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Classroom Based Educational Program: High School
Research shows that physical or sexual abuse is a factor in one out of four high school relationships. That is a staggering statistic that becomes even more alarming when you also consider the prevalence of psychological, emotional, and other forms of abuse. Additional research tells us that young people are much more likely to turn to a peer for help, as opposed to reaching out to an adult, if they find themselves in an abusive relationship. The KBEP curriculum for high school students addresses the difficult issues teens face in dating relationships directly, and also explores the ways young people can support their friends in ending abusive relationships.

A brief overview of The Katie Brown Educational Program's high school Curriculum:
At the end of the first class session, students will:
Be able to define and differentiate violence and relationship violence
Gain an understanding of the severity and prevalence of violence in relationships.
Recognize myths vs. realities of relationship violence issues
Practice identifying and standing up for what they believe in public
At the end of the second class session, students will:
Recognize the warning signs of abusive relationships
Understand the cycle of "Power and Control" in dating relationships
Reflect on their own dating relationships to see if they "Pass the Test"

Through a presentation by a survivor from an abusive relationship, followed by a question and answer period, at the end of the third class session, students will:
Learn the chronology and events that occur in abusive relationships
Reflect on the realities of abuse
Reflect on the current climate of expectations in their environment and decide if
they are comfortable with the status quo
At the end of the fourth session, students will:
Be able to identify causes of anger and ways to control it
Learn the components of a "Healthy" relationship
Reflect on "Equality" in a dating relationship
Identify and assess respect for boundaries
At the conclusion of the fifth and final session, students will:
Learn what "Dating" is
Reflect on ways that caring people in their lives make them feel and how
they do it
Reflect on how they want to be treated by a dating partner
Learn 10 things that they can do to prevent gender violence
Learn how to access other resources on teen dating violence