VIOLENCE PREVENTION
Cultivating a Culture of Consent
Challenging Systems of Oppression & Cultivating a Culture of Prevention
Because we believe a community safe from violence is possible, we model healthy relationships with youth,
using sincerity and humor, while delivering a research based anti-violence curriculum.
Our aim is to cultivate a culture of consent.
using sincerity and humor, while delivering a research based anti-violence curriculum.
Our aim is to cultivate a culture of consent.
The Outreach & Prevention program seeks to communicate the mission and vision of CVS, it’s programs and services, to cultivate a community free from violence and oppression. This is achieved by utilizing restorative justice practices, structured activities, and strategies implemented in multiple settings across the Social Ecological Model to identify root causes of violence within communities and developing appropriate coordinated community responses and resources that result in a reduction of risk factors and/or an increase in protective factors which serve to protect against violence.
Research suggests that most youth in the United States begin dating between 9 and 12 years of age and are vulnerable to experiencing violence with their first relationship. According to the Center for Disease Control, 12% of youth experience physical violence by a dating partner and 25% experience psychological or emotional abuse by a dating partner.
Data from our local community health assessments suggest that youth in Allen and Putnam counties are no exception. Further, 14% of youth in Putnam County and 28% of youth in Allen County are at increased risk of intimate partner violence, among other long term health effects, due to exposure to multiple Adverse Childhood Experiences.
We provide culturally appropriate educational curriculum to youth and adults in our community with the express purpose of preventing relationship violence and cultivating a culture where consent and respect for one another is a central tenet. With over 25 years of combined professional education experience, our prevention educators deliver an evidence-based curriculum which meets the core educational requirements of the Ohio Department of Education.
Research suggests that most youth in the United States begin dating between 9 and 12 years of age and are vulnerable to experiencing violence with their first relationship. According to the Center for Disease Control, 12% of youth experience physical violence by a dating partner and 25% experience psychological or emotional abuse by a dating partner.
Data from our local community health assessments suggest that youth in Allen and Putnam counties are no exception. Further, 14% of youth in Putnam County and 28% of youth in Allen County are at increased risk of intimate partner violence, among other long term health effects, due to exposure to multiple Adverse Childhood Experiences.
We provide culturally appropriate educational curriculum to youth and adults in our community with the express purpose of preventing relationship violence and cultivating a culture where consent and respect for one another is a central tenet. With over 25 years of combined professional education experience, our prevention educators deliver an evidence-based curriculum which meets the core educational requirements of the Ohio Department of Education.
Our Programs & Services
Digital Citizenship
K-12 Curriculum
As our technological world changes rapidly and relationships span from physical to digital, it is vital we teach our children how to stay safe and build healthy connections online. Crime Victim Services provides this instruction through the award-winning K–12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum. The curriculum was designed by Common Sense Education in partnership with Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Lessons cover the six core areas of digital citizenship including: Media Balance & Well-Being; Privacy & Security; Digital Footprint & Identity; Relationships & Communication; Cyberbullying, Digital Drama & Hate Speech; and News & Media Literacy. The curriculum can be implemented at the class level or school and district wide and is complimentary to our anti intimate partner violence curriculum, “Connections.”
As our technological world changes rapidly and relationships span from physical to digital, it is vital we teach our children how to stay safe and build healthy connections online. Crime Victim Services provides this instruction through the award-winning K–12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum. The curriculum was designed by Common Sense Education in partnership with Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Lessons cover the six core areas of digital citizenship including: Media Balance & Well-Being; Privacy & Security; Digital Footprint & Identity; Relationships & Communication; Cyberbullying, Digital Drama & Hate Speech; and News & Media Literacy. The curriculum can be implemented at the class level or school and district wide and is complimentary to our anti intimate partner violence curriculum, “Connections.”
CONNECTIONS: a primary prevention curriculum for intimate partner violence
Middle Schools
Developed for 7th and 8th grade students, Day one prevention educators deliver a six lesson curriculum designed to help student better understand healthy relationship behaviors and develop respect for themselves and others. Lesson topics include:
High Schools
Day One prevention educators deliver a six lesson curriculum designed to help students develop skills to cultivate healthy intimate partner relationships, while also learning techniques to intervene in unhealthy situations. Lesson topics include:
After School Programs
Developed for 5th and 6th grade students, Day One prevention educators deliver a twelve lesson curriculum designed to introduce students to healthy relationship expectations and proactive boundary setting. Lesson topics include:
College Campuses
Day One provides 1 hour training sessions on consent, bystander intervention, and Title IX to college students in Allen and Hardin Counties. Advocates are also available to support students through the Title IX process.
Developed for 7th and 8th grade students, Day one prevention educators deliver a six lesson curriculum designed to help student better understand healthy relationship behaviors and develop respect for themselves and others. Lesson topics include:
- Setting healthy relationship boundaries
- Understanding healthy vs. unhealthy relationships
- Gender norms and stereotypes
- Cultivating a culture of consent
- Empowerment and empathy building
- Understanding privilege and oppression
High Schools
Day One prevention educators deliver a six lesson curriculum designed to help students develop skills to cultivate healthy intimate partner relationships, while also learning techniques to intervene in unhealthy situations. Lesson topics include:
- Setting healthy relationship boundaries
- Understanding healthy vs. unhealthy relationships
- Cultivating a culture of consent
- Empowerment and empathy building
- Pro-social bystander intervention
After School Programs
Developed for 5th and 6th grade students, Day One prevention educators deliver a twelve lesson curriculum designed to introduce students to healthy relationship expectations and proactive boundary setting. Lesson topics include:
- Setting healthy relationship boundaries
- Understanding healthy vs. unhealthy relationships
- Online safety & digital boundaries
- Cultivating a culture of consent
- Breaking up safely
- Gender norms and stereotypes
- Safe Zones: LGBTQ 101
- Why people abuse
- Empowerment and empathy building
- Pro-social bystander intervention
College Campuses
Day One provides 1 hour training sessions on consent, bystander intervention, and Title IX to college students in Allen and Hardin Counties. Advocates are also available to support students through the Title IX process.
Mind Matters: mindfulness techniques for youth and adults
Small Groups
Appropriate for youth and adults ages 12 and up, the Mind Matters curriculum explores mindfulness techniques for managing stress and responding to trauma. Guided by a trained facilitator, participants learn skills to address their physical, emotional, and mental healthy needs.
Appropriate for youth and adults ages 12 and up, the Mind Matters curriculum explores mindfulness techniques for managing stress and responding to trauma. Guided by a trained facilitator, participants learn skills to address their physical, emotional, and mental healthy needs.
Community Outreach and Training
Workshops
Customizable training workshops for community leaders and educators are designed to raise awareness of the impact of violence while developing skills to intervene in harmful situations. Training topics include:
Listening Circles
Coming in Summer 2021
Customizable training workshops for community leaders and educators are designed to raise awareness of the impact of violence while developing skills to intervene in harmful situations. Training topics include:
- Cultivating a Culture of Consent
- Bystander Intervention Techniques
- Human Trafficking
- Cultural Humility
- Neurobiology of Trauma
Listening Circles
Coming in Summer 2021
Join us in creating a community safe from violence.
For more information or to schedule a presentation, please contact:
Erin Ostling Burkholder
Director of Outreach & Prevention
erinb@crimevictimservices.org
567.940.8276