There are pre-implementation materials to measure organizational or provider readiness for Stewards of Children as listed below:

Facilitators/organizations have the option to administer pre- and post-tests to participants These are available to facilitators on the Darkness to Light website or by request.

There is formal support available for implementation of Stewards of Children as listed below:

Darkness to Light provides one-on-one technical and programmatic support for facilitators during business hours. Darkness to Light provides technical support for online training participants, 24-hours/day, 7 days a week.

There are no fidelity measures for Stewards of Children.

There are implementation guides or manuals for Stewards of Children as listed below:

All facilitators receive a Facilitator Manual, Facilitator Guide & Script and Stewards of Children DVD when they complete the Facilitator Workshop. Copies of these can also be obtained by contacting Darkness to Light at stewards@D2L.org or 843-965-5444.

Research has been conducted on how to implement Stewards of Children as listed below:

Guastaferro, K., Melchior, M., Murphy-Costanzo, A. S., Anderson, A., Melamed, N., & Madden, S. (2023). Preventive education outreach on social media: The Quest to Enroll Community Members in a Child Sexual Prevention Workshop. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 32(8), 963–978. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2023.2274889

Paranal, R., Washington, K., & Derrick, C. (2012). Utilizing online training for child sexual abuse prevention: Benefits and limitations. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 21(5), 507–520. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2012.697106

Rheingold, A. A., Zajac, K., & Patton, M. (2012). Feasibility and acceptability of a child sexual abuse prevention program for childcare professionals: Comparison of a web-based and in-person training. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 21(4), 422–436. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2012.675422