February 25, 2020
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This webinar presents a compelling case for including teen dating violence prevention in your school’s efforts to improve school climate. Safe Dates, Hazelden Publishing’s evidence-based program, has decades of research showing its ability to prevent and reduce teen dating violence by helping students develop skills for building caring and supportive relationships. In this presentation, representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation will explore the school’s role in preventing teen dating violence and give highlights of CDC’s Dating Matters comprehensive teen dating violence prevention model program, which includes Safe Date as the 8th grade school-based component available from Hazelden Publishing.
Participants in this webinar will be able to:
- Give current information about how teen dating violence affects students educational and co-curricular activities, their mental and physical health, and overall school climate
- Explain actions schools can take to effectively prevent and respond to teen dating violence
- Describe each of the components of the comprehensive Dating Matters prevention model, including Safe Dates, the 8th grade school-based component
- Understand the effectiveness of the comprehensive Dating Matters model
- Know where to find all of the tools and resources needed to implement the Dating Matters model to prevent teen dating violence
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A certificate of completion will be awarded for attending this event. Please note this event is not approved for continuing education (CE) credit. The participant is responsible to verify if this activity meets their continuing education board requirements in order to gain credit.
Martha E. Harding (Marty) recently retired from her role as Director of Training and Consultation for Hazelden Publishing where she was responsible for training that accompanies prevention, education, criminal justice, and treatment curricula. Marty is a Senior Trainer for Safe Dates, Hazelden’s evidence-based program for promoting healthy relationships and preventing dating violence. She has worked with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Futures without Violence, and the Centers for Disease Control and other organizations to bring Safe Dates to thousands of students.
Phyllis Holditch Niolon is a Senior Scientist in CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention. Her work focuses on the rigorous evaluations of interventions to prevent intimate partner violence and teen dating violence, as well as the prevention of adverse childhood experiences. She is a Division subject matter expert on IPV and TDV and currently leads the randomized controlled trial evaluating the comparative effectiveness of CDC’s Dating Matters®: Strategies to Promote Healthy Teen Relationships Initiative. She received her Ph.D. in Community Psychology from Georgia State University.
Sarah DeGue is a Senior Scientist in CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention. At CDC, her work has focused on the development and evaluation of strategies to prevent sexual and teen dating violence perpetration. She also serves as a subject matter expert on sexual violence and teen dating violence prevention. Dr. DeGue leads CDC’s Dating Matters®: Strategies to Promote Healthy Teen Relationships Initiative. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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