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The Role of the School

Schools can help parents see the effect domestic violence is having on their children.

Schools can help children through the transition when a battered woman is trying to end the violence in her life.

An adult outside the family can play a key role in helping children break the cycle of violence.

“Protective Behaviors Education” needs to be expanded to include a component which emphasizes, “Everyone has the responsibility not to hurt anyone else. People who have hurt someone else are held accountable for their actions.”

Conflict resolution needs to be carefully evaluated as to when it is not appropriate.

If your school district is setting up an anti-violence task force, that task force must address issues of the effects of domestic violence on children and dating violence.

Prevention and Education

Develop educational presentations for the schools so children learn that it is not OK for adults in their family to hurt them or to hurt other adults, that they should tell someone they can trust about it, and to call 911 if that is happening.
Train teachers to identify children who may be in a domestic violence situation and help teachers learn ways to address the issue.
Ask the children if they have been hurt anywhere adults come in contact with them – in doctors' offices, in social service agencies, at church, in youth and D.A.R.E. programs.
Develop coordinated efforts of schools, churches, community organizations, and the social welfare system so that all are working toward preventing domestic violence and keeping victims and their children safe.

-Reprinted from You're Hurting Me, Too Curriculum Intermedia, Inc., Seattle, Washington

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