Prevention training is only effective if it changes behavior. Scaling it without losing effectiveness is one of the hardest challenges in the child protection field.
What the Research Says Works
The prevention training literature is clear: training that teaches skills — not just knowledge — is more effective. Technology can support adaptive content delivery, peer learning communities, and follow-up tools that help participants practice skills in their real environments.
Measuring Training Effectiveness
Organizations need to build evaluation frameworks that measure proximate outcomes — knowledge, attitude change, bystander intervention behavior — and use those as evidence of training effectiveness.