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Updat Mar 31, 2008
April 2008 Child Abuse Awareness Month : letter, intercessions, and flyer
Blue
Sunday The last Sunday of April
will be observed as Blue
Sunday.
Please promote
the wearing of Blue Ribbons the week leading up to
April 29.
Distribute
ribbons or bookmarks to adults and young people.
Safe
Environment Program
The Diocese
of Tyler "safe environment" program is conducted cooperatively
with parents, civil authorities, educators, and community
organizations to provide education and training for
children, youth, parents, ministers, educators, volunteers,
and others about ways to make and maintain a safe
environment for children and young people. As part
of this program, there will be frequent reminders
of the Code
of Ethics and Integrity for Conduct of Church Personnel
in the Diocese of Tyler, which sets forth the standards
of conduct for clergy and other persons in positions
of trust with regard to children.
See letter
from Bishop introducing our Safe Environment Program.
click
here
For outline
of Safe Environment Program click
here
2007
- 08 Materials:
August 2007:
cover sheet
en
espanol
contents
Bp letter 2007
Carta
del obisbo en Espanol
How to stay
safe en
Espanol
How
should Church people act (English y Espanol)
NetSmartz Safety Pledge K-2
English 3-6
English
NetSmartz Promesa de Seguridad Grados
K-2 Grados
3-6
NetSmartz Internet Safety Pledge K-2
3-6
Middle/High
School
NetSmartz Promesa de Seguridad de Internet K-2
3-6
Secundaria
You
help protect all God's children
Announcing
week of prayer Sept 2007, St. Maria Goretti
Signs
of Possible Child Abuse
NetSamartz Blog
Beware
Child
Abuse Awareness (Home Alone, Ten Reasons, Why
Should I...)
sign and return: Annual
Participation Record for 2007
Información de Participación Anual
para 2007
Week of prayer September
22-29, 2007 Pray for All Victims of Abuse
Announcing
week of prayer Sept 2007, St. Maria Goretti
Other
Resources:
Note:
These sites are secular sites and so not all materials
on them is appropriate for Catholic families.
NetSmartz:
www.netsmartz.org
Good materials at various grade levels.
NetSmartzKids:
www.netsmartzkids.org
Child friendly activity site
NS Teens:
www.nsteens.org
Teen friendly site connected with NetSmartz
Coalition
for children: www.safechild.org
Materials for children safety
TX Attorney
General: www.oag.state.tx.us
Booklet
on Child Abuse: .pdf
of booklet
State Crime
Victims on Abuse: www.oag.state.tx.us/victims/childabuse.shtml
Child Abuse
Video from TX AG: online
video
www.childhelpusa.org
- This site has free downloads and inexpensive materials
www.austin-safeplace.org
- This site has a lending library with some good materials
UPCOMING
EVENTS:
April
is Child Abuse Prevention Month
As part
of our ongoing efforts to create a safe environmnet,
the Diocese encourages active participation in observing
April as Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Blue
Sunday The last Sunday of April
will be observed as Blue
Sunday.
Please promote
the wearing of Blue Ribbons the week leading up to
April 29.
Distribute
ribbons or bookmarks to adults and young people.
National
Missing Children's Day (NMCD),
annually commemorated on May 25, The National Center
for Missing and
Exploited Children (NCMEC) and its partners are launching
a "Take 25"
preventive safety campaign to encourage parents, guardians,
educators,
law enforcement officers, and concerned citizens to
take 25 minutes to
talk with children about ways to keep safer. NCMEC
is working with
local, state, and national officials, public safety
officials, the
clergy, community leaders, and businesses to make
this national movement
successful. Watch for further information.
ARCHIVES
Resources
for Parents/Guardians/Adults
January
2006: Suggestions
for Parents of Minors
2006
- 07 Materials:
April 2007:
2006 State Wide Campaign:
Additionally parishes and missions
are encouraged to be part of the statewide "Protecting
the Unprotected" campaign for 2006. There
is an excellant website www.itisuptoyou.org
with materials in both English and Spansih.
January
2007: Brochure
- Nurturing your children
Brochure
- What you should know about child abuse
How
should Church people act (English y Espanol)
Tuning
into your teens (English y Espanol)
safety activity sheet: Identifying trusted adults,
Fall 2006:
Annual
Participation Record Fall 2006 (corrected
English)
Registro
Anual de Participacion (Espaol)
Safe
Beware of sneaky adults Nov. 2006
Safe
Adultos Responsables 2006 (Es)
Safe
Letter to Priests Deacons Nov 2006
Safe
Clergy Letter Spanish 2006 (Es)
Bi-Lingual
materials for Parents Nov 2006 (English y Espanol)
January
2006: Trifold
on protecting your children
Bulletin
insert: Be
watchful and aware
Monitoring
program:
Implementation
of Safe Enviromnet Program
Annual
Participation Record
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