Prevention + Education
CASASC is committed to building safer communities.
Our goal: Increase the personal safety of individuals through education and empowerment, which will prevent sexual violence.
CASASC is committed to ending the culture of sexual violence and helping to build safer communities for all central Albertans through promoting awareness and healing, education, empowerment and renewal. Offering free, sexual assault prevention and education programs to children, youth and adults in central Alberta.
We believe that offering preventative programming is one of the ways we are making a difference in helping to build healthier + safer communities.
CASASC Education Programs are NOT sexual health or “sex ed”.
What you can expect: Relevant, age appropriate and interactive content facilitated by our trained educators in a safe, respectful and inclusive manner.
Our education programs are
Adaptable
Accessible
Education programs are offered in Red Deer and the surrounding communities as well as throughout Central Alberta as far as: West to Nordegg/the BC Border; North to Drayton Valley/Leduc/Millet; South to Cremona, Carstairs, and Sundre; and as East as Highway 21
For more information on this service region, please call 403-340-1124 or email education@casasc.ca.
Designed for all ages
Age appropriate course material for kindergarten to high school. CASASC also offers education courses for adults, workplaces and support partners.
Relatable
Instruction that’s age/group appropriate
Offered free-of-charge
Education is making an impact.
In the 2022/2023 school year, we completed
448
NO SECRETS (K-4) PRESENTATIONS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ACROSS CENTRAL ALBERTA
56
TOTAL SCHOOLS ACROSS CENTRAL ALBERTA
298
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL ALBERTA
To arrange an educational presentation please email
education@casasc.ca
Elementary School Programs
No Secrets K-4
Grades: Kindergarten to Grade 4
Time: Two sessions, 35-45 minutes
Delivery: In-person sessions only
No Secrets K-4 is a personal safety program for children ages 5 – 9 with a focus on child sexual abuse prevention. No Secrets is an in-school program presented free-of-charge in two parts by the CASASC education team.
What’s new:
- Visual images, songs, videos and books along with some leave behind materials.
- Alberta Education curriculum aligned
- Facilitated parent/teacher session add on (in-person or virtual delivery)
5 lessons are delivered on the following topics:
- Everyone has a body (understanding the every person’s body is unique and needs to be respected)
- What is public? What is private? (understanding the meaning of public and private)
- Bodies are private (learn about the parts of the body including the correct names for the private part of the body)
- My body is my own (understanding that taking care of our body is necessary for good health)
- Touching can be safe or unsafe (defining safe and unsafe touching and some scenarios)
- Secrets can be safe or unsafe (defining safe and unsafe secrets and that secrets about touching should never be kept)
- Personal safety network (identifying safe friends, adults and how to use a personal safety network)
- 3 body boundaries and 3 personal safety rules
What you can expect: Age appropriate delivery (due to the program’s sensitive nature) in a classroom setting with interactive content, including games and videos.
What it’s not: Sexual education or “sex ed.” The program’s aim is strictly prevention.
Our goal: Increase the personal safety of students through education and empowerment, which will prevent sexual abuse.
No Secrets: Video Kit Program
Grades: Kindergarten to Grade 4
Time: 30 minutes
Availability: Virtual, limited by request
The No Secrets K-4 Video Kit program is the safe and friendly option to meet your students’ needs. This is a virtual adaptation of the same tried, tested and beloved personal safety program designed for children ages 5-9 with a focus on child sexual abuse prevention.
The Video Kit program is designed to be delivered by a classroom teacher and contains 3 short videos (approx. 3 minutes each) and a classroom activity box with student workbooks, teacher guides and all materials to make the program happen. The Video Kit program is offered free-of-charge. Kits are offered to classrooms upon limited availability.
What’s in the kit?
- 3 videos featuring our CASASC educators and Ressie the unicorn
- A classroom activity box with student workbooks, activities, teacher guides, materials (like pencils, stickers, capsules) and a Ressie for the classroom.
What it’s not: Sexual education or “sex ed.” The program’s aim is strictly prevention.
Our goal: Increase the personal safety of students through education and empowerment, which will prevent sexual abuse.
Middle and High School Programs
iRespect: MYSELF
Grades: 5-6
deliverable to grades 4 upon further discussion
Time: One session, 60 minutes
Delivery: Virtual and In-person sessions
iRespect MYSELF is a prevention program focused on empowering students to grow their self-esteem and respect for themselves as well as develop a respectful understanding of concepts and issues like emotions, diversity, communication, labels and stereotypes. iRespect MYSELF focuses on building a foundation of understanding and respect for oneself and the people around them.
This program covers:
- Self-esteem, respecting and loving ourselves
- Body boundaries
- Communication (verbal, “I” statements, non-verbal and emotions)
- Communicating permission
- Labels and stereotypes
- Diversity
iRespect US 1
Grades: 5-7
Time: One session, 60 minutes
Delivery: Virtual and In-person sessions
iRespect US part 1 is a prevention program focused on empowering students to build and maintain respectful peer relationships and contribute to healthy schools. Topics include healthy schools, healthy relationships with friends and peers, understanding personal power and communicating through conflict and disagreements. iRespect US builds on the concepts learned in the iRespect MYSELF program with a focus on our relationships and how we interact with others.
This program covers:
- Healthy schools
- Healthy relationships with friends and peers
- Understanding personal power and communicating through conflict and disagreements
iRespect US 2
Grades: 5-7
Time: One session, 60 minutes
Delivery: Virtual and In-person sessions
iRespect US part 2 is a prevention program for students to learn skills related to building and maintaining respectful peer relationships. The program continues the learning from US part 1 empowering students to respectfully respond to bullying behavior. Topics include an overview of bullying and cyberbullying behavior, the impact of this behavior and how to respond to it. iRespect US 2 focuses on our relationships and how we interact with others.
This program covers:
- Overview of bullying and cyberbullying behaviour
- Impact of bullying behaviour and how to respond to it
Healthy Dating Relationships 101
(HDR 101)
Grades: 8-12
deliverable to grade 7 upon further discussion
Time: One session, 75-90 minutes
Delivery: Virtual and In-person sessions
Healthy Dating Relationships 101 (HDR101) is an overview program highlighting the basic concepts of healthy youth dating relationships. As this program provides only an overview into dating relationships content, it is ideal to start the conversation with youth about relationship dynamics. HDR101 focuses on healthy and unhealthy dating relationships, communication and conflict resolution, sexual violence including sexting, consent and consent laws.
This program covers:
- What makes up a healthy dating relationship
- Clear communication and conflict resolution
- Dating violence (emotional violence and physical violence)
- Sexual violence and consent, consent laws, sexting
Responding with Respect
Grades: 9-12
we recommend the HDR 101 program as a pre-requisite for grades 9 & 10
Time: One session, 75-90 minutes
Delivery: Virtual and In-person sessions
Responding with Respect (RwR) is a workshop focusing on responding respectfully to healthy and unhealthy dating relationship breakdowns. RwR focuses around a workbook of tools and tip sheets for students to keep that helps them to understand relationship breakdowns, how to end a relationship respectfully, and helping ourselves and others. We recommend the HDR 101 program be taken first, as a pre-requisite, for grades 8, 9 & 10.
This program covers:
- What makes up a healthy dating relationship
- Understanding feelings related to relationship breakdowns, anger management
- Ending a relationship respectfully
- How to help ourselves and others
Adult and Workplace Programs
Supporting Disclosures
Time: 45+ minutes
Who is this for: Community organizations, adult and client-facing service providers
Delivery: Virtual and In-person
This session will help to enhance our skills and knowledge around supporting disclosures of sexual violence. An overview of the fundamentals of responding to and supporting disclosure of sexual assault and abuse from children, youth and adults. Learn some key messages and legal obligations when it comes to reporting child abuse.
Introduction to Sexual Violence
Time: 60+ minutes
Who is this for: Community organizations, adult and client-facing service providers
Delivery: Virtual and In-person
The Intro. to Sexual Violence presentation is a public awareness and education presentation that introduces, and highlights definitions and concepts related to sexual violence. It provides an overview of SV, prevalence, dispelling myths & stereotypes and includes information on supporting disclosures.
What it’s not: Sexual education or “sex ed.” The program’s aim is awareness of sexual violence and related services.
Consent 101
Time: 60+ minutes
Who is this for: Community organizations, adult and client-facing service providers
Delivery: Virtual and In-person
Various presentation around the topic of Consent.
Definitions of consent, consent laws, ages of consent, sexting and other related topics can be discussed. Understanding the foundation of consent and healthy relationships, and how the topic can be taught to youth are also available options.
CASASC Services
Time: 30+ minutes
Who is this for: Community organizations, adult and client-facing service providers
Delivery: Virtual and In-person
The CASASC Services presentation is a public awareness presentation that provides an overview of all services and programs available through the Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre. Learn about counselling options, prevention, education, community support and 24/7 sexual violence help.
In the 2022/2023 school year prevention education lessons were shared with
816
TOTAL PRESENTATIONS TO ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOLS, POST SECONDARY OR COMMUNITY GROUPS
23
COMMUNITIES ACROSS CENTRAL ALBERTA
17,752
TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
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