Each Module is 25 minutes long and is designed specifically to take into account a young child’s attention span as well as the time restraints on educators in the classroom. Students will learn important safety rules for general situations as well as unsafe touch and boundary violations. The goal of High Five! is to help prevent child abuse and child sexual abuse by promoting the importance of identifying feelings, responding to those feelings and telling a trusted adult. High Five! was designed to give Kindergarten, first and second grade students the skills to stay safe when they find themselves in unsafe situations. It is a school–based child abuse prevention curriculum that emphasizes collaboration with the school community, families and the CAC. High Five!* is a skills–based safety program created by McMahon Ryan Child Advocacy Center. After an initial pilot phase, High Five! was launched, and has reached nearly 60,000 students in over 70 schools throughout Onondaga County. Together they worked to develop High Five! incorporating the latest research in child abuse prevention with the needs of the community, schools and parents. The growing awareness of the prevalence of child abuse in the community made it possible to bring together a team of people, including school staff, community members and CAC personnel. High Five! was developed in 2008 after a local school called the CAC requesting a safety program for elementary school students.

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