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MASKIDS presents evidence-based prevention training to Dracut Public Schools; 991 employees trained
Summary
MASKIDS executive director Jetta Birnier described an evidence-based online training now completed by 991 Dracut school employees, reporting self-assessed knowledge gains and broad support for adopting a formal code of conduct to guide employee boundaries and reporting.
Jetta Birnier, executive director of MASKIDS, told the Dracut School Committee on Dec. 9 that the child-protection nonprofit has worked in Massachusetts for 65 years and is partnering with Dracut Public Schools to prevent abuse through training and policy work. "We've been in the state for 65 years," Birnier said, describing the group's history and a one-hour online training the district began using in 2018.
Birnier said the training was evaluated in a randomized controlled study and published in an academic journal. She told the committee that since 2018, "991 Dracut school employees have completed this course," and cited evaluation results showing the…
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