Name: Protecting Childhood: Prevention, Disclosure, and Response
Start: 2026-06-29T12:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-06-29T16:30:00-05:00
Location: McHenry County College- Luecht Auditorium

Protecting Childhood: Prevention, Disclosure, and Response

Erin Merryn and local experts discuss child abuse prevention and McHenry County response protocols.
About this Event

Doors open at 12:30pm

Training begins at 1:00pm

This training will feature childhood sexual abuse survivor turned author, speaker, child advocate and activist Erin Merryn. Erin will share her personal story and the impact of Erin’s Law in empowering children and adults to recognize, prevent, and respond to child sexual abuse.

A multidisciplinary panel of McHenry County professionals will provide an overview of McHenry County’s child abuse response protocol and the coordinated systems in place to support child victims and families after a disclosure is made.