Internet Safety
2026-07-21 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Virtual
NetSmartz Internet Safety: Community
This training is provided through partnership with The National Center for Missing and Exploited children. This interactive virtual or in-person training focuses on educating adults on the potential risks of internet use for children. Through guided conversation, videos, and activities, the training educates participants on social media and internet use for youth, the potential risks that youth face when accessing the internet, and ways for adults to have conversations with youth about being safe.
Internet safety is a prevention focused training, and provides participants the tools to have informed conversations with youth about using the internet and ways to protect themselves, including who to trust, what personal information to share, how to identify safe sites to use, and what to do if something harmful occurs. The training also equips participants on how to handle disclosures from youth of unsafe internet use, and next steps to addressing harm that has occurred.
This training is ideal for:

Early intervention professionals

Early childhood education professionals

Health care professionals

Teachers

Parents

Social services staff

📆Date: July 21, 2026
⏰Time: 9:00AM-10:30AM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Grayson Purtlebaugh, gpurtlebaugh@villages.org

Safe Tots
2026-07-22 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
Safe Tots Training
This interactive, prevention-focused training is designed for community members, professionals, and nonprofit organizations who work with children, youth, and families. The session centers on building awareness, dispelling common myths, and strengthening participants’ ability to recognize, prevent, and respond to child safety within their communities.

This presentation touches on a variety of safety issues, including SIS/Abusive Head Trauma, the Safe Haven Law, Water Safety and Safe Sleep practices. We will also touch on Firearm Safety and knowing your partner/caregiver.

This training emphasizes awareness, prevention, and informed response rather than fear-based messaging. Participants will gain practical tools to better identify risk factors, and understand their role in prevention and reporting.
Participants will leave with clear, actionable knowledge and resources that can be applied immediately in professional, volunteer, and community-based roles.
This training is ideal for:

Community members and caregivers

Educators and youth-serving professionals

Nonprofit and social service providers

Faith-based and community organizations

Program leaders and administrators

📆Date: July 22, 2026
⏰Time: 12:00PM-1:30PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Amanda Swert, aswert@villages.org

Water Safety
2026-07-23 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
Water Safety
This interactive, prevention-focused Water Safety training is designed for professionals and caregivers who support infants and young children. The session centers on real-world water-related risks and provides participants with practical, developmentally appropriate strategies to help prevent drowning and water-related injuries across home, school, and community settings.
Through scenario-based discussions, visual simulations, live polling, and guided reflection, participants explore essential water safety concepts, including:

Drowning risk factors and common misconceptions

Active supervision and shared-responsibility challenges

Developmentally appropriate water safety education for infants, toddlers, and young children

Pool, bath, open water, and community water environment considerations

The role of swim lessons, barriers, and layered protection strategies

This training emphasizes awareness, preparation, and prevention over fear-based messaging, helping adults recognize how quickly water-related incidents can occur and how small, intentional actions can significantly reduce risk. Participants will gain clear, actionable strategies, communication tools, and resources that can be applied immediately in both professional and caregiving roles.
This training is ideal for:

Educators and early childhood professionals

Counselors and social service providers

Administrators and program leaders

Parents, caregivers, and community partner

📆Date: July 23, 2026
⏰Time: 10:00AM-11:30AM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Grayson Purtlebaugh, gpurtlebaugh@villages.org

QPR Suicide Prevention
2026-07-23 14:00 - 15:30 | Virtual
QPR Suicide Prevention Training
This QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Suicide Prevention Training equips participants with practical tools to recognize the warning signs of suicide and respond effectively. Like CPR for physical health emergencies, QPR prepares individuals to act as “gatekeepers” who can identify someone in crisis, start a supportive conversation, and connect them with appropriate help. This training incorporates the 2026 core Gatekeeper updates, which have been carefully reviewed and aligned with current research and best practices in suicide prevention. The curriculum also includes teaching notes tailored to specific populations, ensuring the material is relevant, equitable, and responsive to the community’s participants. These updates build upon the core QPR model while integrating real-world insights and feedback from the field. Participants will learn how to recognize common warning signs and risk factors, ask direct questions about suicide, offer support and encouragement, and refer individuals to appropriate professional resources. The training emphasizes early intervention and compassionate response while maintaining fidelity to QPR Institute standards.
This training is ideal for:

Educators and school staff

Health care professionals

Social service providers

Community leaders and volunteers

Parents and caregivers

Anyone interested in learning how to support someone who may be in crisis

📆Date: July 23, 2026
⏰Time: 2:00PM-3:30PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Amanda Swert, aswert@villages.org

Bullying Prevention
2026-07-27 11:00 - 12:30 | Virtual
Bullying Prevention: Impact of Bullying

This presentation defines and discusses the four types of maltreatment, including how to identify and report signs of maltreatment.

The session will also discuss responding to disclosures, reporting responsibilities, and ideas for abuse prevention in your community.
This training is ideal for:

Early intervention professionals

Early childhood education professionals

Health care professionals

Teachers

Social services staff

📆Date: July 27, 2026
⏰Time: 11:00AM-12:30PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Grayson Purtlebaugh, gpurtlebaugh@villages.org

Bullying Prevention
2026-07-29 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
Bullying Prevention: Impact of Bullying

This presentation defines and discusses the four types of maltreatment, including how to identify and report signs of maltreatment.

The session will also discuss responding to disclosures, reporting responsibilities, and ideas for abuse prevention in your community.
This training is ideal for:

Early intervention professionals

Early childhood education professionals

Health care professionals

Teachers

Social services staff

📆Date: July 29, 2026
⏰Time: 12:00PM-1:30PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Grayson Purtlebaugh, gpurtlebaugh@villages.org

Stewards of Children
2026-07-29 14:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
Stewards of Children
Darkness to Light’s flagship training, Stewards of Children®, teaches adults practical actions they can take to reduce instances of child sexual abuse in their organizations, families, and communities. Through interviews with a very diverse group of people with lived experience, experts, and treatment providers, Stewards of Children® is one of the only award-winning, evidence-informed, adult-focused child sexual abuse prevention trainings in the United States proven to increase knowledge and change behavior.
Training Features

Delivered in a trauma-informed way by instructors and facilitators who have been rigorously trained

Features powerful videos paired with robust facilitated discussion

Teaches three foundational empowerment skills:

Making choices that protect children

Taking risks to minimize danger to children

Supporting each other

Highlights The 5 Steps to Protecting Children™ and how to apply them to better protect children from child sexual abuse

This training is ideal for:

Educators and early childhood professionals

Counselors and social service providers

Administrators and program leaders

Parents, caregivers, and community partners

Youth work professionals

📆Date: July 29, 2026
⏰Time: 2:00PM-5:00PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Amanda Swert, aswert@villages.org

Stewards of Children
2026-07-30 09:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Stewards of Children
Darkness to Light’s flagship training, Stewards of Children®, teaches adults practical actions they can take to reduce instances of child sexual abuse in their organizations, families, and communities. Through interviews with a very diverse group of people with lived experience, experts, and treatment providers, Stewards of Children® is one of the only award-winning, evidence-informed, adult-focused child sexual abuse prevention trainings in the United States proven to increase knowledge and change behavior.
Training Features

Delivered in a trauma-informed way by instructors and facilitators who have been rigorously trained

Features powerful videos paired with robust facilitated discussion

Teaches three foundational empowerment skills:

Making choices that protect children

Taking risks to minimize danger to children

Supporting each other

Highlights The 5 Steps to Protecting Children™ and how to apply them to better protect children from child sexual abuse

This training is ideal for:

Educators and early childhood professionals

Counselors and social service providers

Administrators and program leaders

Parents, caregivers, and community partners

Youth work professionals

📆Date: July 30, 2026
⏰Time: 9:00AM-12:00PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Grayson Purtlebaugh, gpurtlebaugh@villages.org

Firearm Safety
2026-07-30 14:00 - 15:30 | Virtual
Firearm Safety Training
This interactive, prevention-focused training is designed for community members, professionals, and nonprofit organizations who work with children, youth, and families. The session centers on building awareness, dispelling common myths, and strengthening participants’ ability to recognize, prevent, and respond to child safety within their communities.

This presentation explores firearm safety, its impact on children and families, and prevention-focused strategies to reduce the risk of firearm-related injuries and deaths.
Participants will learn about safe storage practices, common risk factors, age-appropriate firearm safety education, and practical steps caregivers, professionals, and communities can take to create safer environments for children and youth.

This training emphasizes awareness, prevention, and informed response rather than fear-based messaging. Participants will gain practical tools to better identify risk factors, and understand their role in prevention and reporting.
Participants will leave with clear, actionable knowledge and resources that can be applied immediately in professional, volunteer, and community-based roles.
This training is ideal for:

Community members and caregivers
Civil servants and authority personnel

Educators and youth-serving professionals

Nonprofit and social service providers

Faith-based and community organizations

Program leaders and administrators

📆Date: July 30, 2026
⏰Time: 12:00PM-1:30PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Amanda Swert, aswert@villages.org

Water Safety
2026-08-04 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
Water Safety
This interactive, prevention-focused Water Safety training is designed for professionals and caregivers who support infants and young children. The session centers on real-world water-related risks and provides participants with practical, developmentally appropriate strategies to help prevent drowning and water-related injuries across home, school, and community settings.
Through scenario-based discussions, visual simulations, live polling, and guided reflection, participants explore essential water safety concepts, including:

Drowning risk factors and common misconceptions

Active supervision and shared-responsibility challenges

Developmentally appropriate water safety education for infants, toddlers, and young children

Pool, bath, open water, and community water environment considerations

The role of swim lessons, barriers, and layered protection strategies

This training emphasizes awareness, preparation, and prevention over fear-based messaging, helping adults recognize how quickly water-related incidents can occur and how small, intentional actions can significantly reduce risk. Participants will gain clear, actionable strategies, communication tools, and resources that can be applied immediately in both professional and caregiving roles.
This training is ideal for:

Educators and early childhood professionals

Counselors and social service providers

Administrators and program leaders

Parents, caregivers, and community partner

📆Date: August 4, 2026
⏰Time: 12:00PM-1:30PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Amanda Swert, aswert@villages.org

Child Exploitation 101
2026-08-05 14:00 - 15:30 | Virtual
Child Exploitation 101 Training
This interactive, prevention-focused training is designed for community members, professionals, and nonprofit organizations who work with children, youth, and families. The session centers on building awareness, dispelling common myths, and strengthening participants’ ability to recognize, prevent, and respond to child exploitation within their communities.
Through scenario-based discussions, real-world examples, live polling, and guided reflection, participants explore essential human trafficking concepts, including:

Types of human trafficking, including labor trafficking, sex trafficking, and the commercial sexual exploitation of children

The prevalence of trafficking and how it occurs in both urban and rural communities

Who is most vulnerable to trafficking, how individuals are recruited, and why leaving can be difficult

Common myths and misconceptions that often prevent identification and reporting

Recognizing warning signs and indicators across various settings

Appropriate response strategies, reporting options, and local/national resources

This training emphasizes awareness, prevention, and informed response rather than fear-based messaging. Participants will gain practical tools to better identify risk factors, engage in trauma-informed conversations, and understand their role in prevention and reporting.
Participants will leave with clear, actionable knowledge and resources that can be applied immediately in professional, volunteer, and community-based roles.
This training is ideal for:

Community members and caregivers

Educators and youth-serving professionals

Nonprofit and social service providers

Faith-based and community organizations

Program leaders and administrators

📆Date: August 5, 2026
⏰Time: 2:00PM-3:30PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Amanda Swert, aswert@villages.org

Nurturing Fathers
2026-08-05 17:00 - 19:00 | Villages/PCAIN Office, 3833 N Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN, 46208-4039, United States
Nurturing Fathers
Nurturing Fathers is a free, evidence-based, eight-session program designed to support fathers and father figures in building stronger, healthier relationships with their children while connecting with other dads in a supportive, judgment-free environment. Through guided discussions, personal reflection, and interactive workbook activities, participants explore positive parenting strategies, develop nurturing skills, and strengthen their confidence in their role as fathers.
The program provides a safe space for participants to examine how their own childhood experiences may influence their parenting today while learning practical tools to foster healthy family relationships and break cycles of harmful parenting practices.
Throughout the eight sessions, participants explore topics including:

The roots of fathering and the impact of childhood experiences
Understanding emotions and practicing healthy self-nurturing
Building nurturing relationships without violence
Identifying and overcoming barriers to positive parenting
Positive discipline, play, and creating meaningful family connections
Supporting the unique needs of sons and daughters
Co-parenting, healthy communication, and the role of fatherhood
Healing, personal growth, and developing a lasting commitment to nurturing

This interactive program emphasizes connection, self-awareness, and practical skill-building, empowering fathers to become the parents they aspire to be. Participants leave with evidence-based parenting tools, increased confidence, meaningful peer support, and strategies they can apply immediately to strengthen relationships with their children and families.
This program is ideal for:

Fathers and father figures
Expecting fathers
Men seeking to strengthen their parenting skills
Fathers looking to build community and connect with other dads
Professionals and community partners who support fathers and families

If you are interested, please be sure to sign up using the Signup Genius link as well as fill out the Interest Registration form found HERE
📆Session 1: August 5, 2026
⏰Time: 5:00PM-7:00PM
📍 Location: The Villages Indianapolis Office: 3833 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46208
📑 Save Your Spot: Signup Genius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Grayson Purtlebaugh, gpurtlebaugh@villages.org

Child Abuse 101
2026-08-06 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
Child Abuse 101 Training
CA 101 is a part of a two-session series focused on the identification and prevention of child abuse. It serves as an introductory session to educate audiences on the definitions and four primary types of maltreatment, as well as the signs and indicators of each type of maltreatment displayed by children and abusers.
With a primary focus in prevention, the session will overview reporting responsibilities, responding appropriately to youth disclosures of abuse, and ideas for preventing child abuse in local communities.
Through interactive questions/polls and guided discussion, the audience will explore these topics. After completing CA 101, audiences will be encouraged to register for Child Abuse 102: Impact of Violence on Children, an optional intermediate course focused on the long-term impact that maltreatment and abuse have on children.
This training is ideal for:

Early intervention professionals

Early childhood education professionals

Health care professionals

Teachers

Social services staff

📆Date: August 6, 2026
⏰Time: 10:00AM-11:30AM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Grayson Purtlebaugh, gpurtlebaugh@villages.org

Child Abuse 102
2026-08-07 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
Child Abuse 102: Impact of Violence on Children Training

CA 102 is the second part of a two-session series focused on the prevention of child abuse. It serves as an intermediate level approach to child abuse, with a focus on the impact that observing or being a victim of violence can have on children.

The session will discuss the many impacts that abuse have on children by their age group. It will discuss the behavioral signs and other indicators that a child has experienced violence, and introduce protective factors and other ways to support children exposed to violence.

Through interactive polls, questions, and guided discussions, the audience will explore the topics of reporting responsibilities, responsibly responding to disclosures, and prevention ideas for local communities.

This training is ideal for:

Early intervention professionals

Early childhood education professionals

Health care professionals

Teachers

Social services staff

📆Date: August 7, 2026
⏰Time: 10:00AM-11:30AM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Grayson Purtlebaugh, gpurtlebaugh@villages.org

Internet Safety
2026-08-10 11:00 - 12:30 | Virtual
NetSmartz Internet Safety: Community
This training is provided through partnership with The National Center for Missing and Exploited children. This interactive virtual or in-person training focuses on educating adults on the potential risks of internet use for children. Through guided conversation, videos, and activities, the training educates participants on social media and internet use for youth, the potential risks that youth face when accessing the internet, and ways for adults to have conversations with youth about being safe.
Internet safety is a prevention focused training, and provides participants the tools to have informed conversations with youth about using the internet and ways to protect themselves, including who to trust, what personal information to share, how to identify safe sites to use, and what to do if something harmful occurs. The training also equips participants on how to handle disclosures from youth of unsafe internet use, and next steps to addressing harm that has occurred.
This training is ideal for:

Early intervention professionals

Early childhood education professionals

Health care professionals

Teachers

Parents

Social services staff

📆Date: August 10, 2026
⏰Time: 11:00AM-12:30PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Grayson Purtlebaugh, gpurtlebaugh@villages.org

Bullying Prevention
2026-08-11 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
Bullying Prevention: Impact of Bullying

This presentation defines and discusses the four types of maltreatment, including how to identify and report signs of maltreatment.

The session will also discuss responding to disclosures, reporting responsibilities, and ideas for abuse prevention in your community.
This training is ideal for:

Early intervention professionals

Early childhood education professionals

Health care professionals

Teachers

Social services staff

📆Date: August 11, 2026
⏰Time: 12:00PM-1:30PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Grayson Purtlebaugh, gpurtlebaugh@villages.org

QPR Suicide Prevention
2026-08-12 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
QPR Suicide Prevention Training
This QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Suicide Prevention Training equips participants with practical tools to recognize the warning signs of suicide and respond effectively. Like CPR for physical health emergencies, QPR prepares individuals to act as “gatekeepers” who can identify someone in crisis, start a supportive conversation, and connect them with appropriate help. This training incorporates the 2026 core Gatekeeper updates, which have been carefully reviewed and aligned with current research and best practices in suicide prevention. The curriculum also includes teaching notes tailored to specific populations, ensuring the material is relevant, equitable, and responsive to the community’s participants. These updates build upon the core QPR model while integrating real-world insights and feedback from the field. Participants will learn how to recognize common warning signs and risk factors, ask direct questions about suicide, offer support and encouragement, and refer individuals to appropriate professional resources. The training emphasizes early intervention and compassionate response while maintaining fidelity to QPR Institute standards.
This training is ideal for:

Educators and school staff

Health care professionals

Social service providers

Community leaders and volunteers

Parents and caregivers

Anyone interested in learning how to support someone who may be in crisis

📆Date: August 12, 2026
⏰Time: 12:00PM-1:30PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Amanda Swert, aswert@villages.org

Nurturing Fathers
2026-08-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Villages/PCAIN Office, 3833 N Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN, 46208-4039, United States
Nurturing Fathers
Nurturing Fathers is a free, evidence-based, eight-session program designed to support fathers and father figures in building stronger, healthier relationships with their children while connecting with other dads in a supportive, judgment-free environment. Through guided discussions, personal reflection, and interactive workbook activities, participants explore positive parenting strategies, develop nurturing skills, and strengthen their confidence in their role as fathers.
The program provides a safe space for participants to examine how their own childhood experiences may influence their parenting today while learning practical tools to foster healthy family relationships and break cycles of harmful parenting practices.
Throughout the eight sessions, participants explore topics including:

The roots of fathering and the impact of childhood experiences
Understanding emotions and practicing healthy self-nurturing
Building nurturing relationships without violence
Identifying and overcoming barriers to positive parenting
Positive discipline, play, and creating meaningful family connections
Supporting the unique needs of sons and daughters
Co-parenting, healthy communication, and the role of fatherhood
Healing, personal growth, and developing a lasting commitment to nurturing

This interactive program emphasizes connection, self-awareness, and practical skill-building, empowering fathers to become the parents they aspire to be. Participants leave with evidence-based parenting tools, increased confidence, meaningful peer support, and strategies they can apply immediately to strengthen relationships with their children and families.
This program is ideal for:

Fathers and father figures
Expecting fathers
Men seeking to strengthen their parenting skills
Fathers looking to build community and connect with other dads
Professionals and community partners who support fathers and families

If you are interested, please be sure fill out the Interest Registration form found HERE
📆Session 2: August 12, 2026
⏰Time: 5:00PM-7:00PM
📍 Location: The Villages Indianapolis Office: 3833 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46208
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Grayson Purtlebaugh, gpurtlebaugh@villages.org

Child Abuse 101
2026-08-13 14:00 - 15:30 | Virtual
Child Abuse 101 Training
CA 101 is a part of a two-session series focused on the identification and prevention of child abuse. It serves as an introductory session to educate audiences on the definitions and four primary types of maltreatment, as well as the signs and indicators of each type of maltreatment displayed by children and abusers.
With a primary focus in prevention, the session will overview reporting responsibilities, responding appropriately to youth disclosures of abuse, and ideas for preventing child abuse in local communities.
Through interactive questions/polls and guided discussion, the audience will explore these topics. After completing CA 101, audiences will be encouraged to register for Child Abuse 102: Impact of Violence on Children, an optional intermediate course focused on the long-term impact that maltreatment and abuse have on children.
This training is ideal for:

Early intervention professionals

Early childhood education professionals

Health care professionals

Teachers

Social services staff

📆Date: August 13, 2026
⏰Time: 2:00PM-3:30PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Amanda Swert, aswert@villages.org

Firearm Safety
2026-08-17 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
Firearm Safety Training
This interactive, prevention-focused training is designed for community members, professionals, and nonprofit organizations who work with children, youth, and families. The session centers on building awareness, dispelling common myths, and strengthening participants’ ability to recognize, prevent, and respond to child safety within their communities.

This presentation explores firearm safety, its impact on children and families, and prevention-focused strategies to reduce the risk of firearm-related injuries and deaths.
Participants will learn about safe storage practices, common risk factors, age-appropriate firearm safety education, and practical steps caregivers, professionals, and communities can take to create safer environments for children and youth.

This training emphasizes awareness, prevention, and informed response rather than fear-based messaging. Participants will gain practical tools to better identify risk factors, and understand their role in prevention and reporting.
Participants will leave with clear, actionable knowledge and resources that can be applied immediately in professional, volunteer, and community-based roles.
This training is ideal for:

Community members and caregivers
Civil servants and authority personnel

Educators and youth-serving professionals

Nonprofit and social service providers

Faith-based and community organizations

Program leaders and administrators

📆Date: August 17, 2026
⏰Time: 12:00PM-1:30PM EST
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Amanda Swert, aswert@villages.org

Safe Tots
2026-08-17 14:00 - 15:30 | Virtual
Safe Tots Training
This interactive, prevention-focused training is designed for community members, professionals, and nonprofit organizations who work with children, youth, and families. The session centers on building awareness, dispelling common myths, and strengthening participants’ ability to recognize, prevent, and respond to child safety within their communities.

This presentation touches on a variety of safety issues, including SIS/Abusive Head Trauma, the Safe Haven Law, Water Safety and Safe Sleep practices. We will also touch on Firearm Safety and knowing your partner/caregiver.

This training emphasizes awareness, prevention, and informed response rather than fear-based messaging. Participants will gain practical tools to better identify risk factors, and understand their role in prevention and reporting.
Participants will leave with clear, actionable knowledge and resources that can be applied immediately in professional, volunteer, and community-based roles.
This training is ideal for:

Community members and caregivers

Educators and youth-serving professionals

Nonprofit and social service providers

Faith-based and community organizations

Program leaders and administrators

📆Date: August 17, 2026
⏰Time: 2:00PM-3:30PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Amanda Swert, aswert@villages.org

Nurturing Fathers
2026-08-19 17:00 - 19:00 | Villages/PCAIN Office, 3833 N Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN, 46208-4039, United States
Nurturing Fathers
Nurturing Fathers is a free, evidence-based, eight-session program designed to support fathers and father figures in building stronger, healthier relationships with their children while connecting with other dads in a supportive, judgment-free environment. Through guided discussions, personal reflection, and interactive workbook activities, participants explore positive parenting strategies, develop nurturing skills, and strengthen their confidence in their role as fathers.
The program provides a safe space for participants to examine how their own childhood experiences may influence their parenting today while learning practical tools to foster healthy family relationships and break cycles of harmful parenting practices.
Throughout the eight sessions, participants explore topics including:

The roots of fathering and the impact of childhood experiences
Understanding emotions and practicing healthy self-nurturing
Building nurturing relationships without violence
Identifying and overcoming barriers to positive parenting
Positive discipline, play, and creating meaningful family connections
Supporting the unique needs of sons and daughters
Co-parenting, healthy communication, and the role of fatherhood
Healing, personal growth, and developing a lasting commitment to nurturing

This interactive program emphasizes connection, self-awareness, and practical skill-building, empowering fathers to become the parents they aspire to be. Participants leave with evidence-based parenting tools, increased confidence, meaningful peer support, and strategies they can apply immediately to strengthen relationships with their children and families.
This program is ideal for:

Fathers and father figures
Expecting fathers
Men seeking to strengthen their parenting skills
Fathers looking to build community and connect with other dads
Professionals and community partners who support fathers and families

If you are interested, please be sure fill out the Interest Registration form found HERE
📆Session 3: August 19, 2026
⏰Time: 5:00PM-7:00PM
📍 Location: The Villages Indianapolis Office: 3833 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46208
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Grayson Purtlebaugh, gpurtlebaugh@villages.org

Internet Safety
2026-08-21 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
NetSmartz Internet Safety: Community
This training is provided through partnership with The National Center for Missing and Exploited children. This interactive virtual or in-person training focuses on educating adults on the potential risks of internet use for children. Through guided conversation, videos, and activities, the training educates participants on social media and internet use for youth, the potential risks that youth face when accessing the internet, and ways for adults to have conversations with youth about being safe.
Internet safety is a prevention focused training, and provides participants the tools to have informed conversations with youth about using the internet and ways to protect themselves, including who to trust, what personal information to share, how to identify safe sites to use, and what to do if something harmful occurs. The training also equips participants on how to handle disclosures from youth of unsafe internet use, and next steps to addressing harm that has occurred.
This training is ideal for:

Early intervention professionals

Early childhood education professionals

Health care professionals

Teachers

Parents

Social services staff

📆Date: August 21, 2026
⏰Time: 10:00AM-11:30PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Grayson Purtlebaugh, gpurtlebaugh@villages.org

Stewards of Children
2026-08-25 09:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Stewards of Children
Darkness to Light’s flagship training, Stewards of Children®, teaches adults practical actions they can take to reduce instances of child sexual abuse in their organizations, families, and communities. Through interviews with a very diverse group of people with lived experience, experts, and treatment providers, Stewards of Children® is one of the only award-winning, evidence-informed, adult-focused child sexual abuse prevention trainings in the United States proven to increase knowledge and change behavior.
Training Features

Delivered in a trauma-informed way by instructors and facilitators who have been rigorously trained

Features powerful videos paired with robust facilitated discussion

Teaches three foundational empowerment skills:

Making choices that protect children

Taking risks to minimize danger to children

Supporting each other

Highlights The 5 Steps to Protecting Children™ and how to apply them to better protect children from child sexual abuse

This training is ideal for:

Educators and early childhood professionals

Counselors and social service providers

Administrators and program leaders

Parents, caregivers, and community partners

Youth work professionals

📆Date: August 25, 2026
⏰Time: 9:00AM-12:00PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Grayson Purtlebaugh, gpurtlebaugh@villages.org

Internet Safety
2026-08-26 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
NetSmartz Internet Safety: Community
This training is provided through partnership with The National Center for Missing and Exploited children. This interactive virtual or in-person training focuses on educating adults on the potential risks of internet use for children. Through guided conversation, videos, and activities, the training educates participants on social media and internet use for youth, the potential risks that youth face when accessing the internet, and ways for adults to have conversations with youth about being safe.
Internet safety is a prevention focused training, and provides participants the tools to have informed conversations with youth about using the internet and ways to protect themselves, including who to trust, what personal information to share, how to identify safe sites to use, and what to do if something harmful occurs. The training also equips participants on how to handle disclosures from youth of unsafe internet use, and next steps to addressing harm that has occurred.
This training is ideal for:

Early intervention professionals

Early childhood education professionals

Health care professionals

Teachers

Parents

Social services staff

📆Date: August 26, 2026
⏰Time: 12:00PM-1:30PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Amanda Swert, aswert@villages.org

Nurturing Fathers
2026-08-26 17:00 - 19:00 | Villages/PCAIN Office, 3833 N Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN, 46208-4039, United States
Nurturing Fathers
Nurturing Fathers is a free, evidence-based, eight-session program designed to support fathers and father figures in building stronger, healthier relationships with their children while connecting with other dads in a supportive, judgment-free environment. Through guided discussions, personal reflection, and interactive workbook activities, participants explore positive parenting strategies, develop nurturing skills, and strengthen their confidence in their role as fathers.
The program provides a safe space for participants to examine how their own childhood experiences may influence their parenting today while learning practical tools to foster healthy family relationships and break cycles of harmful parenting practices.
Throughout the eight sessions, participants explore topics including:

The roots of fathering and the impact of childhood experiences
Understanding emotions and practicing healthy self-nurturing
Building nurturing relationships without violence
Identifying and overcoming barriers to positive parenting
Positive discipline, play, and creating meaningful family connections
Supporting the unique needs of sons and daughters
Co-parenting, healthy communication, and the role of fatherhood
Healing, personal growth, and developing a lasting commitment to nurturing

This interactive program emphasizes connection, self-awareness, and practical skill-building, empowering fathers to become the parents they aspire to be. Participants leave with evidence-based parenting tools, increased confidence, meaningful peer support, and strategies they can apply immediately to strengthen relationships with their children and families.
This program is ideal for:

Fathers and father figures
Expecting fathers
Men seeking to strengthen their parenting skills
Fathers looking to build community and connect with other dads
Professionals and community partners who support fathers and families

If you are interested, please be sure fill out the Interest Registration form found HERE
📆Session 4: August 26, 2026
⏰Time: 5:00PM-7:00PM
📍 Location: The Villages Indianapolis Office: 3833 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46208
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Grayson Purtlebaugh, gpurtlebaugh@villages.org

Stewards of Children
2026-08-27 14:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
Stewards of Children
Darkness to Light’s flagship training, Stewards of Children®, teaches adults practical actions they can take to reduce instances of child sexual abuse in their organizations, families, and communities. Through interviews with a very diverse group of people with lived experience, experts, and treatment providers, Stewards of Children® is one of the only award-winning, evidence-informed, adult-focused child sexual abuse prevention trainings in the United States proven to increase knowledge and change behavior.
Training Features

Delivered in a trauma-informed way by instructors and facilitators who have been rigorously trained

Features powerful videos paired with robust facilitated discussion

Teaches three foundational empowerment skills:

Making choices that protect children

Taking risks to minimize danger to children

Supporting each other

Highlights The 5 Steps to Protecting Children™ and how to apply them to better protect children from child sexual abuse

This training is ideal for:

Educators and early childhood professionals

Counselors and social service providers

Administrators and program leaders

Parents, caregivers, and community partners

Youth work professionals

📆Date: August 27, 2026
⏰Time: 2:00PM-5:00PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Amanda Swert, aswert@villages.org

Nurturing Fathers
2026-09-02 17:00 - 19:00 | Villages/PCAIN Office, 3833 N Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN, 46208-4039, United States
Nurturing Fathers
Nurturing Fathers is a free, evidence-based, eight-session program designed to support fathers and father figures in building stronger, healthier relationships with their children while connecting with other dads in a supportive, judgment-free environment. Through guided discussions, personal reflection, and interactive workbook activities, participants explore positive parenting strategies, develop nurturing skills, and strengthen their confidence in their role as fathers.
The program provides a safe space for participants to examine how their own childhood experiences may influence their parenting today while learning practical tools to foster healthy family relationships and break cycles of harmful parenting practices.
Throughout the eight sessions, participants explore topics including:

The roots of fathering and the impact of childhood experiences
Understanding emotions and practicing healthy self-nurturing
Building nurturing relationships without violence
Identifying and overcoming barriers to positive parenting
Positive discipline, play, and creating meaningful family connections
Supporting the unique needs of sons and daughters
Co-parenting, healthy communication, and the role of fatherhood
Healing, personal growth, and developing a lasting commitment to nurturing

This interactive program emphasizes connection, self-awareness, and practical skill-building, empowering fathers to become the parents they aspire to be. Participants leave with evidence-based parenting tools, increased confidence, meaningful peer support, and strategies they can apply immediately to strengthen relationships with their children and families.
This program is ideal for:

Fathers and father figures
Expecting fathers
Men seeking to strengthen their parenting skills
Fathers looking to build community and connect with other dads
Professionals and community partners who support fathers and families

If you are interested, please be sure fill out the Interest Registration form found HERE
📆Session 5: September 2, 2026
⏰Time: 5:00PM-7:00PM
📍 Location: The Villages Indianapolis Office: 3833 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46208
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Grayson Purtlebaugh, gpurtlebaugh@villages.org

Internet Safety
2026-09-03 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
NetSmartz Internet Safety: Community
This training is provided through partnership with The National Center for Missing and Exploited children. This interactive virtual or in-person training focuses on educating adults on the potential risks of internet use for children. Through guided conversation, videos, and activities, the training educates participants on social media and internet use for youth, the potential risks that youth face when accessing the internet, and ways for adults to have conversations with youth about being safe.
Internet safety is a prevention focused training, and provides participants the tools to have informed conversations with youth about using the internet and ways to protect themselves, including who to trust, what personal information to share, how to identify safe sites to use, and what to do if something harmful occurs. The training also equips participants on how to handle disclosures from youth of unsafe internet use, and next steps to addressing harm that has occurred.
This training is ideal for:

Early intervention professionals

Early childhood education professionals

Health care professionals

Teachers

Parents

Social services staff

📆Date: September 3, 2026
⏰Time: 10:00AM-11:30AM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Grayson Purtlebaugh, gpurtlebaugh@villages.org

Child Exploitation 101
2026-09-03 14:00 - 15:30 | Virtual
Child Exploitation 101 Training
This interactive, prevention-focused training is designed for community members, professionals, and nonprofit organizations who work with children, youth, and families. The session centers on building awareness, dispelling common myths, and strengthening participants’ ability to recognize, prevent, and respond to child exploitation within their communities.
Through scenario-based discussions, real-world examples, live polling, and guided reflection, participants explore essential human trafficking concepts, including:

Types of human trafficking, including labor trafficking, sex trafficking, and the commercial sexual exploitation of children

The prevalence of trafficking and how it occurs in both urban and rural communities

Who is most vulnerable to trafficking, how individuals are recruited, and why leaving can be difficult

Common myths and misconceptions that often prevent identification and reporting

Recognizing warning signs and indicators across various settings

Appropriate response strategies, reporting options, and local/national resources

This training emphasizes awareness, prevention, and informed response rather than fear-based messaging. Participants will gain practical tools to better identify risk factors, engage in trauma-informed conversations, and understand their role in prevention and reporting.
Participants will leave with clear, actionable knowledge and resources that can be applied immediately in professional, volunteer, and community-based roles.
This training is ideal for:

Community members and caregivers

Educators and youth-serving professionals

Nonprofit and social service providers

Faith-based and community organizations

Program leaders and administrators

📆Date: September 3, 2026
⏰Time: 2:00PM-3:30PM
📍 Location: MS Teams, an outlook invite with the MS Teams link will be sent roughly 24-48 hours prior to the training.
📑 Registration: SignUpGenius Link
💲 Cost: Free
📧 Event Contact: Amanda Swert, aswert@villages.org
