Safety Education -
Kids in the Know Safety Program

Kids in the Know is a safety program designed to empower children and reduce their risk of victimization. It focuses on building self-esteem through teaching critical problem-solving skills. The program uses an inclusive, community-based approach to heighten safety awareness. The core premise of the curriculum is based on key root safety strategies and environments which are reinforced and practiced throughout every grade level.

 

Additional Activities for Parents & Children

The Kids in the Know program has been designed to coordinate with The Canadian Centre for Child Protection web site and Cybertip.ca - an Internet based tipline which allows the public to report the online sexual exploitation of children in Canada. Activities are divided by grade level and are designed to supplement curriculum learning done in the classroom and are available for download. Please click on the appropriate links to access important information along with downloadable activities.

 

Curriculum Overview

The core foundation of the curriculum is based on 7 Root Safety Strategies and 4 Root Safety Environments. These root safety principles are reinforced and practiced throughout every grade level to provide children/youth with a safety repertoire. The curriculum has been purposefully designed to create a common language to help facilitate the way we teach children/youth about their own personal safety.

 

The Program is:

  • Activity based and interactive
  • Based upon accepted teaching practices
  • Community-based
  • Based on root safety strategies and environments
  • Created using successive sessions by grade level
  • Multi-modal
  • Student-centered
 

Kids in the Know Curriculum Includes:

1. Key Information of Child Victimization

  • Background information on child sexual exploitation and personal safety education - includes information on attributes that increase a child's vulnerability towards victimization.

2. Lesson Plans for Kindergarten to High School

  • The curriculum incorporates all components of an effective step by step lesson plan. Several lessons for each grade level have been created to address various safety issues.

3. Activities

  • The curriculum includes a series of activities to allow children to practice concepts that have been taught throughout the lesson plans.

4. Community Involvement

  • Letters are provided to the family encouraging them to access additional information and activities on the Kids in the Know web site. This enables parents to participate in the learning process.

5. Evaluations

  • Every section of the curriculum includes an evaluation process to help the teacher check the children's understanding of concepts being taught and measure the effectiveness.