PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Sibling Sexual Trauma & Abuse:
What Every Professional Working with Children and Families Needs to Know
This is the core professional training presentation developed by SSTA AWARE and 5Waves — a 60 to 90-minute evidence-based program grounded in the latest international research and delivered through the lens of lived experience. It is designed for any professional who works with or for children and families, and who needs the knowledge, language, and practical tools to recognize, respond to, and support those affected by sibling sexual trauma and abuse. The training is survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and professional-to-professional in tone — collaborative, not prescriptive, and built on the belief that every professional in the room can help change what happens to these families.
What the training covers
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The Landscape of SSTA
What is SSTA, how common is it, and why is it so invisible?
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Behavior Spectrum
How do we distinguish healthy, problematic, and abusive sibling behaviour?
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Impact on All Children and Families
Who is harmed, and how?
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Recognizing and Responding
What do professionals need to see and do?
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Whole-Family Response and Systems
How do we respond well, together, over time?
Who should attend
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Mental health clinicians & therapists
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Social workers & child welfare professionals
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Law enforcement professionals
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Attorneys & legal professionals
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Medical providers & pediatricians
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Child Advocacy Center (CAC) staff
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Educators & school counselors
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Nurses & hospital social workers
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Foster care & adoption workers
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College & university faculty
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Mandated reporters in any role
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Any professional working with families
BOOK THIS TRAINING
Bring this training to your team, agency, or institution.
This training is available for in-person and virtual delivery to professional teams, agencies, hospitals, law firms, Child Advocacy Centers, universities, and community organizations. All correspondence is completely private. SSTA AWARE does not provide clinical or crisis services.
