About This Site

This resource was developed to identify school-based programs that prevent violence against girls and young women, the primary targets of much abuse including dating violence, sexual assault and sexual harassment. However, boys and young men are also victimized by every form of violence described in this manual. Further, in light of the deaths of students in schools in Columbine, Colorado and Taber, Alberta in Canada, serious concerns about bullying and youth aggression at schools has come to the fore. As such, this resource manual presents school-based violence prevention programs that are relevant for girls and boys,, young women and young men.

The manual provides practical research- and expert-based information on school-based programs to prevent interpersonal violence. We review 79 prevention programs (18 in the French version). Each has research evidence, addresses unique "at-risk" populations, such as children with disabilities, or uses innovative approaches to engaging youth.

Who Will Find this Resource Manual Useful?

• School administrators may use the manual to develop a comprehensive violence prevention plan of action for their school or school system.
• Teachers can find effective prevention programs to add to what is already in their schools or to advocate for a more comprehensive approach.
• Community organizations preparing or presenting prevention programming can find out what programs already exist and have been shown effective.
• Funders can identify strong prevention programs that already exist when responding to requests to fund new programs.
• Researchers can find overviews of the research on a variety of programs and resources to design an evaluation of a violence prevention program

Resources Available On This Site

All resources available on this website are also available as PDFs. Click on the PDF icons (), if you wish to download a PDF version of that section.

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• A Look At Violence
  An overview of the dynamics of violence against girls and young women.
• Prevention Programming
  A description of what prevention is, the role that school and educational strategies play in violence prevention and core ingredients of successful prevention.
  
• Review of Programs: Forms of Violence
  Different forms of violence are defined with information on prevalence by gender, an overview of prevention efforts, and links to detailed program reviews.
• Dating Violence
• Child Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Harrasment
• Sexual Assault
• Sexual Exploitation
• General Violence: Bullying and Conflict Resolution
• Summary Table of Programs
  Chart presents the prevention programs by form of violence and grade level.
• How to Evaluate Prevention Programs
• How to Select Prevention Programs
  This checklist provides questions and information to consider when selecting prevention programs.
• Download the entire Resource Manual as a PDF
  

If you are experiencing violence...

This online resource is limited to information on prevention programs. If you need help with violence, check the front of your phone book for a list of resources in your area, such as the women's shelter or sexual assault centre.

Site last updated: 7 September, 2002

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