The Diocese of Richmond is always working to ensure the safety of our children and youth, and their latest initiative is a training session for children and youth called, "Teaching Safety - Empowering God's Children". St Ann's staff is excited to share with you that on Sunday, October 16th we will offer "Teaching Safety - Empowering God's Children" for our children and youth in grades K-12. The goal of this training is to help children learn how to set boundaries and advocate for their own physical and emotional well being.
ELEMENTARY SESSION:
Friday, November 21st 4:00-5:00pm
All children in grades K-5 will have the opportunity to watch the video with their parents in one room before being separated into groups for age appropriate discussions and activities. After the video portion of the program, catechists will take children in grades K-2 into classrooms and children in graded 3-5 will be in different classrooms to help facilitation age appropriate discussions and activities around the topic of setting boundaries.
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL SESSION:
Friday, November 21st 4:00-5:00pm -
The middle school youth (grades 6-8) will be separated from the high school youth (grades 9-12) to watch age-appropriate videos, engage in a follow up discussion and participate in some activities to help reinforce the concept of setting boundaries. High School youth (grades 9-12) will watch a different video and and be separated into two groups.
Parental Consent is required!
All participants must have a completed Parental Consent Form. You can complete an online Parental Consent Form for your child(ren) here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_OXcSES-El3r10MHOm_2Vl4bxcJYs8i7VCVyGQYanGSXSvQ/viewform
You can learn more about the program by previewing the video and reading the documents linked below:
VIDEOS:
Elementary video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As5weSqt9Jw or en espanol: https://youtu.be/-ELCTmNKsw4
Middle School video: https://youtu.be/P3RoYAYkDQ4 or en espanol: https://youtu.be/XBN8gsD8A7U)
High School video: https://youtu.be/eY_oua646oc or en espanol: https://youtu.be/ScP07b62IR0)
DOCUMENTS:
Program Overview Sheet or en espanol: Generalidades del Programa
Q & A Sheet or en espanol: Hoja de Preguntas y Respuestas
Teaching Boundaries and Safety Parent Guide or en espanol: Guía para la enseñanza de los límites y la seguridad