Care For Kids
Designed for young children, typically ages 4–7
Care for Kids is a developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed sexual abuse prevention curriculum designed for young children. Research on brain development shows that early childhood is an important time for developing empathy and social-emotional skills. Learning to recognize and express feelings, understand personal boundaries, and build healthy relationships gives children important skills they can carry with them as they grow.
Care for Kids introduces simple, age-appropriate concepts through engaging, interactive lessons. Each unit reinforces key prevention messages through circle time, a picture book, and an activity, helping children learn through conversation, play, and hands-on experiences.
Care for Kids includes six units:
Asking for Help: Identifying Trusted Adults
Feelings
Bodies
Caring for Babies
Asking for Permission
Review
The curriculum also introduces children to anatomically correct language for body parts and helps them begin learning how to set, communicate, and respect boundaries.
A purchase of the Care for Kids kit includes everything you need to implement the curriculum:
Hard copy of the Care for Kids curriculum
7 picture books
3 anatomically correct baby dolls in 3 skin tones
1 baby bottle
Access to the Care for Kids Hub on the Healthy Relationships Project website
Family engagement tools
Faculty and staff training materials
Student lesson materials
Materials translated into Spanish and Portuguese