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To schedule a program and/or for more information about our programs, please contact Jessica Buttrey.

Healthy Relationships Series 
Target Population: Middle/High School
Participants learn the meaning and characteristics of personal boundaries, recognize their own boundaries, and understand the role boundaries play in relationships.  Topics include conflict resolution, beating bullying/harassment, sexual harassment and assault.

Sexual Violence
Target Population: Middle/High School
Provides students with basic understanding of sexual violence including: legal definitions, myths and facts surrounding sexual assault and the “typical” victim and offender.  Students will learn the importance of sexual assault prevention and explore prevention tips for everyone.  Students will also be introduced to risk reduction and safety strategies.

Unspeakable Acts
Target Population: High School/College/General Public
50 minute play reading using your school’s student body to facilitate understanding of the consequences of acquaintance rape and debunk the myths surrounding the subject of sexual violence.

Sexual Harassment
Target Population: Middle/High School
Students will identify and define what behaviors are considered sexual harassment and how they relate to boundaries.  Students will be engaged in actively identifying and altering inappropriate behaviors.  Intervention strategies for bystanders will also be introduced.

TeenShare
Target Population: Middle/High School  - Girls Only
Supports girls in gaining the skills and knowledge to keep them safe and healthy throughout the challenges they face growing up.  Provides a confidential group environment in which girls will decrease their isolation and connect with peers facing similar difficulties.  The group reinforces with participants that their feelings and ideas are common and valid and supports them in gaining the confidence to communicate their personal boundaries and discuss issues relevant to their lives, including sexual violence.  The program is designed to take place during weekly one-hour sessions over a 7-8-week period.

Leadership Training
Target Population: Middle/High School
The Leadership Training Program is designed to instill a foundation in the principles of leadership for middle and high school students.  Students will learn the concepts of accountability, altruism, and sympathy as the basic skills of leadership.  Knowledge of these concepts will encourage social sensitivity, pro-social and leadership skills.  Over the course of the training students will receive training in Assertiveness, Conflict Resolution, and Problem Solving, Relating to Others, Violence Prevention (including sexual violence), Active Bystander Intervention and Self Esteem through a variety of modalities.

Violence Intervention Partners
Target Population: Middle/High School - Boys Only
The Violence Intervention Program targets males to reduce risks of current and later-life violence such as: gang violence, fighting, sexual and domestic violence, etc.  The objectives of this program are: 1) awareness of underlying feelings that precede problem behaviors; 2) self-disclosure; 3) arm students with skills for healthy expression of anger and vulnerability; 4) learning how to problem solve as a means to find alternative solutions to conflict; 5) identifying positive attributes; and 6) motivate students to maintain healthy relationships through the utilization of conflict resolution and effective communication skills.  The program is designed to take place during weekly sessions over a 7-8-week period.

Touching Safety
Target Population: Kindergarten/Elementary
Supports children in increasing their knowledge of sexual abuse in an age appropriate way.  Encourages peer respect, provide parents with information and encouragement to engage in ongoing discussions about touching safety and respecting others.  Facilitates further development of school environments where teachers are knowledgeable about touching safety and incorporate this information into their activities.



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