Curriculum
ECM Your Voice, Your Safety, Your Future — Teen Sexual Assault Awareness and Support (Ages 12–17)
Start Here — Welcome, Safety, and Support
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Module 1 — Consent, Boundaries, and Responsibility
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Module 2 — Recognizing Grooming and Red Flags
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Module 3 — Students, Dating, Parties, and Digital Contact
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Module 4 — When the Person Causing Harm Is Family or Trusted
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Module 5 — Immediate Safety, Medical Care, and Evidence
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Module 6 — Reporting, Confidentiality, and What Happens Next
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Module 7 — Retaliation, Stalking, and Digital Safety
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Module 8 — Strength, Courage, and Rebuilding Confidence
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Module 9 — Your Support Circle and Safer Support Groups
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Module 10 — Moving Forward, Bystander Skills, and Your Plan
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Finish Strong — Knowledge Assessment and Application
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Get Home Safe — Being Followed, Reaching Safety & Getting Help
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Companion Guide — Parents, Coaches, and Educators
Respond With Care: A Guide for Supporters
This companion supports education and help-seeking. It does not authorize a friend, parent, coach, or mentor to investigate an allegation or provide clinical treatment.
Start with safety and listening
Choose a place and communication method that are safe for the person. Listen without demanding details. Say: “I am glad you told me. You did not deserve this. What would help right now?” Ask whether immediate safety or medical care is needed. Avoid “Why did you go there?” or “Why did you not fight?”
Explain your role before promising privacy
Do not promise absolute secrecy. Explain any reporting duties in plain language. Requirements depend on the person’s age, location, your role, and the circumstances. For suspected child abuse, follow the applicable reporting requirements promptly; do not wait for your own investigation or assume that telling a supervisor fulfills every duty. A local child-protection agency can explain its reporting route.
Keep choices with the person whenever possible
Offer accompaniment, transportation, help locating an advocate, or assistance requesting school support. Do not pressure a person to confront, forgive, reconcile with, or publicly identify someone. Do not make support dependent on reporting to police. Explain any legal duty that limits choices rather than making promises you cannot keep.
When the person is a minor
Ask about safety at home. If a caregiver is involved or notification could increase danger, communicate that concern to the responsible safeguarding or child-protection professional. Do not arrange a family confrontation. Avoid repeated or leading questioning; listen and let trained professionals handle investigative interviews.
Support learning without collecting a case history
Students use fictional situations. Accept a reflection response of “I choose to pass.” Grade knowledge and practical reasoning, not emotion, disclosure, or willingness to report. Course assignments are not an incident-reporting channel and are not monitored continuously. Do not upload medical records, intimate images, or investigative documents. If a disclosure does occur, respond to safety and legal duties, limit unnecessary sharing, and handle records through the appropriate secure process.
Stay connected without taking control
Ask which contact method is safe and what check-in would help. Do not share a person’s story with a team, congregation, class, or social-media audience without their permission; legally required reporting is a separate responsibility. Offer qualified counseling or medical referrals when appropriate. A mentor should not diagnose or promise recovery.
Resources: RAINN support resources and Childhelp and state reporting contacts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.