Kindergarten
Day 1: Self Esteem
- Increase self-esteem
- Develop self-awareness and self-identity
- Have positive feelings about themselves and other children in the class
- Provide trusted adults with identifying information
Day 2: Buddy System
- Understand how and when to use the BUDDY SYSTEM
Day 3: Check First
- Know how to use CHECK FIRST before going anywhere, before accepting anything from anyone, and before changing plans
Day 4: No-Go-Tell
- Understand that they are special and that their bodies are special
- Recognize inappropriate (NOT OK) touches
- Understand that it’s OK to say “No” to an inappropriate touch, and that they can ask for help
Day 5: Trusted Adults
- Identify people they can talk to and who are ready to help
- Know that s/he is not alone
- Understand the Safety Rule: NO-GO-TELL
- Demonstrate how to respond to inappropriate touching of personal parts of the body and to the unsolicited attention of someone older by using the NO-GO-TELL rule
- Have the confidence to use the rule if necessary
Grade 1
Day 1: Emergency Situations
- Access help with the phone
Day 2: Buddy System
- Review the Buddy System discussed in Kindergarten
- Learn how to apply it to protect themselves in everyday situations
- Use the Buddy System so that they are safer and less vulnerable
- Know how to be safe in situations away from home in surroundings which are not always familiar
- Demonstrate safe procedures to use in a store setting
Day 3: Secrets
- Be aware that they do not always have to keep secrets
- Differentiate between acceptable secrets and secrets that should be told
- Know that they can ask an adult for assistance
- Know they are not alone
- Review of sexual abuse prevention skills
- Know that there are many people who can help them
- Express and visualize that there are many people who can provide them with help for problems which are too big for them to handle alone
Day 4: Check First, NO-GO-TELL
- Use the CHECK FIRST and NO-GO-TELL safety strategies as part of everyday behavior
- Identify situations when adult permission or advice is needed
- Know how to respond in a variety of situations
Day 5: I Can Play It Safe
- Read/Review ways to stay safe
- Read the book I Can Play it Safe
Grade 2
Day 1: No Go Tell
- Discuss and practice assertive behaviors which will be helpful when dealing with bullies or other individuals who might be bothering them
- Identify and rehearse strategies that increase their safety when they are in an unfamiliar setting
Day 2: Trusted Adults
- Know that there are many people in their lives to whom they can talk if they have a problem that is too big for them to handle alone
Day 3: My Body Is Private
- Distinguish between appropriate touches (O.K. TOUCHES) and inappropriate touches (NOT O.K. TOUCHES)
- Recognize personal parts of the body
- Identify secrets that should be told
Day 4: Buddy System, Check First & Emergencies
- Explain when it is appropriate to CHECK FIRST and use the BUDDY SYSTEM
- Explain why it is important to practice these safety skills
- Know how to access emergency help when it is needed
Grade 3
Day 1: Emergency Situations
- Access help when out of their area
- Recite their full 11-digit telephone number for out-of-state calls
Day 2: Safety First
- Children will remain safe from abuse and exploitation
- Identify situations when safety is more important than good manners
Day 3: NO-GO-TELL
- Understand that the NO-GO-TELL rule is used to thwart victimization attempts
- Be familiar with common tricks used by perpetrators.
- Know how to recognize and respond to inner warning feelings.
- Know how to use assertive self-protection actions in a variety of situations.
- Know that they may turn to a trusted adult for help.
- Recognize the qualities which the adult demonstrated to show that they were a trusted helper.
Day 4: Protecting My Body
- Understand they are in charge of their own bodies.
- Discriminate between good touch, confusing touch, and bad touch.
- Identify situations of possible sexual abuse and state rules of personal safety.
Grade 4
Day 1: What is Decision Making?
- Identify personal health decisions and influences
- Recognize personal capabilities and limitations as they relate to possible healthy solutions
Day 2: Substance Abuse
- Compare information on tobacco, alcohol and marijuana, and describe/explain their roles as Gateway Drugs
Day 3: HIV / AIDS (lasting 1 to 2 lessons)
- Describe the differences between HIV and AIDS, how it is transmitted, and how it is not transmitted
Day 4: Sexual Abuse Prevention “Tricks”
- Describe the “tricks” used to lure young people into dangerous situations and identify categories of common “tricks”
Day 5: Sexual Abuse Prevention “Good Touch, Bad Touch”
- Discriminate between “good” touch, “confusing” touch and “bad” touch.
- Identify situations of possible sexual abuse and state rules of personal safety
Day 6: The Decision Making Process
- Apply the IDEAL Decision Making model to real-life situations
Day 7: Perceptions / Responsibility
- Questions perceptions of normative health behavior
- Describes how personal health decisions are connected to subsequent decisions
- Assumes responsibility for personal health decisions
Grade 5
Day 1: Different Types of Touch
- Recognize, refuse and report abusive situations
- Discriminate among the different types of “touch”
- Identify steps they can take to protect themselves when they feel taken advantage of
- List resources available to them for acquiring needed help
Day 2: Perpetrator Tricks & Safety Rules
- Recognize common “tricks” and lures used by perpetrators
- Realize that the Safety Rules (they learned before 5th grade) still work