Objectives

1. At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to identify grooming as it is outlined in Faith's and Erin’s Law which now mandates training for all schools on such behaviors.

2. At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to compare normal mentoring behaviors with classic predatory behaviors and recognize the difference between the two interactions.

3. At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to apply the knowledge they now have on grooming to implement better and clearer policies and procedures on the boundaries of professional conduct.

4. At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to evaluate situations where professional boundaries may have been crossed and feel more confident in their decision to issue a discipline to an employee, as well as feel better prepared to support survivors.

About the host

Michelle Denault, owner and founder of “Voices Carry, LLC”, is a survivor of Educator Sexual Abuse and the creator of the training “Grooming 101 - A Predator’s Playbook”. In 2015, after decades of believing she had been in a “love relationship” with a trusted teacher, a moment in time completely shifted Michelle’s perspective and opened her eyes to the truth that she hadn't been loved but instead preyed on and abused. Since that time, Michelle has been speaking her truth, advocating for change, and in a fight in the justice system to bring accountability to her abuser and his enablers. “Grooming 101” has been in over 70 schools and at several institutional conferences throughout Illinois to train adults on how to recognize the signs a child is being groomed and to teach students how to recognize they or their peers may be being groomed. Michelle is married to Superintendent Mike Denault. Between the two of them they share four beautiful children. Michelle has an insane love of Disneyworld and Duke Basketball and a passion to spread her message as far as her voice can possibly carry.