NCJ Number
143303
Date Published
1992
Length
279 pages
Annotation
This curriculum, known as the STAR (Straight Talk About Risks) program and developed for prekindergarten through 12th grade levels, is intended to reduce the potential for children and teenagers to be injured or killed by gunfire.
Abstract
The STAR curriculum guide contains suggestions for parent and community involvement, activity plans and bibliographies for different grade levels, a national directory of violence prevention resources, and an academic bibliography for educators and parents. The STAR curriculum focuses on the following objectives: help children understand the nature of conflict, alternatives to violence, and the importance of rules and obeying them; develop children's understanding of the harm associated with guns; help children think through situations where they may be pushed into doing things they know are not safe; enable children to identify people in the community with whom they feel safe and safe places to go if they are scared or in danger; help children learn about basic feelings; help children avoid conflicts by recognizing and appreciating differences and similarities between them and others; develop appropriate responses in children to adult only tools and weapons as compared with toys; help children classify objects as safe versus dangerous; and provide children with a feeling of self-worth and a desire to stay safe.