Users Comments on Our Educational Programs

"The curricula, Celebrate Safety and Break the Silence - Yell & Tell, developed by your organization: Safeguarding Our Children - United Mothers, will certainly be an asset to the schools, students and parents who have an opportunity to use it.

I commend you for the positive action you have taken to combat child sexual abuse in our communities and alleviate the resulting trauma it causes."

Richard W. Pombo, Member of Congress, 11th Congressional District, House of Representatives., Congress of the United States

"Your organization has taken on a very difficult task. You need to balance giving the children enough information to protect themselves, yet not so much that they are distressed. I must say that you succeeded. You deserve great congratulations."

Barbara Alby, Assemblywoman, 5th District, California Legislature

"There is tremendous merit to the abuse prevention project created by SOC-UM. I am very impressed with the interactive and developmentally appropriate format. Young children need to hear, repeat, understand, practice, and adopt new skills. All of these learning modes have been incorporated in the non-threatening and comprehensive program. In the definitive and succinct words of Yell & Tell, encourage children to Ô"keep telling until someone listens to, believes, and helps them."

Dr. Nancy Faulkner, Ph.D., Community and mental health consultant, and primary investigator for the school based research, Sexual Abuse Recognition and Non-Disclosure Inventory of Young Adolescents.

"This is a letter of recommendation for the SOC-UM educational program. The program was easy to comprehend and follow. I can still hear the words of warning given over and over throughout the session 'back off stranger.'"

This program will be successful and is an essential addition to any curriculum."

Leslie Adair, Second Grade Teacher, Monticello School

"My students were very excited about this excellent program which was done very professionally. The following are some of the attributes this program had: very informative-made children aware of dangerous situations; teaches skills-empowers the child to get the help they need; and offers help-gives children some measure of control over their own lives. I appreciated the very positive approach by teaching the children to be careful not fearful."

Joan Hughes, Fourth Grade Teacher, Lammersville School District

"I know the importance of early intervention. Targeting the young children is such a great idea because very few of them report abuse at an early age. I know from personally going into the classroom that young children can be taught to recognize that they are being abused and can be taught to have the abuse stopped."

Inspector Pat White, (24-year veteran San Francisco police officer with 10 years investigating children's sexual abuse)

"This program has the potential to provide a meaningful intervention in the lives of abused children thus preventing both future abuse and resulting dysfunctional patterns of behavior."

Sherry Romley, MFCC, Community Counseling Center

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