Our sexual assault outreach and prevention programs
Community education programs provided for local service clubs, church groups, and childcare professionals, at their request. Topics include how to recognize symptoms of sexual abuse in the children they serve, how to report crime, and ways to help and support young survivors. In 2010-11, Project Sister Family Services' prevention education staff reached 4,689 unduplicated individuals through 44 community education presentations and health fairs.
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Senior citizen education in rape awareness and personal safety, provided to local senior citizen centers and organizations. Seniors are taught safety measures that decrease their susceptibility to sexual assault, robbery, burglary, and financial exploitation. Senior citizens face unique problems in maintaining their personal security, because of the health problems, disabilities, limited income, and isolation associated with aging that many of them face. Project Sister Family Services served 759 individuals in 46 senior education programs in 2010-11.
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Adult Prevention Education in rape awareness and personal safety, provided to residents of our service area. PSFS reached 901 individuals through 47 adult education presentations.
Young Adult Prevention Education, involving rape prevention programs for college students. Topics include date and acquaintance rape, personal safety, and sexual harassment. PSFS reached 131 unduplicated individuals through 20 presentations.
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Teen prevention education involving rape prevention programs for middle school and high school aged teens. Topics include date and acquaintance rape, personal safety, sexual harassment, child abuse awareness, and internet safety. PSFS reached 25,017 teenage individuals through 603 presentations.
Young Child Education, a program in which children age 5 to 12 receive instruction focused on the difference between “good and bad” touch. They also learn to how to ask for help if they have been touched in a “bad” way.This year 1,014 children participated in 12 presentations in school settings.
Young Child Prevention Education Groups included regularly meeting groups to discuss violence prevention curricula and healthy behaviors. This year, 19 girls continuously attended 30 violence prevention workshops at Kingsley Elementary School; 9 Continuous children attended 19 violence prevention groups at Barfield Elementary School; and 22 continuous children attended 24 violence prevention groups at Lopez Elementary School.
Self-Defense Education, in which instructors teach self-defense and other personal safety skills to protect themselves against sexual assault. This year 595 individuals learned self-protection skills through 45 self-defense classes.
Guidelines for safeguarding your children - how to listen and talk with your children, starting safety rules early, observing physical and behavioral signs, what to do if you think your child has been abused, and how to choose child care. Learn more >>>
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