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by Kimberly Perry (Author)
For secular audiences. This Say "NO " and TELL book - A Health Education Approach to Training Grown-ups and Professionals in Personal Safety for Kids Learning at School, Sport and Youth Organizations - focuses on education to prevent child sexual abuse and exploitation in all its forms, whether that be physical or non-physical contact abuse. All children need to know what to do during a questionable encounter; statistics show it may not be a matter of if, but when.
Reaching all audiences is key to empowering every child. Our health educator's simple approach to boundaries and personal body safety for kids, guides the learning process at home, schools, sports, and other youth organizations. This training workbook educates grown-ups working with kids about boundaries and personal safety so they can help create a safe environment for all. Shining the light into the darkness of child sexual abuse by spreading the message of prevention through boundaries and personal safety training takes commitment and bravery. Our children, families, and society pay a price when a child is sexually abused because the ramifications effect the health of the communities we live in every day. We as parents, safe caregivers, and trusted grown-ups must act now to protect our children and stop this epidemic It is time to stand guard, empower one another, and preserve the innocence of generations to come by learning boundaries and personal safety for kids.
Using the Say "NO " and TELL training workbook, we can learn how to take action in a THREE-phase(TM) process: create awareness of the problem, educate to equip grownups and kids for preventative action, and develop intervention procedures to prevent questionable encounters by teaching grown-ups and children about boundaries and personal safety (prevention of child sexual abuse). Presenters and participants alike will be empowered to multiply the message of preventing child sexual abuse with boundaries and personal safety training. The training is easy to replicate with customizable content for your organization.
This short but effective, user-friendly training workbook for grown-ups can empower and protect kids by helping your school, sport and youth organizations:
- Explore and implement preventative safeguards
- Design a code of conduct for interacting with children
- Recognize signs and symptoms of child sexual abuse
- Report suspected abuse
