10 Ways to Teach Your Child the Skills to Prevent Sexual Abuse
From: Child Mind.org
Website url: http://childmind.org/article/10-ways-to-teach-your-child-the-skills-to-prevent-sexual-abuse/
This article is extremely direct and simple. It takes about 5 minutes to read, but it is informative because it outlines simple steps to take, instead of a bunch of facts mixed in with advise. A lot of parents are reluctant to teach their kids about body parts and sexual abuse because they want their children to remain innocent, but this article illustrates the imperatives of being frank when it comes to teaching children about their body parts because it makes them less vulnerable to predators. This article could be useful at the beginning of the year and the teacher could write a short letter to parents explaining that although their children won’t be taught sexual health explicitly in class, learning about unwanted touch is important for K-2 students. The teacher can provide this article with the letter, and encourage parents to read it.
Standards:
HBOs:
HBO 6. Injury prevention: Recognize and avoid dangerous surroundings
HBO 1. Sexual health: Establish and maintain healthy relationships.
HBO 5. Injury Prevention: Avoid pressuring others to engage in sexual behaviors.
NHEs:
Injury prevention:
S3.2.1. Identify trusted adults at home who can promote safety and injury prevention
S3.2.2. Identify trusted adults at school who can promote safety and injury prevention
S4.2.1. Demonstrate how to communicate needs, wants and feelings in a healthy way to promote safety
S4.2.3. Demonstrate effective refusal skills to avoid or reduce injury
S4.2.4 Demonstrate how to tell a trusted adult when feeling threatened or harmed
S5.2.1 Identify situations that need a decision based on safety and injury prevention
Sexual health: Identify benefits of healthy peer relationships.
Sexual health: Demonstrate how to effectively communicate needs, wants and feelings in healthy ways to promote healthy family and peer relationships.
ISTE (Technology):
4.c. Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.