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Helping to Put the Odds
of Safety in Our Children's Favour
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Approximately one in four children
is being exposed to some form of
unwanted sexual experience before
reaching the age of 18.
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Kid-Safe Productions was originally developed to address
a growing need for community education on the subject of child abuse, and in
response to the Ontario Government's recent pledge to support the efforts of
Childhood Sexual Abuse Prevention in Ontario Schools.
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"The safety and protection of Ontario's children
is a top priority for our government."
- Attorney General Jim Flaherty, April 7, 2000 - |
Today, Kid-Safe Productions continues to develop
new shows on important topics that concern the safety and well-being of
all children, believing that in order to bring the most successful and
timely messages of prevention to our society, we must target our edutainment
programs to primary grade children
(J.K. - Grade three).
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"It is believed that by teaching children about self-esteem
and giving them the basic tools needed to protect themselves
from incidents of abuse as early as possible that this
will aid drastically in the preventative milieu. The more
information our children are exposed to, the better able
they will be to walk safely in our unpredictable world."
- Dawn Forrest, R.N., B.S.W., C.S.W. - |
The medium used in delivering
our outreach is in the form of musical plays. Tricia Myles
Dutcher, founder of Kid-Safe
Productions, creates the music, song lyrics and co-writes
the scripts for the plays with other experienced playwrights.
We always enlist the expertise of professionals in the
community during the creative process of each play. Community
volunteers have consisted of social workers, therapists,
sexual abuse treatment group workers, childhood educators,
psychologists and other therapeutic specialists. Key issues
dealt with by these committee volunteers are: what key
issues/solutions needed to be highlighted in the plays;
as well as how to present these issues in the most effective
and age-appropriate manner.
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