Free Training presented by FamilyForward

Support Over Silence is an innovative training program that prepares bystanders to confidently offer support when they see a challenging moment between a caregiver and child in public. Support Over Silence was developed by a team of experts in public health, parenting, injury prevention, pediatrics, child abuse, psychology, marketing, program design and evaluation.

After the program you will have:

• confidence in noticing and responding to caregivers and children in a variety of situations
• a sense of responsibility for supporting caregivers and children
• an understanding of personal barriers to engaging with a caregiver and child and ways to reduce those barriers to offering support
• knowledge about the role of the brain and the nervous system in tense moments
• a plan to provide support to caregivers and children when you see them struggling in public

Meet the trainer

Nancy L. Weaver, PhD, MPH, helps businesses, schools and communities develop and use public health programs and policies in ways that work for them. As a professor of Behavioral Science at Saint Louis University, her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Missouri Foundation for Health and she is Co-director of the Community Engagement Core of the Center for Innovation in Child Maltreatment Policy, Research and Training at Washington University. Most recently, she launched Support Over Silence, LLC to provide bystander training to support parents and children struggling in public.