This session provides a comprehensive, practical overview of how child sexual abuse occurs and what adults can do to prevent it. Participants will gain insight into the behaviors and characteristics of perpetrators, including how they use grooming tactics and positions of trust or authority to access children. The session will also cover critical steps for preventing abuse within families, schools, and youth-serving organizations.
Attendees will learn how to recognize warning signs, how to talk with children in age-appropriate ways about personal safety, and what to look for when evaluating the safety practices of organizations that work with youth. Clear guidance will be provided on how to make timely and effective mandatory reports when abuse is suspected.
By the end of this session, participants will be equipped to identify predatory behavior, protect the children in their care, and strengthen organizational practices to prevent potential offenders from gaining access.
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Donald Moseley
Executive Director, Ralston House
Don Moseley has been the Executive Director of Ralston House since 2006. Under his leadership, Ralston House has increased its scope of services, now serving children and teens at three sites - Arvada, Northglenn and Lakewood. Mr. Moseley’s experience with non-profit organizations goes back to 1981. He has worked with victims of crime, homeless families, abused and neglected children and youth, and adults suffering with long-term mental illness. He has served on the Jefferson County Fatality Review Committee and the Colorado Office of the Child’s Representative Board. He was a member of the First Judicial District’s Crime Victim Compensation Board for six years and served on the Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement Board for the First Judicial District. He also served on the Colorado Children’s Alliance Board, the Colorado Department of Human Services Child Fatality Review Team and the Colorado Human Trafficking Council. Before coming to Ralston House, Mr. Moseley worked at Family Tree as managing director of Gemini Center for youth, House of Hope homeless shelter and the Gifts and Community Support Program. His experience includes working with Victim Outreach Information, Samaritan House, Mount Saint Vincent Home and Adams County Mental Health Center. He was executive director of the Mongu Nutrition Center for three years in Zambia, Africa. Mr. Moseley has a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, a Master’s Degree in Non-Profit Management and is a Colorado Trust Fellow.
