Professionals & Community Members Prevention Education
Programming Requests
If you are interested in prevention programming, please fill out this form to request programming. One of our prevention specialists will be in contact within 2-3 business days.
Available Programming Topics
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- Elevatus
- Coaching Boys Into Men/Coaching Leadership, Equity, & Respect
- Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)
- Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners
Circles of Safety 1 & 2
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Part 1: This workshop is to help all adults who care for children learn how we can better protect children form sexual abuse through safety steps and prevention tools. This isn’t a workshop that will help you solve the sexual behavior problems of the children you serve but rather focuses on how to keep them safe through understanding basic healthy sexuality information and the role that can play in children’s protection. Talking about sex and children is never easy. However, we must talk about the sexual development and behaviors of children if we are to understand what is necessary to help them. We need to develop our confidence and comfort level to bring up questions and concerns about children and sexual development – so that we can help them develop their own safe sexual behaviors.
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Part 2: Most you work in the “not green” prevention levels. This is not a treatment training. We’re focused on how we know something is a problem and how to respond to these concerns and helps kids – maybe we can interrupt a potential abuse situation or maybe we’re responding to one. In all cases, we have an opportunity to improve outcomes for children. So if we think of Green as Primary Prevention – before anything happens and preventing anything from happening, we’re going to think of Yellow as secondary prevention – stopping something from happening or that’s about to happen. And Red is what we call tertiary prevention – preventing abuse from re-occurring – perhaps generationally.
Beyond The Bars
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Stats, high risk age group, alcohol is a common ‘weapon’ used to facilitate sexual violence, we have learned that the majority of students wouldn’t engage in sexual activity without using alcohol that lowers inhibitions; -young folks often consume alcohol in social situations; -understand power difference and the impact alcohol can have; how perpetrators will use alcohol to facilitate sexual assault; -stats on perps (Lisak study?) ; -promoting equity, address harmful stereotypes, and unsafe environments; -can do this by addressing cultural norms, discussing reputation of establishment, implementing policies (including required training for all staff and on-going activities), addressing unacceptable behaviors of patrons and zero tolerance
Elevatus
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By providing accurate and practical educational materials and trainings we hope to elevate, educate and navigate this topic. Many people have said that talking about sexuality was a lot easier than they thought it would be and have gained confidence in this area with just a little support. Remember, ignorance may be bliss, but knowledge is power. People with disabilities deserve and need knowledge just like anyone else, and, you can help elevate us all.
Mind Matters
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Overcoming Adversity and Building Resilience
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People experiencing ongoing stress or prior trauma often have difficulty regulating their emotional responses when facing challenges in school and work, life and relationships. As participants learn the skills and strategies in Mind Matters, they can begin to take charge of themselves and their responses to what life throws at them. Participants learn to address their physical, relational, and mental health needs.
Bystander Intervention
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Bystander Intervention: Being harassed or abused, regardless of the why (race, sex, religion, gender, size, orientation, disability, age, origin, etc.) is a very traumatic experience. But imagine that it happens while surrounded by lots of others (bystanders) who see what is happening, but then do nothing. The steps of intervening include being able to identify potentially risky behaviors and recognize behaviors that could lead to a high risk situation, identify how you decide whether or not to take action (There is no “right way” to show support to someone being targeted and harassed), identify what options you have to take action, and build necessary skills to feel confident in taking action. The goals of bystander intervention are to reduce harm in the moment and make our presence known to the person who is being harassed or has the potential to be hurt, and ultimately change the behaviors that could cause harm, and also to continue to be a bystander after harmful things occur by following up and working with others to create a culture of respect.
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Stand Up and Speak Out: Discuss some specific ideas about bystander intervention skills and strategies as well as how to have hard conversations. Being harassed or abused, regardless of why, is a very traumatic experience. But imagine that it happens while surrounded by lots of others (bystanders) who see what is happening, but then do nothing.
Coaching Boys Into Men & Coaching Leadership, Equity, & Respect (CLEAR)
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Athletic coaches play an extremely influential and unique role in the lives of young men, often serving as a parent or mentor to the boys they coach. Because of these special relationships, coaches are uniquely poised to positively influence how young men think and behave both on, and off, the field.
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FUTURES’ Coaching Boys into Men (CBIM) program leverages the power of sports by providing high school athletic coaches with the resources they need to promote respectful behavior among their players and help prevent relationship abuse, harassment, and sexual assault. For more than a decade, the program has been implemented in communities across the U.S. and around the world. From Sacramento and Dallas, to India and South Africa, the program’s messages have proven universal.
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CLEAR is designed to reach a wide range of individuals, including athletes, coaches, educators, healthcare professionals, and community members. CLEAR has been shown to have a positive impact on reducing violence and promoting healthy relationships
Coaches
Healthy Relationships
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Healthy Relationships Group: Define healthy vs. unhealthy relationships; Power & Control Wheel; Explore Boundaries
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Relationship Red Flags: Identify red flags in relationships
Male Survivors
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Male Survivor Engagement: Sexual violence is often framed as a women’s issue, but while it is true that women are often the victims and men the perpetrators, the issue runs deeper than gender. We know that sexual violence thrives in the darkness – in ignorance. Today we’ll be talking about it in an effort to shed light on the problem and arm ourselves with the knowledge and tools to have conversations about it. We’re going to explore the unique experience men and boys face when they are the victims of sexual violence, how to support survivors, and the ways in which men and boys can be allies in the fight to end sexual violence for everyone.
Human Trafficking
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Criminal Legal Aspects of Human Trafficking: Defining Human Trafficking and what Law Enforcement should look for.
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A21: The aim of this curriculum is to provide students with knowledge about how they can identify and respond to situations where they may be vulnerable to exploitation and human trafficking.
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Human Trafficking 101: Defining Human Trafficking, how does it happen, familiar trafficking, landlord trafficking, survival sex.
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Human Trafficking and Substance Use: West Virginia has been at the epicenter of two interconnected crises: the opioid epidemic and familial trafficking. As the state grapples with the repercussions of substance use disorders, families are not only struggling with addiction but are also vulnerable to trafficking and exploitation, leading to a vicious cycle of devastation. This workshop will provide a platform for open dialogue, information sharing, and the development of practical solutions.
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Responding to Victims of Human Trafficking: Establish an understanding of how victims may react and how the brain responds to trauma; Learn how to respond and report suspected trafficking. Review and practice your new tools
Crisis Intervention
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For survivors: For This training focuses on equipping professionals with the knowledge and skills to respond to crises involving sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking. It explores the complexities of victimization and provides strategies for delivering compassionate, trauma-sensitive interventions. Attendees will learn how to support survivors during critical moments and help them access the resources they need to heal and recover.
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For Families: This session is an opportunity to fine-tune your crisis skills. Understanding how to respond and actively listen to families in crisis is viral to providing comprehensive services. Join us in a hands-on session to connect families to our community resources.
Sexual Violence 101
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Sexual Violence 101: What is sexual violence? Do you feel safe? Have you ever felt uncomfortable around someone? What is consent? Do you know where to go to talk to someone?
SAHC Services
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SAHC Services: Introduction to SAHC, history, services, advocacy
Sexual Harassment
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Sexual Harassment: Defining sexual harassment and all if its forms.
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Workplace Sexual Harassment: What is sexual harassment in the workplace? Do you feel safe at your workplace? Have you ever been a victim? Have you ever witnessed any? Does your organization have a policy in place?
Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)
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PREA: Understanding the PREA system and procedures
Child Sexual Assault
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Child Sexual Assault: What to look for, how to handle, what to do
Sexual Violence and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE)
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SANE & Sexual Assault: Introduction to defining Sexual Violence and how SANE nurses procedures work with Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Exams
Understanding the Justice System
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Understanding the Justice System: Understand the criminal justice process from the Emergency Department and SANE exam to Law Enforcement and prosecution.
Working With People
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Working with People: Building better relationships with the people that we serve; Learning the Speak Up Model; Do’s and Don’ts of conversations; How to address crisis situations; Learning helpful Listening & Responding Techniques
Stalking
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Stalking: Stalking is complicated. It is common, it is criminal, it is lethal, and it is preventable. One way we can improve the coordinated community response to stalking is to understand stalking better: To be able to differentiate the misconceptions vs. the reality; To understand how stalking intersects with other crimes and why it’s important to identify stalking - because it is so dangerous, so lethal, such a risk factor for future crime, including murder; To understand the ways stalking impacts someone who is experiencing it, all so we can identify ways we can help and ways that we can all work together to better respond
Self Defense Classes
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Part 1: Introduction Training (90 mins) - Self Defense workshop builds awareness by debunking myths, exploring power and control tactics, and understanding how our brains react to fear to help reduce the risk of harm while learning proactive and reactive techniques.
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Part 2: Advanced Training (90 mins) - This workshop dives deeper into more intense scenarios, addressing the emotional dynamics of encounters with offenders while continuing practical self-defense techniques.
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LGBTQ: LGBTQ+ Self Defense Workshop (90 mins) - This workshop builds awareness by debunking myths and exploring power and control tactics often targeted at LGBTQ+ individuals, helps participants understand how fear affects our responses, and teaches proactive and practical self-defense techniques to reduce risk and build confidence in real-world situations.
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Professionals: Professionals Self Defense Workshop (90 mins) - This training combines prevention education on recognizing risks and protecting homes and workplaces with hands-on practice of proactive and reactive self-defense techniques to enhance safety and confidence in professional and personal settings.
LGBTQIA+ Awareness
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Language & Terms: Understand the terms and become comfortable discussing them; PRONOUNS: Understanding the different pronouns and become comfortable with them; IMPACT OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE: LGBTQ+ Communities face unique challenges; How you can support
General Topics
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Alcohol and Drug Safety
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