School Programs

Hands are Not for Hitting

Children learn that violence is never okay, that they can manage their anger and other strong feelings, and that they’re capable of positive, loving actions—like playing, making music, learning, counting, helping, taking care, and much more.

Shifting Boundaries

Teaches lessons on relationships for students in Middle School, it is an evidence-based, multi-level prevention program for middle school students on sexual harassment and precursors to dating violence. The program is unique in that it embraces an environmental approach that identifies multiple strategies to support young people – both school-wide interventions and classroom lessons.

Safe Dates

This is a school-based prevention program for high school students designed to stop or prevent the initiation of dating violence victimization and perpetration. The program is evidence-based where the adolescents in the program reported perpetrating less psychological and sexual abuse at all four follow-up periods, compared with youths in the control group. There was a moderate effect of treatment on physical violence victimization.