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  1. Important note This is the master file of this presentation. Please save as a copy on your own drivebefore making any changes! This PowerPoint is only a starting point, not a finished product. It includes everything for every possible type of parent presentation! There are presentation notes on each slide’s Notes Page to help you.

  2. Police service to school communities(parent meeting presentation)

  3. Introductions • Constable ……………………. • School Community Officer (SCO) • Keeping Ourselves Safe (KOS)

  4. Agenda • Welcome & introductions • Agenda • Child abuse / KOS • Parent DVD (if applicable) • Overview of the teaching programme • SCO’s role • Parent / caregiver / whānau role • Excerpts from classroom DVD (if applicable) • Expert guest / panel (if applicable) • Questions and answers • Memorandum of understanding (if applicable)

  5. Child abuse and KOS

  6. What is KOS? Extensively evaluated and revised Introduced in 1986 Protects children from all sorts of abuse Years 0-13 Comprehensive child abuse prevention programme

  7. Stranger danger? • ‘In the majority of cases the abusers are known and trusted by their victims.’ • ‘The emphasis on ‘stranger danger’ causes adults to miss the clues that children give when they are being victimised by trusted family friends, professionals or relatives.’ (Professor Freda Briggs)

  8. Aims of KOS To teach children a range of safe practices that they can use when interacting with other people. To encourage children who have been, or are being abused, to seek help. To contribute to an overall community prevention programme by making parents and teachers more aware of their responsibilities to help children avoid abuse.

  9. Key concepts Abuse: is unacceptable and a crime takes many damaging forms is never the victim’s fault. No-one deserves to be abused. Everyone is responsible to help prevent abuse. Continued

  10. Key concepts • Teach children to: • recognise abuse • avoid abuse • report abuse. • Listen and act on reports. • Ensure ongoing prevention education through entire schooling. • Have effective abuse policies.

  11. What is child abuse? Children, Young Person and their Families Act, 1989 : Section 2. What is the definition of child abuse?

  12. Types of abuse What are the different types of abuse? Physical Sexual Emotional Neglect Cyber abuse Family violence

  13. Abuse facts How many reports of concern does CYFS receive in a year? • 150,000 reports of concern to CYFS in year ending 30 June 2011. • 58,000 required follow-up from social workers. • 22,000 cases resulted in substantiated findings of abuse.

  14. Parent DVD

  15. Overview of the teaching programmes

  16. Education Links NZ Curriculum (primary and secondary). Health and Physical Education learning area. Safe physical and emotional environment.

  17. Teaching programme • Knowing what to do Junior primary Years 1-3 • Getting help Middle primary Years 4-6 • Standing up for myself Senior primary Years 7-8 • Building resiliency Secondary Years 9-13

  18. Junior primary I am unique My body is my own Dealing with unwanted touch and behaviour Adults who help

  19. Middle primary • Confident me • Safe or unsafe? • No excuse for abuse • Why should I tell?

  20. Senior primary • Keeping one step ahead • I’m responsible for others too • Finding out about abuse • Families working together • Reporting abuse • What happens now?

  21. Secondary • Core health module: • Identifying abuse • Recognising and avoiding abuse • Knowing what to do • Getting help • Activity bank: • 20 activities for Years 9-10, 11-13 and transition.

  22. School Community Officer’s role

  23. The role of the SCO Determines need for KOS. Assists school with ‘whole school approach’. Provides all the KOS resources. Teaches up to three lessons with the class teacher. Assists with evaluation. Helps school become self-sustaining.

  24. Parent / caregiver / whānau role

  25. Parents / caregivers / whānau Home book activities. Keeping Kids Safer book: what abuse is how to recognise it what to do if abuse suspected / reported how to keep children safe from abuse.

  26. Dealing with abuse Believe what they say Show love, concern and support Keep your feelings to yourself Keep calm Listen carefully Reassure them it isn’t their fault Say you’re pleased they’ve told Say you’ll help them Seek help Report to Child, Youth & Family or Police Adapted from No Excuse for Abuse! , Safer Streets Trust (now the Young New Zealanders’ Foundation), in consultation with Professor Freda Briggs of the University of South Australia and Professor Steven Rollin of the State University of Florida.

  27. Excerpts from classoom DVD

  28. Expert guest / panel

  29. Questions and answers

  30. Memorandum of understanding

  31. Take care of our children. Take care of what they hear. Take care of what they see. Take care of what they feel. For how the children grow, so will the shape of Aotearoa. Dame Whina Cooper

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