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# Dating Matters - Understanding Teen Dating Violence Prevention

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**DATING MATTERS®: UNDERSTANDING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION Training for Educators** is a free, online course available to educators, school personnel, youth mentors, and others dedicated to improving teen health. Follow a school administrator throughout his day as he highlights what teen dating violence is and how to prevent it through graphic novel scenarios, interactive exercises, and information gathered from leading experts.

## Who Is This Training For?

Teachers, coaches, school personnel, youth leaders, and other youth-serving professionals play an important role in preventing teen dating violence. They should understand the risk factors and warning signs of teen dating violence, as well as their role in promoting healthy teen relationships. All staff in schools implementing the Dating Matters comprehensive teen dating violence prevention model are strongly encouraged to complete this training.

Anyone who wants to learn about teen dating violence prevention can take the Dating Matters Training for Educators!

## What You'll Learn

            - Characteristics of healthy and unhealthy teen relationships
            - Early warning signs and factors that may increase a teen’s risk for dating violence
            - Statistics, examples, and consequences of teen dating violence
            - Ways to promote healthy relationships and prevent unhealthy and violent ones

## Course Highlights

### Graphic Novel Scenarios

Peer into the relationship dynamics of three teen couples to learn about a healthy dating relationship, unhealthy dating relationship, and concerning relationship that highlights educator intervention.

### Interactive Exercises

Test the knowledge you’ve gained and reflect on how this information can be applied to your work with teens in a meaningful way.

### Certificate of Completion

After you take the training and complete a brief survey, you can access a completion certificate.

### Length of Training

This training will take approximately 60 minutes to complete.

## Materials

The Dating Matters Training for Educators Manual summarizes key points from each module of the training and provides additional activities and resources to support educators as role models and agents of change in preventing teen dating violence.

# Dating Matters: Understanding Teen Dating Violence Prevention

# WB 4253

## Program Description

The goal of this training is to provide educators and others working with youth knowledge of teen dating violence and resources that provide evidence-based solutions to prevent primary, secondary, and tertiary teen dating violence.

## Objectives

At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to:
            - Identify examples of teen dating violence.
            - Identify how teen development affects teen dating violence and consequences of teen dating violence.
            - Identify risk factors, protective factors, warning signs, and challenges for seeking help for teen dating violence.
            - Compare and contrast healthy and unhealthy relationship characteristics and behaviors.
            - Identify ways educators can be a resource to students regarding teen dating violence.
            - Describe skill development so educators feel empowered to take action – if / when needed.
            - Explain how this teen dating violence prevention training will impact educators.

## Faculty/Credentials

Dennis E. Reidy, Ph.D., Behavioral Scientist, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Natasha Latzman, Ph.D., Behavioral Scientist, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

## Origination Date

September 18, 2019

## Renewal Date

September 18, 2021

## Expiration Date

September 18, 2023

## Materials

None

## Target Audience

Educators, Other youth violence prevention professionals.

## Prerequisites

The target audience for Dating Matters is middle and high school educators. A secondary audience is all others who work with youth and play a role in teen dating violence prevention. It is important that users of this training work regularly with youth in a school or other setting. However, parents, administrators and other caring adults can also benefit from taking this course. There are no prerequisite skills needed.

## Format

This activity is **Web-based**

## Contact Information

Liz Ferguson, Banyan Communications, 404-455-7670

## Accreditation Statements

**CEU:**The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer **0.2** CEU's for this program.

**CECH:**Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to **2.0** total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced level continuing education contact hours available are **2.0**. Continuing Competency credits available are **2.0**. CDC provider number **98614**.

**For Certified Public Health Professionals (CPH):**The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer **2.0** CPH recertification credits for this program.

## Disclosure

In compliance with continuing education requirements, all presenters must disclose any financial or other associations with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use.

CDC, our planners, content experts, and their spouses/partners wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters. Planners have reviewed content to ensure there is no bias.

Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.

CDC did not accept commercial support for this continuing education activity.

## Instructions for Obtaining Continuing Education (CE)

In order to receive continuing education (CE) for **WB 4253** please visit TCEO and follow these 9 Simple Steps before September 18, 2023.

Complete the activity              Complete the Evaluation at www.cdc.gov/GetCE              Pass the posttest at     75%     at www.cdc.gov/GetCE

## Fees

No fees are charged for CDC’s CE activities.

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## Keep In Mind

When this training refers to teens, we mean young people from pre-teen (11) throughout adolescence (to early 20s). Educators include anyone who works with teens in a learning capacity and/or setting, from teachers, administrators, and counselors to coaches, youth mentors, and other school and after-school personnel.

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