KEEPING KIDS SAFE
SPECIAL EDITION TIDBITS - FALL 2018
Dear Parents
The Anchorage School District and FAMILY PARTNERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL are working to provide our families and students with the information and skills needed to protect themselves and seek help for the potential physical, psychological and emotional harm that can occur from abusive situations.
Many states, including Alaska, have passed laws with the intent of increasing the awareness of child sexual abuse and dating violence. You may have heard of this legislation under the more common name, Alaska Safe Children’s Act or Erin's and Bree’s Law.
Below are websites, phone numbers and .pdf resources. Some share information (statistics) and some are also designed to help facilitate conversations with your children. While they provide a wealth of information, they are by no means an exhaustive list.
We highly suggest that you preview the resources to determine it's appropriateness before using them with your children.
ALASKA SAFE CHILDREN'S ACT
ERINS LAW
AS 14.30.355 (Erin’s Law) in honor of Erin Merryn, who has crossed the country advocating for laws that will increase awareness of this crime against children, requires that the governing body of each school district to adopt and implement a policy, establish a training program for employees and students, and provide parental notices relating to sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention for students enrolled in grades kindergarten through twelve.
BREE'S LAW
WEBSITES and PHONE NUMBERS
VIDEO RESOURCES
Fight Child Abuse
The nonprofit Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center Foundation in conjunction with Wonder Media has developed a national campaign on a child abuse awareness and prevention.
The program has been developed and scripted by child advocates, therapists, and national scholars and tested at various stages of development with students, teachers, school administrators, parents, and experts in the field of child abuse.
FAMILY PARTNERSHIP
Email: carroll_deanne@asdk12.org
Website: http://familypartnership.asdk12.org
Location: 4400 Business Park Blvd, B22, Anchorage, AK, USA
Phone: (907) 742-3700