Prevention
Anew: Building Beyond Violence and Abuse’s Prevention Program provides age-appropriate school-based domestic violence education designed to help students understand healthy family and dating relationships and to practice safe, healthy, nonviolent behaviors.
Our Prevention Programs
Pre-school to 2nd Grade
Students will learn to identify their emotions and brainstorm ways they can use their hands to be helpful.
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3rd – 5th Grade
Students will learn about safe and healthy family relationships and family violence, including identifying abusive behaviors and healthy dynamics.
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6th – 8th Grade
Students will learn about safe dating relationships and dispel myths about controlling behaviors in intimate partnerships.
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High School
Students will learn about safe dating relationships and dispel myths about controlling behaviors in intimate partnerships.
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B.R.O. (Boys Respecting Others)
A unique 8-week program for junior high male youths who have been exposed to family violence designed to help them understand domestic violence and practice respectful, nonviolent behaviors.
Resources for Teachers
Teachers play a vital role in children’s life, being a constant, in a world that is ever changing. The Community Education Department depends on relationships with teachers to ensure children have a safe space to turn.
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Contact our Prevention Program
708-794-2140 and ask for the Community Education Program.