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Julie Valentine Center’s mission is to end sexual violence and child abuse.
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Educating children, parents, education partners, and local community members is essential for a community free of child abuse and sexual violence. Both adults and youth need to learn about the risks of sexual violence and child abuse in order to recognize it when it occurs, prevent it from happening, respond to it in a proactive way, and access available sources of support.
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The Julie Valentine Center offers training programs, information, and resources for students and adults.  Any of our programs can be customized to meet the needs of your audience. ​If you would like more information about any of our programs or would like to schedule a program for your group, please contact one of our education team members.

Trina Sherman, Tsherman@julievalentinecenter.org, 864-331-0560 x 251
​Elementary School • College Programming • Community and Parent Education
 
Kelly Premo, kpremo@julievalentinecenter.org, 864-331-0560 x 229
Middle/High School  • Alternative Schools • Primary Prevention • Community and Parent Education

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Student and Youth Programs:​

Elementary School
Talk about Touching- 2nd Grade

• The 2nd grade program focuses on personal safety, tricky people and how to Think First to Stay Safe.  We introduce the word and concept of a child molester; what it means, who can be one, and three safety rules they can use in any dangerous or tricky situation.

​Talk about Touching- 4th Grade

• 4th grade students learn to Trust Your Gut! This program builds on the foundations set in the 2nd grade, and also introduces safety rules for internet and social media use as well as the concept of unwanted and unwelcome behavior by fellow students.   The information the students receive in the 4th grade presentation will take them into middle school where they will learn more about these concepts in Sexual Harassment and Sexting and Cyber safety.

Middle School
​Sexual Harassment and Cyber Safety

• Students are empowered by learning how to identify sexually harassing behaviors in themselves and others. This program will cover topics related to online predators, sharing personal information, sexting, risky online behaviors, and cyberbullying.  We will provide information so students can make safe choices about their online activity as well as help foster a community of support within their friend circles, school, and community.  They will also be taught defense mechanisms and reporting procedures if they witness or experience sexual harassment or online sexual violence. The purpose of this program is to emphasize harassment progressing into sexual harassment and how that can lead into sexual violence. This program also supplements requirements for Erin’s Law in middle school grades. The lessons taught in Middle school will set the framework for further conversation in high school in Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence.  This program can also be taught in an alternative school format.

High School
Sexual Harassment

• This program focuses on sexual harassing behaviors in interpersonal relationships.  Mutual permission is paramount in these discussions. Respectful behaviors, and boundaries are discussed to guide students in building a framework for healthy relationships. Emphasis will be put on the progression of verbal to non-verbal harassment then into physical abuse.  Social Media and how it can be used to harass and intimidate is discussed as well as the consequences of these behaviors. Students are empowered with defense mechanisms (including bystander intervention) and are taught reporting procedures. This program is also taught in an alternative school format.

Sexual Violence

• Sexual Violence Prevention typically follows Sexual Harassment and addresses, in more detail, the issues of dating violence, mutual permission, and social media and the use of technology. This program teaches students about sexual assault and the use of emotional coercion to gain access to victims.  Predatory behaviors that are sometimes used are introduced and discussed. This prevention program will equip students with defense mechanisms, relevant laws, reporting procedures, and community partners students can reach out to for assistance. This program is also taught in an alternative school format.

Primary Prevention
Project Roots

• A multi session program that addresses the root causes of gender-based violence and challenges our youth to change the mindset that society teaches them about gender roles, stereotypes, interpersonal violence and promotes respectful and gender-equitable relationships. The activities are organized into three overarching themes; Empathy, Empowerment, and Equality. The lessons range in topics from the negative impact of Media, healthy communication and conflict resolution, diversity, and respect. This program is geared for youth between the ages of 8 to 13 years old. 

College Programs​
​Step Up

• Bystander intervention education 

Healthy Sexuality 

• Coming soon 

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Community and Parent Education:

Parent Education
Sexting and Cyber Safety for Parents

• Sexting and Cyber Safety for Parents is a program in partnership with the Information Security Department of Greenville County Schools. This program will review the information presented to students in Sexting and Cyber Safety.   We provide information to parents about what the biggest safety concerns are while their children are online, how they can talk to their students about appropriate online behavior, and how to respond to a disclosure of inappropriate activity.

School based programs for Parents

• Whether it’s Coffee with the Principal, a Lunch and Learn, or a Parent’s Night, JVC provides prevention education for parents about signs and symptoms of child abuse and child sexual abuse, appropriate vs. red flag behavior, and how to respond to a disclosure.​​

Community Partners
Agency Overview 

• General information about services JVC provides to the community

Mandated Reporting

• Presentation that identifies the signs of child abuse and the proper procedure for reporting abuse for professionals. CEU credits are available upon request

Professional Training for Staff

• JVC provides trainings for professionals and community partners. CEU and VSP credits are available upon request.  

Child Abuse and Childhood Sexual Abuse Overview

• ​Recognizing abuse, identifying child lures, prevention, and risk reduction. Perfect for PTA lunch and learns, professional staff, and any youth organization or school. Presentation format can be one or both topics. CEU credits are available upon request.

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eLearning and Online Support:

eLearning
Classroom Instruction

• Our educators are available for live online instruction in any classroom.   All of our presentations are available in an eLearning format. Additionally, we can address any specific JVC related topic or concern.  We believe live instruction is more effective in connecting with our audience. Live instruction also allows for conversation and the opportunity for questions the audience may have.

 
JVC Webtalks

• For either professionals and parents, JVC Webtalks will present topics ranging from elementary through high school safety-both personal and online safety; sexual harassment; and healthy relationships. Additionally, JVC Webtalks for will cover subject matter related to spotting red flags of abuse, responding to a disclosure, reporting a disclosure and mandated reporting for professionals.  JVC Webtalks can be customized to fit the needs of your audience.   If your group is hosting an online meeting or webinar, our educators can join and present as a guest.

Educational videos

• Check our Resources page for short videos that can be used to share with a classroom, on social media, or with a caregiver and adult learning group

Online Crisis and Support Groups
Caregiver and Professional Online Support Groups

• JVC has partnered RAINN to offer anonymous Online Support Groups. These groups are available to both professionals and parents. As with the JVC Webtalks, there will be separate groups for the parents and professionals.  These groups are facilitated by JVC education staff will cover topics similar to JVC Webtalks and most relevant to the specific group.  We know there is comfort in anonymity; and want to give everyone the opportunity and confidence to share frustrations and fears and talk about how to best respond and effectively manage these stressful times.

 
Online Crisis Hotline

• Starting in July 2020, JVC will offer an online crisis hotline.  This hotline is available to anyone, students included.  As soon as it is open and available, we will share it in hopes that we can make it available and easily accessible to all students and professionals.  JVC will have a link and a button available for any group to add to their webpage.

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