Part of the Avalon Center’s mission is to provide prevention education. One of our main focuses is on the children; educating them on the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault, helping them heal from their own traumatic experiences and ultimately, breaking the cycle of violence. These presentations can be done through schools, community groups, scout troops, after school programs, youth groups and any other organization who might be interested.  All presentations are free of charge.

Kindergarten through 4th grade (Ages 5-10)

Hands Are Not For Hurting– about 30 minutes. Interactive presentation suitable for small to medium sized groups (>100). Focuses on stranger danger, telling about abuse, safe grownups to tell, family violence, arguments vs. fights, safety planning, abuse vs. accidents, anger as an emotion, healthy vs. unhealthy anger expression, The 3 Anger Rules, personal choices. Q & A Session

McGruff on Self-Protection : Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect–23 minute video. Scenarios examine cases of child neglect, physical abuse and sexual abuse. Encourages telling and offers strategies for children in abusive or neglectful situations. Q & A Session

5th through 8th grade (Ages 11-14)

Gum In My Hair–Bullying 30 minute video. Funny and entertaining video dealing with identifying, dealing with and strategies to prevent bullying. Q & A Session

Bullying-Not Just a Guy Thing–30 minute video. Girl Specific. Addresses bullying by girls, which usually tends to be more emotional, excluding and verbal. Very good dramatizations with strategies for coping and stopping bullying. Q & A Session

Multi-Session Programs (Ages 12-14)

Promoting Gender Respect–A curriculum for 7th and 8th grade boys, focusing on the gendered aspect of bullying and gender role stereotypes. Curriculum consists of 8 separate hour long sessions that meet once a week for 8 weeks.

Empowering Young Women to Make Healthy Choices–A curriculum for 7th and 8th grade girls, addressing the prevention of sexual violence, sexual harassment, the media and women, gender role stereotypes, etc. Curriculum consists of 8 separate hour long sessions that meet once a week for 8 weeks. Can be used in conjunction with the Promoting Gender Respect curriculum for boys.

9th through 12th grade (Ages 14-18)

Reaching and Teaching Teens to Stop Violence–30 to 45 minutes. Interactive presentation, addresses healthy and unhealthy relationships, society’s focus on relationships, 3 types of love, dating violence, power and control, why victims stay in abusive relationships, drugs and alcohol in dating violence, gender violence and stereotypes, healthy flirting, sexual harassment, sexual assault, consent and rape. Q & A Session

The 10 Signs of Relationship Abuse–28 minute DVD. Testimonials and stories from actual teenage victims of dating violence and a mother whose teenage daughter was murdered by a boyfriend. Also ways to cope and stop violence.  Q & A Session

Broken Wings: Young Adults and Domestic Violence–20 minute video. Dramatizations of situtations of dating violence. Ways to help and get out. Q & A Session