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Annual Report on School Safety--October 1998
Dating Violence Prevention Program, for high schools, is a demonstrated curriculum for changing attitudes condoning dating violence, and a promising curriculum for changing behaviors among students. Key elements include promoting equity in dating relationships, challenging attitudes toward violence as a means of conflict resolution, improving communications skills, supporting victims of dating violence, and seeking help for those involved in violent relationships. An evaluation of the program showed significant decreases in student attitudes favoring dating violence as a means of resolving conflict.
Contact: K.D. O'Leary, Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500, 516-632-7852, E-mail: doleary@psych1.psy.sunysb.edu, Web site: www.psy.sunysb.edu/marital
Flirting or Hurting, for grades 6-12, is a promising model for reducing sexual harassment and sexual violence. Topics addressed include bullying, dating violence, racial and ethnic intolerance, hazing, domestic violence, student rights, and taking action. No evaluation data are available.
Contact: NEA Professional Library, Distribution Center, P.O. Box 2035, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701-2035, 800- 229-4200
Safe Dates, for grades 8 and 9, is a demonstrated model with school and community components. The school components (a ten-session curriculum, a play, and a poster contest) focus on changing norms for dating violence, gender stereotyping, conflict management skills, belief in need for help, awareness of services, and help-seeking. The community component includes training for service providers, a crisis line, and a support group for teen victims. An evaluation of Safe Dates indicated that the treatment group committed less psychological abuse, sexual violence, and violence perpetration against their current dating partners than did the control group.
Contact: Vangee Foshee, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 7400, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, 919-966-6616 or 919-966-6353,
E-mail: vfoshee@sph.unc.edu
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