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Clarence
Jones, Coordinator
Gatehouse
Administration Center
8115 Gatehouse Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
571-423-4270
Clarence.Jones@fcps.edu
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Violence
Prevention and Intervention
VIOLENCE
PREVENTION PROGRAMS
Supported by Fairfax County Public Schools
Chart (PDF file*) of
Programs and Grade Level Taught
Chart also
available in: Arabic | Farsi | Korean | Spanish | Urdu | Vietnamese
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- Ages 3-8
- 46 Lessons
- Resiliency based Early Childhood Program; personal, social, and emotional
skills including expressing feelings appropriately; caring about others,
self-control, problem-solving, and making friends.
- for parents with one joint session
for parents and children
- 4 sessions
- Strengthens and clarifies family expectations for behavior; teaches skills
for communication, resisting drugs/violence; promotes family meetings
- 14-17 years old
- in Alternative High Schools
- Weekly throughout the school year
- Enhances resiliency through building internal strengths; includes alternative
activities and community service components
- Curricula for elementary (8-11
year olds) and middle school (11-14 year olds) with focus on
tobacco, alcohol and marijuana
- used as after-school program in some middle and high school sites
- 10-12 sessions first year with booster sessions for 2nd and 3rd year
- interactive sessions promote self-esteem, self-efficiency, ability to make
sound decisions, and ability to resist media and peer pressure.
- Highly successful program with outstanding long-term results
- multi-level, multi-component
school-based program designed to prevent or reduce bullying in
elementary and middle school
- focus on school climate with total involvement of school staff
- highly successful whole school model
- preschool through junior high
- SDFY and Guidance implementing in all elementary schools
- Interactive social skills model designed to reduce impulsive, high-risk
aggressive behaviors and increase emotional-social competence
- 3 skill areas include empathy, impulse control, and anger management
- teacher friendly program uses story cards to promote discussion; strong
research outcomes
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separate curricula for all grade levels being implemented by SDFY
and principals in high schools as an after-school or alternative
in-school program for targeted youth
- highly interactive teaching methods
- focus on personal/interpersonal skills, appropriate attitudes toward drugs
and violent-related behaviors, knowledge of negative consequences, and positive
peer norms.
- Optional component for after-school programs purchased for Middle School/After
School programs
- Strong research base and outcomes
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Grades 4-6; Grades 6-9
- Provided to all Middle Schools in 1998; currently being implemented as
an after-school program in middle schools and also in community based sites
- SDFY, CSB & Community Recreation Services (CRS)
as a collaborative project
- 12 lessons focus on vulnerability to violence, contributors to violence
including the role of the by-stander and alternatives to violence; interactive
lessons promotes excellent discussions and skill practice opportunities;
refusal, self-control, and conflict resolution skills
- SDFY and CBS received the 2003 HOPE Award for successful implementation
and outcomes of GRAV as an after-school program
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Grades 6-8
- School based, officer-instructed that includes classroom instruction and
various learning opportunities
- Thirteen 30-40 minute lessons taught by certified GREAT officer.
- Helps youth avoid gang membership, prevents violence and criminal activity
and develops a positive relationship with law enforcement
- Produces attitude and behavioral changes through teaching skills training,
cooperative learning, discussion and role playing
- Police Department and Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) sanctioned and
funded
- Successful proven results that GREAT has dissuaded several youngsters from
involvement in gang activity
Talking
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