Child Sexual Abuse - A Collaborative Approach to Prevention and Treatment - Personal Safety - Curriculum for Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse (Grades 5-6)

• NCJ Number: 95502
• Author(s): M Olson; B S Sykes
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 196 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. One part of a project submitted to Seattle University for doctorate.

Annotation

This guide to the third level -- grades 5 and 6 -- of a curriculum for prevention of child sexual abuse contains background material for teachers, resource lists, and a detailed outline of the five-session course.

Abstract

The curriculum's objectives are to give students the knowledge and ability to identify sexual abuse, a sense of their right to control their bodies in exchanges of physical affection, assertive techniques for telling someone not to touch them, confidence that their family and community support system will believe them, ability to select a mate who will not abuse their children, and knowledge of ways to ensure their children's personal safety. Charts provide overviews of all levels of the curriculum. To help professionals teach the curriculum, a background information section discusses using language that children understand, statistics on child sexual abuse, differences between rape and other sexual abuse, indicators of sexual abuse, reporting, the legal process, and helping the sexually abused child. Resource telephone numbers for reporting abuse in Washington State are presented, along with lists of films, pamphlets, and books for children and adults. All levels of the curriculum consist of four units: personal safety, appropriate and inappropriate touching, assertiveness techniques, and support systems. Charts detail objectives for each of the five lessons, resource materials, and activities that promote these objectives. The curriculum for grades 5 and 6 explores concepts presented in the previous grades in greater depth, including personal safety and decisionmaking, the touchinq continuum, children's right to say no, and telling an adult about an incident of sexual abuse. Pretests and posttests, a glossary, a student evaluation form, and an annotated bibliography of approximately 35 citations are provided. The appendixes contain the Tacoma School District's reporting policy and forms, excerpts from Washington State law, curriculum educational materials sent to parents, and a teacher's evaluation form.