Juniors Cathrine Parry, left, and Allison Hankins compare schedules on the first day of school at a temporary high school in a converted big-box store in Joplin, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. School started on time in the district nearly three months after an EF-5 tornado destroyed six schools and damaged four others along with killing 160 people and devastating a third of the city. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
TOPEKA (From KDHE) -- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is sponsoring a free workshop provided by Lien Przybylski from the Committee for Children on the Steps to Respect Program. The Workshop will include an overview of the curriculum, intensive training on some of the pieces of the program, strategies form Kansas schools implementing the curriculum and an opportunity to network with other schools in Kansas implementing the Steps to Respect Program.
In an effort to address the problem of bullying and build capacity in Kansas schools, KDHE’s Sexual Violence Prevention and Education (SVPE) program contracted with 16 schools across Kansas to implement evidence-based, comprehensive bullying prevention program. The Steps to Respect (STR) program addresses bullying from a social ecological perspective and includes a manual with easy to follow scripted lessons for teachers, requiring very little preparation time, and includes a parent component.
Who: KDHE’s Bureau of Health Promotion, Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Program
What: Children’s Steps to Respect Program for Elementary Schools Workshop
When: Tuesday, April 17th from 9:00am till 4:00pm
Where: Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic School,
1750 SW Stone Avenue, Topeka
Participants will be available to speak to the media at 12:45 p.m. and the workshop will begin at 1:00, with a brief role play performed by students from Most Pure Heart of Mary School.