Sexual Violence Prevention - Victim Services - Dodge and Olmsted Counties
Targets potential perpretators of sexual violence as it is the perpetrator's responsibility to prevent sexual violence. Prevention efforts focus on the entire spectrum of prevention which includes strengthening individual knowledge and skills, educating providers, and changing organization practices to best prevent sexual violence. School-Based Prevention Programs - And Then It Changed: 50 minute presentation that demonstrates healthy ways of talking about challenging topics relevant to 5th grade students including how the media influences body image, how people can use tricks and lies to get what they want, and how to respond when someone does something that makes an individual uncomfortable or that they don't like. The majority of the content demonstrates positive ways to handle situations. - Can I Kiss You?: Educational 50 minute presentation for middle school and high school students. Helps schools: - Increase the number of teens who intervene to stop alcohol-facilitated sexual assaults at parties and events - Reduce sexual violence among teens by giving males and females "How-To" skills for making better choices with intimacy and relationships - Show teens how to better support classmates and loved ones who may be survivors of sexual assault - Slow down the speed at which teenagers often engage in unhealthy relationsips and intimacy - Exploitation Through Technology: 50 minute interactive proram that focuses on what exploitation is and how it is used through technology. The presentation defines exploitation bringing awareness to students on how exploiters target and trick teens into exploitative relationships. It shows that exploitation can range from being asked to send revealing pictures, to sex trafficking. Students are also given information on what they should do if they experience a risky online situation, and how they can prevent exploitation from happening in their lives. - The Mask You Live In: 50 minute interactive program helps students better understand how society and media has created a false picture of masculinity and understand its harmful effect on society - The Spectrum of Violence: Interactive 50 minute lesson that can be presented to middle school and high school students. Presentation focuses on - Consent and age of consent - Criminal versus wrong - Impact of media, advertising and society has on sexual violence - Various forms of sexual violence - What to do and where to go if it happens
Categories
Last assured
02/23/2024
Physical Address
151 4th Street SE, Rochester, MN 55904
Hours
8 am - 5 pm Monday - Friday
Voice
Voice
Fax
(507)328-7252
Fax
(507)328-7954
Application process
Call; walk in
Eligibility
Schools in Dodge and Olmsted counties
Service area
Dodge County, MN Olmsted County, MN
Agency info
Victim Services - Dodge and Olmsted Counties
Provides education, prevention and empowerment of individuals, families and communities impacted by crime