Julie Valentine Center’s mission is to end sexual violence and child abuse.
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[email protected], 864-331-0560 x 229
[email protected], 864-331-0560 x 229
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.
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 and are offered in several formats. 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 coordinator.
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 and are offered in several formats. 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 coordinator.
Talk About Touching
Talk About Touching contains evidence-based lessons that focus on personal safety, teaching students how to handle potentially tricky or dangerous situations and encouraging them to "Think First to Stay Safe." The K5 presentation introduces the concepts of tricky people, explaining what the term means and who it can refer to. Students also learn about safe and unsafe touches, as well as safe and unsafe secrets. Four safety rules are introduced that students can use in any potentially dangerous or tricky situation: Check First, Take a Friend, Tell People No, and Tell a Trusted Adult. The 3rd grade lesson expands on these topics as well as introduces safety rules for internet and social media use. The K5 lesson is approximately 25 minutes in length, while the 3rd grade lesson is approximately 50 minutes in length.
Safer, Smarter Teens
Middle School
The Middle School Safer, Smarter Teens program is designed to arm students with the necessary skills to avoid sexual abuse and exploitation. It is age-appropriate and provides practical strategies to help teens protect themselves without being explicit or frightening. This discussion also helps to keep the lines of communication open between parents and their children, which is key to their safety. This program aims to teach teens that:
This presentation is approximately 50 minutes in length.
High School
The High School Safer, Smarter Teens program is designed to equip teenagers with essential skills and knowledge to navigate relationships, communications, and online interactions safely and confidently. This program empowers teens to make informed decisions and recognize the signs of healthy and unhealthy dynamics in various aspects of their lives. Key topics covered in this program include:
This presentation is two 90-minute sessions.
The Middle School Safer, Smarter Teens program is designed to arm students with the necessary skills to avoid sexual abuse and exploitation. It is age-appropriate and provides practical strategies to help teens protect themselves without being explicit or frightening. This discussion also helps to keep the lines of communication open between parents and their children, which is key to their safety. This program aims to teach teens that:
- Building self-esteem increases responsible behavior, including assisting others
- Safe relationships involve a balance of power.
- Setting personal boundaries means they have the right to say “no” to anything and anyone that makes them feel uncomfortable.
- They need to have a few adults they trust whom they can go to whenever a situation makes them feel scared or uncomfortable.
- They can learn to recognize “red flags,” such as secrets or threats, that may be warning signs of unsafe situations.
- Social media and the internet are great tools, but we all must use them responsibly.
This presentation is approximately 50 minutes in length.
High School
The High School Safer, Smarter Teens program is designed to equip teenagers with essential skills and knowledge to navigate relationships, communications, and online interactions safely and confidently. This program empowers teens to make informed decisions and recognize the signs of healthy and unhealthy dynamics in various aspects of their lives. Key topics covered in this program include:
- Communication Skills and Styles – Understanding the different ways people communicate and how to express oneself effectively in relationships.
- Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships – Exploring how self-esteem and personal boundaries shape relationships, recognizing power imbalances, and distinguishing between control and equality in interactions.
- Grooming – Learning to identify manipulative behaviors used to gain trust and exert influence or power, as well as strategies for prevention and seeking help.
- Dating Violence and Harassment – Recognizing warning signs of abusive behavior in romantic relationships and understanding how to seek support and protect oneself.
- Internet and Social Media Safety – Learning smart online habits, recognizing potential risks, and learning how to protect personal information and well-being in digital spaces.
This presentation is two 90-minute sessions.
TraffickProofSC
Recognizing key indicators of human trafficking is one of the first steps in prevention. As such, the TraffickProofSC curriculum teaches middle and high school students how to identify different types of human trafficking and associated warning signs, methods used by traffickers to exploit victims, and what to do if they think someone is exploited. Educators and students are also provided with tools and resources available to assist those who are or may be vulnerable to being trafficked.
The curriculum includes:
The curriculum includes:
- Human Trafficking Overview: What is Human Trafficking?
- Staying Safe Online
- Labor Trafficking
- Sex Trafficking
Coaching Boys Into Men
Coaching Boys into Men (CBIM) is a comprehensive violence prevention curriculum and program that inspires athletic coaches to teach their young athletes that violence never equals strength and violence against women and girls is wrong. The program comes with strategies, scenarios, and resources needed to talk to boys, specifically, about healthy and respectful relationships, dating violence, sexual assault, and harassment.
Community and Parent Education
The Bar Code Project
This program equips individuals working around alcohol with essential knowledge about Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault (DFSA) and provides practical intervention strategies to foster safer environments. This program also includes education on the prevalence of sexual harassment in the service industry workplace with actionable strategies to intervene effectively and build a workplace culture that prioritizes safety for both employees and patrons.
This program equips individuals working around alcohol with essential knowledge about Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault (DFSA) and provides practical intervention strategies to foster safer environments. This program also includes education on the prevalence of sexual harassment in the service industry workplace with actionable strategies to intervene effectively and build a workplace culture that prioritizes safety for both employees and patrons.
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.
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.
eLearning and Online Support:
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.
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.
