Incorporating CARe in your classroom
Incorporating CARe in your classroom
Over three-fourths of high school students experience sexual harassment, and one out of three will be
involved in a violent relationship. Teachers who have attended prior CARe workshops, and have taught the CARe Curriculum, have reported significant improvement in the knowledge and attitutdes of their students. However, there are still many teachers in the state who have not become aware of this new tool to reduce the rate of rape and sexual assault among our youth. Therefore, encourage a team of teachers, counselors, coaches, and nurses from your school to attend one of the 2006 Inservice Workshops.
Among the presenters willl be a local prosecutor, an experienced three-person team of teacher-presenters, and the facilitating team of Indiana State University faculty.
Partipants in the workshop will acquire teaching skllls that enable them to inform students of the rality of rape, and begin to modify some of the inappropriate attitudes and beliefs, which are held by so many youth.
Partipants will also receive:
* Interdisciplinary, 200 page CARe Curriculum Guide (2nd Edition)
Schools will receive
* PSA Video
* PSA Audio Cassette
Your school will be reimbursed for up to $50.00 for substitute pay per teacher attending the workshop. The workshop will begin with registration at 9:00 a.m., and sessions from 9:30 to 2:30 p.m., with lunch provided .
This training is for all members of your community. This is not just a school problem; it affects the community and must be attacked in a coordinated fashion.
Please be supportive, talk with your colleagues and help us help you to make the community safer for its youth. Rape is a severe threat to the well-being of far too many young people. We cannot ignore it.
To register, contact Meredith Baldwin
CARe, Indiana State University
Department of Family & Consumer Sciences
318 N 6th Street
Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
812-327-3490
Indiana State University's Department of Family and Consumer Sciences coordinated the In-School Componet of the CARe Initiative. The rape prevention curriculum module, developed by Indiana classroom teachers in collaboration with university personnerl, counselors, and community advocates is used by middle, junior high and secondar teachers to educate studetns about the prevention of sexual assault and rape.
Data gathered before and after the use of the curriculum, was used to assess knowledge and attitudes regarding rape. Over 4500 students from 56 schools and 158 teachers from 31 different subject matter areas participated in the program survey.
A comparison of pre-test and post-test scores revealed:
1) positive changes in students' knowledge and attitutdes about rape follwoing CARe curriculum instruction;
2) persistent sex differences regarding beliefs and attitudes; and
3) data revealing that youth in grades 6-8 are most likely to ahve mistaken ideas and inappropriate attitudes,
signifying the greatest need for educational intervention.