Overview

Personal safety is a crucial topic that must be systematically taught to all children. More than 85 percent of the children who are victimized by abduction, abuse or violence know the perpetrator. Therefore, the concept of “stranger danger” must be replaced. Discover innovative approaches to numerous topics: lures, home-alone skills, bullying, conflict resolution, responsible reporting, emergencies and much more. Focusing on preschool through grade five, participants learn to attach abstract concepts to concrete items to help with retention and application.

Learning Objectives
 

• Identify the 15 major concepts for personal safety for children and key points for each concept.
• Learn innovative and effective ways to teach personal safety skills without instilling fear and paranoia.
• Examine ways for school counselors to teach students about personal safety.
• Get access to Safety Kids Inc., a resource for in-depth training on teaching personal safety skills to children.

About the Presenter
Diane L. Brown has worked on personal safety for children since 1982 and is a Certified International Crime Prevention Specialist. After teaching for seven years, she founded Friends of Child Find Inc. to address the issue of missing children. In 1998, she founded Safety Kids Inc. to broaden the scope of child safety. She has received numerous awards for her work; spoken on the local, national and international level; trained hundreds of instructors; and serves on the FBI Adopt-a-School Initiative Advisory Board.

Schedule: Full-day training; 0.6 CEUs available to attendees

Cost: $2,500

To bring this professional development workshop to your district, send an e-mail to Amanda Fitzgerald at afitzgerald@schoolcounselor.org.