Do you work with or care for children between the ages of 5 and 9 years old? Do you want to teach them foundational skills of respect, dignity and equality that will help protect them from sexual harassment and abuse? Then this course is for you.
Course Description
This boutique E-learning blended course teaches adults how to help children use critical thinking skills, understand foundational values, and their rights that will help them take a stand against attempted sexual harassment and abuse.
This is not just a traditional training course, it is a complete training program that you can start implementing with your children starting from week 1. In this course, we will guide you how to get school staff involved, gain permission from parents, and then week by week we will use a building block method to develop children’s skills.
Over 9,000 students have taken part in this program, and for the first time, we are proud to create this teacher training and present it on this platform for all teachers and caretakers to access and enjoy.
Based on a decade of research, observations, and interviews with children and adults, we bring you real life examples that help you prepare for different possibilities and scenarios.
This course will help you to identify different forms violence and sexual harassment or abuse behavior, and possible prevention strategies. Teachers, principals and parents frequently bring up cases of problematic behaviors, for which they feel that they lack appropriate responses. Join us as our trained facilitators begin implementing the carefully structured 12-week program.
Best yet. during each weekly meetings, we will be joined by guest facilitators: animated characters (a turtle, a snail, and a frog) that you will be able to take to your classroom to help them learn about the concepts of respect, dignity, and equality, using 2 D cartoons, interactive stories, discussions and classroom activities.
The children also learn about their bodies and the boundaries of personal space and begin to identify emotions related to sexual harassment. They learn about the obligation of reporting incidences of sexual harassment and, at the end, create a program of personal safety.
The “Taking A Stand” program provides early childhood education school staff and children with specific knowledge about, and courses of action for coping with, the phenomenon of sexual harassment and its prevention. The resources in this practical toolkit continue to serve the teachers and principals following the program’s completion, by fostering a classroom environment of mutual respect and empowerment.
Learning Outcomes
- Expose educators to expressions of sexual assault and harassment among young children, providing tools for prevention.
- Provide tools for creating an environment of equality, respect and fairness.
- Develop skills of educators and Strengthen educational teams in coping and preventing the problem.
- Improve child resilience to sexual assault.
- Influence and promote global long-term impact on child safety and empowering environment around the world.
- Offer a training course with universally applicable skills and holistic responses without disregarding the importance of culture, heritage, and community values.
What’s Unique About this Course?
- Learners take part in a step-by-step program that helps them teach this program in a classroom or with a child.
- Learners gain practical skills that they apply in each unit.
- Learners engage in a range of fun activities like sewing or creating the characters in the program.
Target Audience
- Educators
- Parents
- Trainers
- Leaders
This course is designed for those working with young children age 5-9 as; kindergarten teachers and assistant, teachers and trainee teachers, principals. It is also suitable for health workers and parents.
Guided Learning Hours
9 Hours
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Course Validity
Learners will have a maximum of 60 days to complete this course.
Assessment
Learners must complete tasks throughout the course to test their knowledge. This course consists of 10 units. After watching the lecture videos learners will be asked to complete a task (e.g. implement an activity in the classroom) and then upload feedback or evidence onto the platform.
Certification for Adult Learners
Upon successful completion of this course, learners will receive a certificate from VOCA.
Certificate Template for Children
In addition to the certificate you will get upon course completion, we will also provide you a certificate template that you can use to print certificates for children who complete this program.
Please note that children will not be accessing the online platform. You will be implementing this program with children under your care in your classroom or home.
More About your Trainer
Ayelet is the founder and the CEO of Voice Of Child Association (VOCA). She is a pioneer and recognized expert on the abuse and harassment behavior of young children among themselves as a form of a play that develop to sexual harassment. VOCA developed three age program strategies for preventing violence, using emotional and social skills, family and community interventions, and addressing adverse such challenges such as teachers, parents, children and school management. Ayelet is the author of the book, Sexual Harassment: Not a Children’s’ Game – Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Educational System and the Community (2019).
Read about Dr. Ayelet Giladi’s work here.
#MeToo Movement Starts in Childhood
“I was doing my PhD in sociology and was trying to find out how and when sexual harassment starts. We think of sexual harassment and abuse as being between two adults, but I realised it can originate a lot earlier” – Dr. Giladi.
Optional Resources
If you would like to purchase Dr. Giladi’s book, you can get a copy on Amazon by clicking here.
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