Attached is the model we plan to initiate. In conjunction with education we anticipate an increase in referrals and reports. The Youth Outreach Worker will establish a teen hot line and begin the process of recruiting and training teens to man the hotline. This process will closely monitored by the Outreach Worker. We hope this approach will encourage young people to come forward if they have been abused and to ask questions about these issues.
Teens respond to teens.
Harassment prevention Curriculum Preventing Child Abuse Ages 9-12 Acquaintance Rape and Sexual Assault. The expected outcome is that our young children will be empowered to be able to state an assertive no, to get away, to tell someone they trust to stop the abuse and how to get help. With older children the main focus will be the importance of getting help, the effects of abuse and the importance of getting help even if the abuse has ended. Students will have an understanding of the abuse of power as a result of this education and will also be able to apply this understanding to other forms of abuse. The crisis team will continue to work with the community in putting sexual assault into the limelight and educating about the seriousness and long lasting effect of sexual assault.