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. Dangerously misleading messages about strangers are replaced with practical ways to access low-risk help in emergencies. The kit includes a guide for a five-hour teacher workshop for orienting school staff to the curriculum, reviewing their responsibilities as state mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect, and ensuring the ongoing support for children coping with these issues. The curriculum is easy to implement , needing only four to six hours of class time per year.