I Wish The Hitting Would Stop --- CHILDREN’S WORKBOOK
Product Description
Domestic Violence Education Program
The original I Wish The Hitting Would Stop workbook was written for working with children who are living in homes where there is domestic violence. The new I Wish The Hitting Would Stop education program for the 4th or 5th grade classroom was written to educate all children in the classroom about the issue of domestic violence, regardless of whether or not there is violence in their own homes.
Through this education program, children will learn what domestic violence is and how it may affect children living in homes where there is domestic violence. They will learn that the violence between other people is not their fault and they will learn skills for dealing constructively with their own feelings. Realizing it is not always possible or safe to try and stop violence, children will learn ways to try to keep themselves safe and to identify people they can go to for help. The skills learned will be applicable to other incidences of violence, not just domestic violence. Children will also learn how they can be helpful and supportive to a friend who is living in a home where there is domestic violence.
The education program includes a 30-page student workbook, an 86-page facilitator’s guide with presentation helps, and a two-part video. One portion of the video, 31 minutes in length, is to be viewed by teachers, school counselors, and school administrators, and contains information on domestic violence and its effects on children as well as suggestions on how to help children witnessing domestic violence. The second part of the video, 13 minutes in length, is for viewing by children in the classroom. It discusses domestic violence and emphasizes the importance of finding and telling someone who can help. Both video portions feature child and adolescent witnesses and survivors of domestic violence from the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead as well as presentations by Sarah Buel, J.D., Clinical Professor, University of Texas School of Law, and Mark Wynn, a retired police officer with the Nashville Police Department’s Domestic Violence Unit. Both Sarah and Mark are child and/or adult witnesses and survivors of domestic violence themselves.
The I Wish The Hitting Would Stop domestic violence education program was presented at the 10th National Conference of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
The original I Wish The Hitting Would Stop workbook was written for working with children who are living in homes where there is domestic violence. The new I Wish The Hitting Would Stop education program for the 4th or 5th grade classroom was written to educate all children in the classroom about the issue of domestic violence, regardless of whether or not there is violence in their own homes.
Through this education program, children will learn what domestic violence is and how it may affect children living in homes where there is domestic violence. They will learn that the violence between other people is not their fault and they will learn skills for dealing constructively with their own feelings. Realizing it is not always possible or safe to try and stop violence, children will learn ways to try to keep themselves safe and to identify people they can go to for help. The skills learned will be applicable to other incidences of violence, not just domestic violence. Children will also learn how they can be helpful and supportive to a friend who is living in a home where there is domestic violence.
The education program includes a 30-page student workbook, an 86-page facilitator’s guide with presentation helps, and a two-part video. One portion of the video, 31 minutes in length, is to be viewed by teachers, school counselors, and school administrators, and contains information on domestic violence and its effects on children as well as suggestions on how to help children witnessing domestic violence. The second part of the video, 13 minutes in length, is for viewing by children in the classroom. It discusses domestic violence and emphasizes the importance of finding and telling someone who can help. Both video portions feature child and adolescent witnesses and survivors of domestic violence from the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead as well as presentations by Sarah Buel, J.D., Clinical Professor, University of Texas School of Law, and Mark Wynn, a retired police officer with the Nashville Police Department’s Domestic Violence Unit. Both Sarah and Mark are child and/or adult witnesses and survivors of domestic violence themselves.
The I Wish The Hitting Would Stop domestic violence education program was presented at the 10th National Conference of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
