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Kids and Company: Together for SafetyI will be presenting the Kids and Company: Together for Safety program to the kindergarten, first and second grade classes this year. One Wednesday per month these classes will have a lesson from this program.
This program was developed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. See their web site for much helpful information at http://www.missingkids.com.
Kids and Company: Together for Safety is a comprehensive program for grades K-8 that provides children with skills, information, self-confidence, and support that will enhance their self-esteem and help prevent abduction and abuse. The program takes a positive and constructive approach. It does not teach children to be antisocial or afraid. Rather, it teaches them how to respond to situations and make safe decisions. It helps them to reverse their traditional role as helpless victims and teaches them that they are capable and worthwhile individuals.
At the same time, the program emphasizes the importance of community. It teaches children that they are not alone. Children learn when and how to get help from peers and adults. The program provides opportunities for parental involvement and teaches parents what they can do to help keep their children safe.
Prevention education is more effective when parents, teachers, and other members of the community work together to help make childhood a safe and happy place to be. Please discuss with your child what he/she has learned in these classes, to reinforce the concepts and to discuss specific potential scenarios so you can come up with a plan for how to handle them. Role playing specific scenarios with your child will especially help him/her to feel confident when handling an unexpected but planned-for situation.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
12:00-12:30 Grade 1 "All About Me" - "I am Special" Pictures
Objective: Students will learn that it is good to like yourself and will learn that there are many special things about themselves.
12:30-1:00 Grade 2 "All About Me" - "I am Special" Pictures
Objective: Students will learn that it is good to like yourself and will learn that there are many special things about themselves.
1:40-2:00 Kindergarten "Who am I?"
Objective: Upon completing this activity, students will have positive feelings about themselves and other children in the group.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
12:00-12:30 Grade 1 "Getting Help (Dialing 911)" and Name, Address, and Telephone Number Activity Sheet
Objective: Students will have practiced accessing the 911 operator for help in an emergency.
12:30-1:00 Grade 2 "Getting Help (Dialing 911)" -- Activity Sheet: "My Emergency Calling Card"
Objective: Students will know how to access community and personal sources of help and advice in an emergency.
1:40-2:00 Kindergarten "Name, Address, and Telephone Number" -- Activity Sheet
Objective: Students will have practiced writing and reciting their name, home town, state, and ten-digit telephone number.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
12:00-12:30 Grade 1 "The Buddy System:Safety in Numbers" -- Activity Sheets A and B
Objective: Students will learn how to apply the buddy system to protect themselves in everyday situations.
12:30-1:00 Grade 2 "Check First and the Buddy System" -- Activity Sheet
Objective: Students will know when it is appropriate to Check First and use the Buddy System and will have an understanding of why it is important to practice these safety skills.
1:40-2:00 Kindergarten "The Buddy System" -- Activity Sheet A: "Our Safety Buddy Song"; Activity Sheet B: The Buddy System
Objective: Students will understand how and when to use the Buddy System.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
12:00-12:30 Grade 1 "Swell Secrets and Tell Secrets" -- Activity Sheets A and B
Objective: Students will be able to differentiate between acceptable secrets and secrets that should be told.
12:30-1:00 Grade 2 "Touches and Secrets" -- Activity Sheet: "My Whole Body is My Own Song"
Objective: Students will be able to distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate touches, recognize private parts of the body, and identify secrets that should be told.
1:40-2:00 Kindergarten "Checking First" -- Activity Sheet: "The Check First Song"
Objective: Students will know to use Check First before going anywhere, before accepting anything from anyone, and before changing plans.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
12:00-12:30 Grade 1 "People We Can Trust" - Activity Sheet: "My Trust Tree"
Objective: Students will express and visualize that there are many people who can provide them with help for problems which are too big for them to handle alone.
12:30-1:00 Grade 2 "Assertiveness and Bullies"
Objective: Students will have discussed and practiced assertive behaviors which would be helpful when dealing with bullies or other individuals who might be bothering them.
1:40-2:00 Kindergarten "Not O.K. Touches" -- Activity Sheet: "No, Go and Tell" Poem
Objective: Students will be able to recognize inappropriate (NOT O.K.) touches.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
12:00-12:30 Grade 1 "Check First and No-Go-Tell"
Objective: Students will be able to identify situations when adult permission or advice is needed and will know how to respond in a variety of situations. The goal is that "Check First" and "No-Go-Tell" will become automatic safety strategies which children will use as everyday behavior.
12:30-1:00 Grade 2 "Circles of Trust Helpers" (Activity Sheet)
Objective: Students will know that there are many people in their lives to whom they can talk if they have a problem that is too big for them to handle alone.
1:40-2:00 Kindergarten "The Trust Tree" (Activity Sheet)
Objective: Students will be able to identify people who can help them. The goal is to reinforce that there are people with whom children can talk and who are ready to help.
Wednesday, May 5, 2009
12:00-12:30 Grade 1 "Store Strategies" (Activity Sheet)
Objective: Students will be able to model safe procedures to use in a store setting.
12:30-1:00 Grade 2 "Unfamiliar Places" (Activity Sheet)
Objective: Students will be able to identify and rehearse strategies (e.g., Check First, the Buddy System, and No-Go-Tell) which will increase their safety when applied to unfamiliar settings.
1:40-2:10 Kindergarten "No-Go-Tell"
Objective: Students will be able to demonstrate how to respond to inappropriate touching and unsolicited attention of someone older by using the No-Go-Tell rule. |
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