Target Audience:

Teachers, administrators, parents, program volunteers, school support staff, caregivers

Goals:

Identify basic & underlying needs based on exhibited behaviors, both positive & negative

Create awareness of unmet needs & develop empathy that creates safe relational space

Equip leaders with practical, positive intervention strategies to minimize negative behaviors & build healthy connections between adults & children/youth that inspire positive behaviors

Elements:

Team-building/experiential learning exercise for participants

Define behavior & basic human needs

4 Functions of Behavior & the aligning unmet needs to be addressed

Intervention strategies that build healthy relationships & encourage positive behavior

Role play to practice interventions

Q&A Time

Target Audience:

Teachers, administrators, parents, program volunteers, school support staff, caregivers

Goals:

Increase awareness about child abuse

Curb potential threats to children’s emotional or physical safety

Establish healthy boundaries to prevent abuse

Recognize warning signs of abuse

Report suspected abuse appropriately

Elements:

Facts about child abuse

Recognize, Resist, & Report

3 T’s of Safety with Children

Tips on establishing & communicating boundaries to prevent abuse

Communication skills with suspected victims and/or perpetrators

Role play to practice interventions

Q&A Time