Erin's Law Mandate-Through "Your Power Project"

A Sexual Abuse Awareness and Prevention program utilized to fulfill the Erin’s Law Mandate. Just as important, it is an empowerment program designed to encourage children and young adults to come forward to disclose their abuse to a ‘Personal Hero’.    Your POWER Project also increases awareness and reduces the risk of sexual abuse by instilling self-power and confidence in those who hear the message.  Your POWER Project utilizes distinctly different developmentally written iterations designed to connect with the audience at the appropriate mental and emotional level.

 

Here are each of the program’s highlighted concepts:

 

Kindergarten through 2nd Grades – Presentation Length 30 minutes

    (Pre-school/EC is essentially the same with just a couple of items omitted). Presentation length 20 minutes

• Pre-K to 2nd Kindergarten – 2nd Grades

• Being the Boss of your Body

• Understanding our body is special

• Learning important parts of our bodies

• The POWER of our voice – Saying STOP & NO

• Making a pledge to our POWERFUL bodies

• We all have our OWN PERSONAL HERO

• NO SECRETS

• Think of your body as a traffic light, Red Light & Green Light touches!

 

 

3rd & 4th Grades – Presentation Length 40 minutes

• You are a POWERFUL person

• Who’s the boss of your body? My head, my hands, my private parts, my feet are important parts of MY body and NO ONE has a right to touch me inappropriately.

• Your brain isn’t allowing you to understand certain things, so you HAVE to talk to an adult. Who is your Personal Hero?

• Never keep SECRETS! Especially with an adult or about anything you are feeling bad about. Remember you need help because your brain isn’t done growing.

• Being POWERFUL is to always stand up and use your POWERFUL voice and say something when someone or something is making you feel uncomfortable.

• Boundaries and Grooming are covered with an overview of what it sounds like and maybe feels like to be groomed.

 

 

 

5th & 6th Grades – Presentation Length 45 minutes (if a Q&A is allowed, could be 50-55 mins.)

• You are a POWERFUL person

• Who’s the boss of your body? My head, my hands, my private parts, my feet are important parts of MY body and NO ONE has a right to touch me inappropriately.

• Your brain isn’t allowing you to understand certain things, so you HAVE to talk to an adult. There are some things, especially emotional things your brain is not prepared for.

• Who is your Personal Hero? Use your POWERFUL voice with them, even when it doesn’t seem easy to do.

• Never keep SECRETS! Especially with an adult or about anything you are feeling bad about. Remember you as part of your POWER, you were born to be brave and courageous.

• Being POWERFUL is to always stand up and use your POWERFUL voice and say something when someone or something is making you feel uncomfortable.

• Boundaries and Grooming are covered with an overview of what it sounds like and maybe feels like to be groomed.

 

 

 

7th & 8th Grades – Presentation Length 50 minutes (if a Q&A is allowed, could be 55-60 mins.)

• You are a POWERFUL person

• Who’s the boss of your body? We seem to forget this while we judge ourselves and steal our own POWER away.

• Your brain isn’t allowing you to understand certain things, so you HAVE to talk to an adult. There are some things, especially emotional things your brain is not prepared for.

• Who is your Personal Hero? There are some things, especially emotional things your brain is not prepared for.

• Never keep SECRETS! Especially with an adult or about anything you are feeling bad about. Remember you as part of your POWER, you were born to be brave and courageous.

• Being POWER is to always stand up and use your POWERFUL voice and say something when someone or something is making you feel uncomfortable.

• Consent, Respect, Boundaries and Grooming are covered using The Grooming Line and getting an understanding of what it sounds like and maybe feels like to be groomed.

• Through certain video excerpts of the trial of Dr. Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse case. Students are able to see and feel, first hand, the unfortunate lasting effects sexual abuse has on victims/survivors.

 

 

9th & 10th Grades - Presentation Length 50 minutes (if a Q&A is allowed, could be 55-60 mins.)

• You are a POWERFULperson

• Your brain isn’t allowing you to understand certain things, so you HAVE to talk to an adult. Who is your Personal Hero? This is the age where most victims reside.

• We continue to talk about the brain and its effects as we teach that the brain isn’t fully developed until 25 years old. This where we try to turn judgment into compassion for one’s self.

• Through certain video excerpts of the trial of Dr. Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse case. Students are able to see and feel, first hand, the unfortunate lasting effects sexual abuse has on victims/survivors.

• Consent, Respect, Boundaries and Grooming are covered using The Grooming Line and getting an understanding of what it sounds like and maybe feels like to be groomed.

• Being POWERFUL is to always stand up and use your POWERFUL voice and say something when someone or something is making you feel uncomfortable. It sounds easy, but it is not. However, it is 100% of the time worth it.

 

 

11th & 12th Grades - Presentation Length 50 minutes (if a Q&A is allowed, could be 55-60 mins.)

• You are a POWERFUL person

• Your brain isn’t allowing you to understand certain things, so you HAVE to talk to an adult. Who is your Personal Hero?

• We continue to talk about the brain and its effects as we teach that the brain isn’t fully developed until 25 years old. This where we try to turn judgment into compassion for one’s self.

• Through my story and certain video excerpts, of the trial of Dr. Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse case. Students are able to see and feel, first hand, the unfortunate lasting effects sexual abuse has on victims/survivors.

• Consent, Respect, Boundaries and Grooming are covered using The Grooming Line and getting an understanding of what it sounds like and maybe feels like to be groomed.

• Being POWERFUL is to always stand up and use your POWERFUL voice and say something when someone or something is making you feel uncomfortable. It sounds easy, but it is not. However, it is 100% of the time worth it.

 

Your Presenter, Tom Kress is a sexual abuse survivor, a husband, a father and a man of purpose. Since becoming certified as a life coach 14 years ago. Tom has assisted many in finding their POWER they once lost through traumatic experience, whether it be through physical, emotional, mental or sexual abuse.

Utilizing and relying on concepts, techniques and strategies used in life coaching Tom has written

Your POWER Project with great passion and intention of building up, and in some cases, finding again the POWER we were ALL born with to live out our dreams. Tom was gifted with getting his power back 14 years ago and is purposeful in ‘PAYING IT FORWARD’ in his coaching and speaking. Everyone deserves to live a POWERFUL Life!

To get your school/district scheduled with Your POWER Project please feel free to call, text Tom @ 312-735-6694 or email at  ~  tom@hiesteemcoaching.com