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A child who has witnessed violence in the home may have serious problems in school.Without intervention, a child exposed to violence may be more likely to become involved in violent relationships as an adult.
Problems with school may range from barriers to enrolling in a new school to difficulties with reading and behavior. Those exposed to violence in the home may -
Become more angry or aggressive
Become scared of being separated from a parent or leaving home
Begin acting immature for their age
Have trouble sleeping
Become worried and fearful
Lose interest in friends and school
Seem 'numb' or act as if they do not feel any emotions
Have dropping grades
We offer a number of programs to assist in the education of school age children.
Hands Are For Helping; Not For Hitting
Pre-K - 2nd grade|
45 minutes
OBJECTIVES
- Children will learn positive alternatives to deal with feelings such as fear, anger, sadness and frustration.
- Children will learn and explore positive things that they can do with their hands.
- Children will learn and understand that hitting and violence are never okay and that people can learn how to be angry and not be violent.
- Children will learn skills to help keep them safe.
Bullying and Name Calling
3rd, 4th and 5th Graders
45 minutes
OBJECTIVES
- To create a classroom climate that fosters open communication between students about teasing and bullying.
- To raise student awareness of the kinds of joking, teasing and bullying which regularly take place; to encourage appropriate interventions in teasing and bullying incidents.
- To evaluate the varying degrees of courage needed to respond to different teasing and bullying incidents; to discuss how the factors of popularity and age influence whether or not and how a bystander intervenes
Healthy Relationships
Middle School
45 minutes
OBJECTIVES
- Students will identify the qualities of healthy and unhealthy relationships.
- Students will learn about the different types of harassment and be challenged to identify positive steps they can take if they or someone they know is being harassed.
- Students will learn what abuse is and what to do if they or someone they know is being abused.
- Students will discuss the difference between harassment and flirting.
- Students will discuss how being in relationships with others affects their thoughts, feelings and behaviors in both positive and negative ways.
- Students will be challenged to review what they have learned in an educational game following classroom discussion.
TEEN DATING RELATIONSHIPS
High School
45 minutes
OBJECTIVES
- To provide participants with information about the extent of dating violence and its effects on individuals and society.
- To teach participants about different forms of abuse (emotional, physical, sexual and economic).
- To help participants understand that they can reduce their risk of being in an abusive relationship by identifying abusive patterns of behaviors.
- To help participants learn to recognize what constitutes a healthy relationship.
- To teach participants where to find help if they, or someone they know, are in an abusive relationship
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