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Program Description
Event Details
Safe Start is a violence prevention program offered by the Crisis Center of South Suburbia and designed to educate 7th-12th grade students about prevention techniques that can help them avoid relational and behavioral issues that typically result in violence. Safe Start is designed to achieve the following objectives: improve student's' violence literacy, assist them in developing risk-avoidance and risk-reduction behaviors, and encourage positive socioemotional skills that lead to healthier relationships and interactions.
Four sessions will be offered through May. This session will discuss:
- Different Effects of Verbal Abuse
- Learn how to use ability to shift emotions to establish and maintain positive relationships
- Practice emotional responsibility in personal and social contexts
Upcoming sessions:
- Thursday, April 27, 7pm: Responding to Conflict
- Thursday, May 11, 7pm: Rising Above Cultural Norms that Promote Violence