, and appropriately respond to child sexual and physical abuse
  • Discuss warning signs of children who may have been harmed, and people who may want to harm children
  • Design workshops that assist communities with discussing issues relating to violence and trauma

Continuing Education

The Safe Center is recognized by the New York State Education Department as an approved provider of continuing education units (CEU) for various licenses. We provide the following trainings to Social Workers and other professionals:

  • Dignity for All Students Act (DASA)
  • Schools Against Violence
  • Trauma and Behavior
  • Trafficking and Vulnerable Youth

State Mandated Trainings

Our team can assist employers in fulfilling their state mandated training requirements:

  • NYS Sexual Harassment Training
  • Helps employees to develop skills surrounding sexual harassment prevention. Can be general or specific to reported needs.
  • Mandated Reporter Trainings
  • Helps develop skills to recognize child abuse/neglect and empower professionals to act to protect children.

Corporate Education

Domestic violence/intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and abuse affect people from all walks of life. Our team works with businesses to best support their employees both at home and at work. We offer formal education opportunities as well as lunch and learns. Remember us in the below awareness months!

  • January: Human Trafficking Awareness, Stalking Awareness
  • February: Teen Dating Violence Awareness
  • April: Sexual Assault Awareness, Child Abuse Prevention
  • May: Mental Health Awareness
  • June: Pride
  • October: Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence Awareness, Bullying Awareness

Examples of corporate trainings:

  • Overview of Services
  • Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence: How to Support Staff
  • Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence In the Workplace
  • Issue Specific Overviews (Human Trafficking, Child Abuse, etc.)
  • Bystander Intervention

Education that grows with your child

The Safe Center also provides school-based educational programs specifically designed to meet the developmental needs of different age groups. These programs promote skills of prevention, boundary development, and safety in an age-appropriate manner.

Safety Rules! , Steer Clear of Bullies, Cybersmartz, Erin’s Law
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Education & Training

The heart of abuse prevention and response is education and training. The Education Department of The Safe Center offers extensive learning opportunities on emerging topics related to abuse using cutting edge research for all sectors of society: individuals, neighborhoods, community organizations, schools, colleges and universities, religious institutions, fraternal groups, small businesses, service providers, corporations and everything in-between.

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Support

There are many ways to support victims and survivors. You can make a monetary donation to fuel our programs, provide support through donated goods and services, volunteer, launch a corporate partnership, attend a fundraising event, etc. Find out how you can support The Safe Center.

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