Programs/Services | School Based Programs

Children's programs at the YWCA

Helping Children Understand Domestic Violence

Mental Health Practitioner works with children who are living in violent and/abusive homes. Four basic safety skills are covered.

For ages 5-17
Monday evenings at the YWCA 6:15 -7:30 p.m. in conjunction with adult program

Schools and Community Groups

Grades Pre K - 6th

Get-Away-Go-Away

Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
This is a sexual abuse prevention program that stresses the basic safety rules. The program addresses both stranger danger, as well as abuse from non-strangers.

Parent Guide

It's Not Okay

Helping Children Understand Domestic Violence
This program educates all children that domestic violence is wrong and provides information to those children living in abusive homes. It helps children make the distinction between the arguments all adults have at times, and truly abusive behaviors, as well as teaching them safety skills.

Grades 6-9

Sexual Abuse and Rape Prevention/Education

This program provides middle-school students basic information on sexual abuse and rape, and the resources available to victims in their school and community.

Domestic Violence and Abusive Relationships

This program provides middle-school students basic information on domestic violence and abusive relationships.

PRISM

This program is designed to help students identify stereotypes and prejudice, with racism/ethnic prejudice as one of the most common examples of both, to become more proactive in inclusion in their own lives, lunch rooms, classrooms, halls, etc; to actively react to racial and ethnic prejudice.

Bully No More

This program is designed to help students identify bullying behaviors and how to handle various types of bullying including face-to-face, phone, texting, and cyber-bullying; to learn how not to be a passive bystander, and how to speak up to the bully and/or report the bullying.

High School

For youth in grades 9-12

Domestic Violence and Abusive Relationships

This program provides high-school students basic information on domestic violence and abusive relationships. Students will be exposed to the definitions of domestic abuse, taught safety skills for those living in abusive homes or dealing with abusive relationships as well as resources available to them in their community and school.

Teen Dating Violence

This program provides high-school students with basic information on abusive relationships.

Sexual Abuse and Rape Prevention/Education

This program provides high-school students basic information on sexual abuse and rape and the resources available to victims in their school and community.

Gender Violence & Media

This program explores the impact of media on gender role construction and socialization. This program invites discussion about this important topic, and encourages teens to become more aware of media's influence.