Keeping Youth Safe
This curriculum is designed to empower participants with knowledge, tools and strategies for talking about sexual assault with youth and intervening when they recognize warning signs. Through a discussion of the dynamics of child sexual abuse, participants will gain knowledge about proactive steps they can take to help keep children safe. This program is customized to meet the needs of each audience. Participants will be able to:
- Describe legal definitions of sexual assault, child sexual abuse and unlawful sexual contact
- Identify red flags of perpetrator behavior and warning signs that a child may be experiencing sexual abuse
- Describe age-appropriate strategies for talking to kids about sexual violence
- Describe steps parents/adults can take to help prevent sexual abuse
- Describe how to respond to a disclosure of sexual abuse
- Describe resources in the community for survivors and their families
Keeping Youth Safe is a 1-2 hour education program for elementary students’ parents, teachers, and other adult caregivers.
