It is a field-tested personal safety curriculum that reflects the most current research on effective sexual exploitation and abduction prevention education for young children. We urge every state to mandate such instruction in its schools. There are a number of excellent personal safety programs and curricula. We hope that parents will encourage school administrators to adopt one and then use it. This comprehensive approach has three elements of awareness, assertiveness, and access.
Awareness is the giving of safety information to the audience.
Assertiveness is the teaching of skills and decision-making abilities to the children using the information they have been given. Access is teaching children that there are adults who will help them if they need it. Access also trains adults to be ready to assist children with their problems. The developmental learning activities are age appropriate. The safety skills and concepts are presented, expanded, and reinforced sequentially from kindergarten through grade 6.