Prevention N.1, I.1

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Volume 1, Issue 1 January 9, 2012
Prevention Newsletter
2011 Highlights In 2011 STSM’s Community Education and
STAFF
Genevieve N. Waller, Esq. Executive Director Pamela Osman Office Manager Sherry Lewis, MA, LPC Director of Therapy and Outreach Melanie Snipes, LMSW Director of Crisis Services Jacqlyn Baylis, MPH Community Education Director VACANT Development Coordinator Mary Dell Hayes Volunteer Services Coordinator Zoe McDowell Sexual Assault Services Coordinator Meredith Peters, LPA (NC) Advocate Counselor Anna Walton Bilingual Victim Advocate Kyra Hufford, LPC-I Group Services Coordinator Kayce Singletary Prevention Education Coordinator VACANT Abuse in Later Life Coordinator
Outreach Program provided education to adults and youth in Richland, Lexington, Sumter and Newberry Counties. We provided education to 9,832 Youth, 3,055 Adults and 3,199 Adults and Youth through Health Fairs and Conferences.
Upcoming Events
January 3-27: Fulmer Middle School — 6th-8th grade on Bullying/Sexual Harassment January 17-February 28: Youth Violence Prevention (YVP) — Busbee Creative Arts Academy with 16 classes/teachers. January 26: January 27: Bureau Volunteer January 24-March 27 : YVP — 2 classes at Lexington Middle School February 17: Mandatory Reporting Training — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Columbia February 3-March 23: YVP — 7 classes at Ridgeview High School February 16-March 28: Northeast High School YVP — 7 classes at Richland Sexual Assault 101 — Limestone College by Sexual Assault 101 — USC by Speakers Speakers Bureau Volunteer
STSM supports survivors in recovery from the trauma associated with sexual assault and abuse and educates the community to identify and prevent sexual violence.
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Meet STSM’s Community Education Team
Community Education Program Director Jacqlyn Baylis MPH, CHES
Jacqlyn Baylis has been the Community Education Program Director at Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands (STSM) since August 2011. Jacqlyn has years of experience in the world of primary prevention. She completed her undergraduate education at Michigan State University, with a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology and received a Masters in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Jacqlyn is a CHES (Certified Health Education Specialist) certified educator with a passion for primary prevention, specific to sexual violence and violence against women.
Prevention Education Coordinator Kayce Singletary
Kayce Singletary became the Prevention Education Coordinator at Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands (STSM) in January 2012. Prior to becoming the Prevention Education Coordinator, she worked as a graduate assistant in the Sexual Health Office at the University of South Carolina. She completed her undergraduate studies at USC Aiken with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology. Kayce has a strong passion for primary prevention focusing on sexual violence and sexual health, specifically among adolescent and young adult populations. Kayce will receive her MSW/MPH from USC in May of 2012.
As we welcome 2012, the Education Program is focused on the following goals:  Providing primary prevention education to more youth and adults than 2011;  Offering gender specific training, with the goal of engaging men in stopping violence against women; and  Continuing our Youth Violence Prevention program evaluation efforts for the purpose of continuously developing and enhancing our Program curriculum.
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STSM supports survivors in recovery from the trauma associated with sexual assault and abuse and educates the community to identify and prevent sexual violence.
In South Carolina 41% of middle school students report being bullied on school grounds and 20% report being bullied electronically, 18% of high school students report being bullied on school grounds and 16% report being bullied electronically. Prevention is key! SC YRBS 2011
Primary Prevention: Moving Upstream
Suppose you are standing next to a river, and you see someone drowning. As he/she floats downstream you jump into the river and pull him/her ashore. As soon as you’ve done that, you see another person in trouble, again floating downstream, and you rescue him/her as well. Every time you save one person, you see another, and another. After you’ve dragged another drowning body out of the river, you’re thoroughly exhausted and you know you don’t have the energy to save one more person, so instead you decide you must go upstream to find out what is causing people to end up in the river. You want to address the problem at its source. You get upstream, and see a bridge. Upon careful inspection, you find that there is a well concealed, yet sizeable hole in the bridge that is causing people to fall in. What do you do? You do what makes the most sense, you work to repair the bridge. Primary prevention means “going upstream” and repairing the bridge before more people fall through the hole. Too often we just focus on the tangible aftermath of the problem. We just keep pulling people out of the river. We set up systems to support people directly affected by sexual violence. While these systems of support are crucial, we also need to cultivate complementary systems that get to the core of the violence, stopping it from ever happening in the first place. We need to become proactive, go upstream to the bridge, study it, determine what resources we need to repair it, and start doing the long and hard work of primary prevention.
Excerpt from http://www.vahealth.org/civp/sexualviolence/Moving%20Upstream.pdf
Interested in having STSM’s community education and outreach program come to your school/ community organization to facilitate a Primary Prevention program??
Community Education and Outreach Program
Contact STSM’s Community Education and Outreach Program
Adult Trainings:  Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
Jacqlyn Baylis, MPH, CHES Community Education Program Director P: 803-790-8208 E: ced@stsm.org
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Healthy Sexuality and the Normalization of Sexual Harm Mandated Reporting Sexual Assault 101 Recognizing Signs of Sexual Abuse and Assault How to Respond and Support Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Assault Impact of Sexual Assault Alcohol and Drug Use and Sexual Assault and Abuse How the Family of Sexual Assault Survivors are Impacted Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Healthy Relationships and Teen Dating Violence
Kayce Singletary, MPH, MSW Prevention Education Coordinator P: 803-790-8208 E: pec@stsm.org
Youth Violence Prevention Program (Youth Trainings):  The Effects of Gender Stereotypes and Media Influence on Violence in Relationships  Appropriate Boundary Setting and Online Victimization and Protection Strategies  Effective Communication Strategies
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Health Relationships and Prevention of Teen Dating Violence Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Stalking (High School) Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Bullying (Middle School) Prevention of Sexual Assault, South Carolina Laws and Date Rape Drugs (Date Rape Drugs only covered with High school audiences)
STSM supports survivors in recovery from the trauma associated with sexual assault and abuse and educates the community to identify and prevent sexual violence.
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School of the Quarter
Blythewood High School
STSM would like to highlight and give a special Thank You to our YVP participating School of the Quarter Blythewood High School (BHS). BHS prides itself on providing engaging, educational opportunities through a rigorous curriculum, innovative technology, and involvement in a diverse community to produce responsible citizens who contribute to the present and excel in the future.
STSM facilitated three groups (18 sessions) at BHS last semester. A huge thank you to Mrs. Schiria Wilson, Mrs. Carla Derrick-Chaney and Mrs. Felicia Hawkins-Daniels for inviting STSM out to BHS to facilitate the Youth Violence Prevention Program.
A special thank you to Mrs. Schiria Wilson, who invites STSM to BHS annually. Mrs. Wilson teaches Introduction to Law Enforcement and requires her students to include handouts from STSM in their school portfolio. Her students are tested on the information presented during the six sessions and do their final semester project on STSM’s YVP curriculum. Thank you Blythewood High School for partnering with STSM to educate youth and ultimately prevent sexual violence in our community!! “As a Health Teacher at Richland Northeast High School, lessons students. it on has been my healthy pleasure to have representatives from STSM to come and share relationships, presented boundary are very
Second Quarter YVP participating Schools
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Blythewood High School Richland Northeast High School Ridgeview High School White Knoll High School Southeast Middle School Lexington Middle School Sanders Middle School Camp Aspen LRADC Bridge Program
setting, and sexual harassment with our health The lessons beneficial to our students and very important information that they need to hear. In some cases, it has saved some of our students from remaining in harmful relationships. All lessons are appropriate for high school students, and are well worth having the STSM education staff come and share. We hope to continue our relationship with STSM”! Jason Powell Health Teacher Richland Northeast
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STSM supports survivors in recovery from the trauma associated with sexual assault and abuse and educates the community to identify and prevent sexual violence.