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Preventing Teen Dating Abuse: SMART, Help, Safe

Join a specialized training to learn how to prevent, assess, and intervene in teen dating abuse. Identify healthy relationships, assess and address abusive behaviors, and provide appropriate policies and resources. Get SMART, get help, get safe!

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Preventing Teen Dating Abuse: SMART, Help, Safe

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  1. Get SMART•Get HELP •Get SAFE Welcome toPreventing, Assessing, and Intervening in Teen Dating AbuseA Training for Specialized Instructional Support Personnel

  2. Facilitators and Sponsors Facilitators: This training is brought to you by: (to be completed by trainer) Slide 2

  3. Participant Objectives As a result of attending this workshop, participants will be able to: • Identify healthy relationships. • Identify teenage dating abuse. • Assess, intervene, and prevent. • Provide appropriate policies. • Extend positive norms. • Identify and use resources. • Identify and address special groups. Slide 3

  4. What Is Teenage Dating Abuse? Adapted from New Choices, Inc.: Breaking the Cycle www.newchoicesinc.org …a pattern of actual or threatened acts of physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse, perpetrated by an adolescent (between the ages of 13 and 18) against a current or former dating partner. Types of abuse: Verbal Psychological/emotional Physical Sexual Slide 4

  5. Why You Are Needed You have unique skills, training, and experience in these areas: • Communicating, showing respect, and using your knowledge • Being aware of cultural biases • Recognizing early signs of trouble • Handling emergencies • Working with administrators, staff, students, families, and community resources • Helping students work through conflicts Slide 5

  6. Levels of Providing Service in School Communities Assessment Intervention Prevention Slide 6

  7. Assessment In your groups, create two lists: • Healthy attitudes and behaviors • Abusive attitudes and behaviors Slide 7

  8. Up to the Challenges What are the challenges? What strategies might help? What attitudes might help? What resources might help? Slide 8

  9. Criteria for Community Resources Knowledge about teenage dating abuse Experience with youth Accessibility Health- and safety-based approach Professional certification Cost-effectiveness Slide 9

  10. What’s Next? Administrative level: • School policies, resources, communication School level: • Peer leaders, awareness • Assessment, intervention, prevention Student level: • Availability, respect, connection Slide 10

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