NJ Child Assault Prevention

Staff In-service is a 1 ½-2 hour in-service given by CAP facilitators for all staff persons involved in a school. The training includes an overview of assault, a detailed explanation of the classroom workshop, information on identification of abused persons, active listening guidelines for dealing with a child in crisis, community resources and referrals for reporting abuse, and legal rights and responsibilities of staff members who report abuse or neglect.

Parent Workshop is a 1 ½- 2 hour program which includes similar information for adults in the community. The training emphasizes communication skills for discussing assault with children and effective responses for handling a child in crisis. Parents are given a detailed description of the classroom workshops.

Recognizing and Responding to the Sexual Behavior of Children- a 1 ½ to 2 hour training package for school staff designed to promote adult understanding of children's age appropriate sexual behavior. The training will help adults identify and deal with inappropriate sexually abusive patterns in their students or children. The material used and distributed in this workshop is based on the research and work of Dr. Gail Ryan, one of the nations leading researchers on adolescent and child sex offenders.*

Sexual Harassment -- a 1 ½ to 2 hour workshop designed to give parents or school staff the opportunity to discuss the definitions of sexual harassment and how they apply to our children. The difference between flirting, inappropriate behaviors, sexual harassment and sexual assault will be considered. Prevention and intervention strategies will be presented and resources for supporting those efforts distributed.*

No More Bullies, No More Victims- a 1 ½ to 2 hour workshop to consider the causes of peer to peer violence and bullying behaviors. Who are the victims? Who are the bullies? What can our communities do to design and implement effective strategies to intervene and prevent bullying? The latest research will be cited and resource and informational materials distributed. *

Cyber Empowerment - a 1 1/2 to 2 hour workshop that will better equip staff and parents to prevent electronic bullying, abuse and exploitation of children. This workshop is the result of a six month collaboration with the NJ State Police who have been working with the Attorney General's office to provide cyber awareness throughout New Jersey. The State Police support CAP's efforts as we share this information to the local school district and communities.*

Availability of adult presentations may vary from county to county. Contact your local CAP County Coordinator for more information.