Prevention of Violence and Child Abuse

In an everyday changing environment, it is vital for schools to be able to identifyviolent behavior among studentsin a prior stage in order to implementprevention strategies that affecttheentire community. Teachersare often in a stickyposition when it comes to school violence, a fact that puts them at risk for much of the same abuse as children in their schools,but also assigns them the role of protector for a good part of each day. While school violenceis everyone’s problem, teachers are in a valuable position when it comes to spottingsigns of a problem long before it escalates. They are also relied on by parents to help them get through the children when they areat a loss and feel as if they havetried everything else. As an adult with the potential to gain children’s trust, a teacher can be there for a child who may not feel like he or she can turn to anyone else. With the tools providedon this seminar,educators will be ready to deal with them and do their part in combating school violence from the unique and powerful position that they are in.

There are certain things that a teachercan do to help prevent school violence. While no one can control how things are going to go, they can help make some changesthat might even stop one violent attack in a school. The focus of the course will be the primary prevention with concrete information on how to recognize the warningsigns that could indicate a problem so educators can possiblydo something to help before the problemescalates. Participants will get familiar with differenttypes of violence and child abuse and will learn how to respond to these situations to children in an appropriate way. The program will help teachers strengthen young people’s abilities to effectively solve difficulties that ariseand their opportunities to participate in pre-social activities that can significantly reduce the risk for violence. School-based violence prevention programs have been proven to reduce rates of aggression and violentbehavior amongstudents.