KIDS COURT PREP ~ ALWAYS FREE
If you are interested in developing a Kids Court in your community please contact our director. 
Our website copy, curriculum and program is intellectual property of Kids Court & Counseling Center. 
If you are interested in purchasing our program or any part of our program, your purchase will go directly back into the services we offer.

Kids Court & Counseling Center provides an education through curriculum on the court system, expectations of testimony and the exposure and opportunity for children in the Court System to stay calm, reduce the effects of trauma, and increase the validity of their testimony. 

This is a “hands on” practical application of the curriculum allowing the children to benefit the most from the experience. The children are also provided with a Kids Court booklet/handout to take with them. The caregivers or parents are also provided with an educational booklet/handout to help them understand the court process as well as decrease their own fears about their child’s participation in a court hearing.

Kids Court & Counseling Center provides children and their non-offending caregivers an opportunity to practice/learn and get used to court and testifying. Kids Court is an opportunity to “walk-through” each aspect of testifying in court and has proven to reduce stress and trauma associated with testifying for children and their caregivers. Kids Court is empowering and enables children the opportunity to feel “in control” when faced with the daunting task of testifying in court, often in front of a jury.

The actual case is not discussed. By “practicing” and getting comfortable with the various components of a courtroom, children’s apprehension decreases and the validity of their testimony increases.

Children are taught that it is okay to say, “I don’t know” when asked a question by an attorney. Children are taught to ask for clarification and are not left feeling like they were cornered into an answer.

Children are taught relaxation skills they can use while testifying to help them feel calmer, more in control and less anxious..
 
​Kids Court Prep Logistics

Kids Court Prep is offered the 1st and 2nd Wednesday of each month in Riverside, located at the Family Justice Center Media Room. 

Kids Court Prep is offered the 3rd and 4th Wednesday of each month in Murrieta at our office.
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All Kids Court Prep's are offered from 2-4pm. Please contact us to reserve a spot!


Kids Court Counseling
​(Grant Funded)
​Because of grant funding, we are able to offer FREE therapy services to children referred to Kids Court through SAFE Family Justice Centers.
​We utilize therapists who specialize in trauma and play therapy.

​We do not take any insurance. Please contact our agency if you believe that your child could qualify for our free sessions.

Counseling through GIA'S FUND
Because of GIA'S FUND we are able to offer FREE therapy services to children and teens who have experienced sexual assault, abuse and trauma. 
Please contact our agency if you believe that your child/teen could qualify for our free sessions.
​41880 Kalmia Street, Suite 115
Murrieta, CA 92562
951-704-8706