Childhelp Speak Up Be Safe is a research based, comprehensive primary prevention education curriculum that equips children and their adult community with skills they need to prevent or interrupt physical, emotional or sexual abuse, neglect, and bullying. The content and delivery of all Childhelp Speak Up Be Safe lessons is based on best practices from research in child development, learning styles, social psychology, and child abuse and neglect prevention.
Child and Adult Outcomes of Chronic Child Maltreatment – Jonson-Reid, M. et al., May 2012
Child Maltreatment and the Transition to Adult-Based Medical and Mental-Health Care – January 2011
Developmental Victimology: The Comprehensive Study of Childhood Victimizations – Finkelhor, D., 2007
National Survey of Adolescents in the United States – Kilpatrick, D. G., and B. E. Saunders, 1995
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Abused and Neglected Children Grown Up – Widom, C. S., August 1999
The Long-Term Consequences of Maltreatment in the Early Years – Egeland, B., et al., 2002
Why Have Child Maltreatment and Child Victimization Declined? – Finkelhor, D., and Jones, L., 2006
The virtual campus includes scripted, engaging lessons for each grade level, online facilitator training modules, teacher reinforcement activities, and resources for parents, teachers, school administrators, and community members to help implement the curriculum.
With materials and support for facilitators, teachers, parents, school administrators, and community members, Childhelp Speak Up Be Safe helps children build a responsive safety network with the safe adults in their lives.
Developmentally-appropriate lessons at each grade level focus on the risks children at that age might encounter, including physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, bullying, and cyberbullying.