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Resources for Keeping Children Safe:
Resources for Keeping Children Safe:
Consent
Consent
The concept of consent and bodily autonomy is important to teach, model and talk about from a very young age. Children should be getting the message that they have control over their personal boundaries in multiple ways:
They have control over who touches them and how
They have a right to speak up if they are being spoken to disrespectfully or being called names they don't like
They should ask for permission before touching others or taking their belongings, and vice versa
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Second Step Lessons Classroom Lessons
Second Step Lessons Classroom Lessons
At ACS, we use the Second Step Child Protection Curriculum. Students will learn three types of skills over 4 lessons:
Personal Safety. Students will learn important safety rules, such as safety with sharp tools, fire, and when riding on wheels or in cars. They will also learn ways to help them decide if something is safe or not.
Touching Safety. Students will learn about safe, unsafe, and unwanted touches, and rules about touching private body parts. They’ll also learn to say no to unsafe or unwanted touches, and to tell an adult if someone breaks rules about touching private body parts.
Assertiveness. These lessons will also give students a chance to practice asking an adult for help, telling an adult about an unsafe situation, and being assertive to get out of unsafe situations.
If you have any questions about the Child Protection Unit or the Second Step program, please contact Tim or Hayley.
For more information about what your child is learning in our Second Step Child Protection lessons, go to www.secondstep.org and enter this activation key for the respective grades:
Grade 4: CPU4 FAMI LYG4,
Grade 2: CPU4 FAMI LYG2
Kindergarten: CPU4 FAMI LYGK
We guide children to identify trusted adults, both in their home community as well as their school community, that they can talk to if someone is disrespecting their personal boundaries and they need help to make it stop.
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