Connect to Protect: Empowering Parent Series

The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey published this year, offered the first look at trends since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the statistics are devastating. Here’s what you need to know:

🖤 57% of teen girls reported feeling sad or hopeless

🖤 30% reported considering suicide

🖤 18% (nearly 1 in 5) experienced sexual violence

🖤 14% reported ever being forced to have sex

Navigating teen and young adult dating can be difficult enough, and now you have the pressures of social media and hardly any education on these topics in school. MK Prevention Services is here to help you make uncomfortable conversations, comfortable so that you know you’ve done everything in your power to educate and protect your loved ones. From an overview of unhealthy relationships and sexual violence, to mental health, social media, and resources we are going over it all!

With each session, you will receive a free resource based on that day's topics! If you cannot attend one of the sessions, I will provide a recorded version of the workshop. Here is an overview of the MK Prevention Services 3-Part Series “Connect to Protect: Empowering Parent Series”:

Session 1 (April 13th, 7:00 PM-8:15 PM) - “The Hard Truth: An Overview of Dating Violence, Sexual Assault & Resources”

• What is DV & SA?
• Rape Kits & Reporting
• Title IX & Supportive Measures
• Scenario Work
• Resources Overview
• Questions

Session 2 (April 20th, 7:00 PM-8:15 PM) - “Is This Normal?: Mental Health, Warning Signs, & Communication”

• Warning signs of DV/SA (teen/young adult specific)
• Mental Health Indicators
• Communication Tactics/Building Rapport
• Mindfulness/Mental Health Practices
• Scenario Work
• Questions

Session 3 (April 27th, 7:00 PM-8:15 PM) - “When Am I Overstepping?: Social Media, Bystander Prevention & Boundary Setting”

• Overview of Social Media (Opportunities for Virtual Abuse)
• Bystander Prevention
• Boundary Setting
• Scenario Work
• Questions