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EDUCATION about and PREVENTION against gender and relationship violence
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Secondary Education
We are dedicated to helping middle and high schools, and youth organizations reduce gender and relationship violence by promoting healthy relationship behaviors to ultimately create a culture of strong respect among adolescents. We utilize prevention programs, including curricular and co-curricular activities, to raise awareness of the underlying causes by highlighting the ‘red flags’ of dating relationships.
Teen dating violence is common. About 1 in 12 teens report experiencing physical and sexual dating violence. 48% of teens (ages 12-18) with dating experience were also stalked at some point in their lifetimes. |
Only 33% of teens who were in a violent relationship ever told anyone about the abuse, and 86% said they would confide in a friend rather than a caring adult. Of nearly 7,810 Kansas, Colorado, and Nebraska teens surveyed, 89.7% believe teen dating violence is a problem. |
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States Impacted
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Middle and High Schools Impacted
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Presentations
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Numbers reflect Jana’s Campaign Activities 2013 – Present
"Teen dating violence is a preventable public health problem which requires a comprehensive strategy to stop before it starts." - Centers for Disease Control
Programming Options
We are dedicated to helping middle and high schools and youth organizations reduce gender and relationship violence by promoting healthy relationship behaviors and to ultimately create a culture of strong respect among adolescents. We believe to create positive change in our schools, homes, and ultimately communities, we must learn and practice leadership competencies and develop social-emotional skills. Education about self-awareness, social awareness, problem solving, and decision-making skills can be the foundation to student success in school and life. Our programs help prepare students to take the lead on creating a culture of strong respect, promoting healthy relationship behaviors, and play a significant role in ending gender-based violence.
We would love to work with you and your students this year! We can provide our violence prevention education programs virtually through live or on-demand webinars or visit your school for an in-person presentation. Our team of Prevention Educators will work to create an individualized teen gender violence prevention plan that will best meet your needs. Ideally, a comprehensive and coordinated approach is best to build a culture of respectful relationship behaviors. Contact us today with any questions and to schedule a presentation today! Email us at [email protected] or call our office at 785-656-0324.
We would love to work with you and your students this year! We can provide our violence prevention education programs virtually through live or on-demand webinars or visit your school for an in-person presentation. Our team of Prevention Educators will work to create an individualized teen gender violence prevention plan that will best meet your needs. Ideally, a comprehensive and coordinated approach is best to build a culture of respectful relationship behaviors. Contact us today with any questions and to schedule a presentation today! Email us at [email protected] or call our office at 785-656-0324.
Safe Dates Classroom Curriculum
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We recommend and utilize the comprehensive evidence-based teen dating violence prevention program Safe Dates. This is a ten-session dating abuse curriculum designed for grades 6-12 and is best used in a classroom or student group setting. The curriculum is highly engaging and interactive and includes a skit about dating abuse, a poster contest, parent materials, and an evaluation questionnaire. More information on the Safe Dates curriculum can be found on the publisher’s website.
This $245 curriculum is available FREE through the generous support of Jana’s Campaign private donors and corporate sponsors. Just sign a Memorandum of Understanding to teach the curriculum and attend a training to become a certified implementer. |
Mini-Grant Service Projects
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Our service project mini-grants allow students to put knowledge into action as they integrate issues of gender-based violence into teen dating violence service projects. These projects let students realize they have the power to make a difference, and their projects can begin to create real change in their schools and communities. To learn about what other schools have done, visit our student project page.
For interested teachers, Jana’s Campaign will make available limited mini-grants to support class projects and/or student organization service projects that promote teen gender-violence prevention. These grants are awarded on a competitive application basis. If your grant application is approved, the grant funding will be directed to your school to be distributed to your class/organizational account. |
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Presentations
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Jana’s Campaign has trained staff and board members who are available to speak at your school. We can tailor our message to fit various audiences and the needs of your school.
The following is a list of a few of our current offerings:
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Mini-Grant Service Projects
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Our service project mini-grants allow students to put knowledge into action as they integrate issues of gender-based violence into teen dating violence service projects. These projects let students realize they have the power to make a difference, and their projects can begin to create real change in their schools and communities. To learn about what other schools have done, visit our student project page.
For interested teachers, Jana’s Campaign will make available limited mini-grants to support class projects and/or student organization service projects that promote teen gender-violence prevention. These grants are awarded on a competitive application basis. If your grant application is approved, the grant funding will be directed to your school to be distributed to your class/organizational account. |
Presentations
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Jana’s Campaign has trained staff and board members who are available to speak at your school. We can tailor our message to fit various audiences and the needs of your school.
The following is a list of a few of our current offerings:
For more information or to schedule a presentation, contact Jana’s Campaign here. |
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Youth Advisory Council
The Youth Advisory Council is a team of local servant-leaders who advise Jana’s Campaign on all of our secondary education programming and bring valuable youth perspectives to the organization. Their contributions are critical to our work.
Some of the tasks the Youth Advisory Council assists with include:
Some of the tasks the Youth Advisory Council assists with include:
- Offer guidance as to how we can enhance our current programming
- Offer suggestions about current programming that isn't necessary or up to date
- Identify key topics for presentations
- Share/create activities that will help students in middle and high schools understand teen dating violence and it's prevention
- Help facilitate local presentations (if/when possible)
Counselor Toolkit
The Counselor Toolkit provides middle and high school counselors with education, training, and easily-implementable curriculum to more effectively prevent and respond to teen gender and relationship violence.
When compiling this toolkit, we worked with many middle and high school counselors from Kansas and Nebraska.
Secondary school counselors consistently said that their schools do not have sufficient curriculum to address the issue, indicating the need for more training on red flags, mandatory reporting, as well as ways to directly help students. Jana’s Campaign is dedicated to playing a significant role in addressing these issues.
The toolkit includes information on student advocacy, school policy, Title IX compliance, prevention strategies, identification of red flags, response approaches, healthy relationship models, coordinated response team information, and more.
For more information on how to access the toolkit, please click on the toolbox below.
When compiling this toolkit, we worked with many middle and high school counselors from Kansas and Nebraska.
Secondary school counselors consistently said that their schools do not have sufficient curriculum to address the issue, indicating the need for more training on red flags, mandatory reporting, as well as ways to directly help students. Jana’s Campaign is dedicated to playing a significant role in addressing these issues.
The toolkit includes information on student advocacy, school policy, Title IX compliance, prevention strategies, identification of red flags, response approaches, healthy relationship models, coordinated response team information, and more.
For more information on how to access the toolkit, please click on the toolbox below.
Coaching Boys into Men
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Jana’s Campaign is happy to serve as a resource, link and a collaborative supporter by bringing a nationally recognized program Coaching Boys into Men (CBIM) to high schools in Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. This program trains athletic coaches to use their influence to help high school male student athletes to build healthy relationships and prevent gender violence.
Over the course of an athletic season, CBIM coaches lead their players through brief weekly activities that address things such as personal responsibility, respectful behaviors, and relationship abuse. Jana’s Campaign staff and partners provide specialized training for athletic coaches, supplemental curriculum materials and ongoing support. Coaching Boys into Men was created by Futures without Violence in 2001. To learn more about this prevention program, see this link. To learn more and schedule a training for you coaches, please contact Jana’s Campaign here. |
Jana’s Campaign can assist administrators and key faculty members who are interested in improving their school’s efforts in preventing and responding to teen gender violence, including sexual harassment and assault, dating abuse and stalking to provide a multi-level approach for schools that includes student and faculty education, development of best practices for school officials, creation of community coalitions and networks to support schools, and the adoption of new school policies and protocols.
For more information, please contact Jana’s Campaign here.
For more information, please contact Jana’s Campaign here.
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Sponsors
Secondary education programming is generously sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of Kansas Foundation, Heartland Community Foundation, Jensen Project, Kansas Health Foundation, Sunflower Foundation, Walmart Foundation, Western Kansas Community Foundation, and Verizon Foundation.
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