The Safety Kid initiative in Crown Heights to fight and prevent child abuse will be launching this week with 2 events. Each child will be receiving a special kit.

Notice by Crown Heights Parent Safety Alliance and Merkos Chinuch Office:

Three days, packed with 9 Different Workshops for 3,000 children, 400 Teachers, 1,500 parents, 50 mental health professionals, dozens of school administrators and more. Safety Kid is coming to town!

Beginning this Sunday, as a community we will address the safety of our precious children. The introduction of the Safety Kid program in our schools will form a unique partnership between schools and families to create a safer Crown Heights for our children.

The goal of the conference is to raise awareness, teach skills and empower our children to make positive decisions about their personal safety using Safety Kid’s ABC’s of Safety.

Ask for Help
Bring a friend
Check first
Do Tell

Safety Kid Child Safety program was created and developed by the Aleinu Family Resource Center, a program of Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles. We are thrilled to welcome three professionals from Aleinu who will be arriving in Crown Heights to run the workshops at this conference.

Different workshops are prepared for all involved. All teachers, from all local schools, boys and girls, will attend a two hour workshop that will help ensure safety for both students and staff. School administrators will cover safety protocols, handling allegations, and creating a safer school environment for our children.

The Parent workshop, being offered twice to enable all parents to join, will be informative and offer practical advice for keeping children safe, as well as review warning signs.

Most importantly, 25 volunteers including parents and mental health professionals will take a full three day training course to become certified Safety Kid Educators!

After this intense training they will go into the classrooms and present The Safety Kid’s ABC’s of Safety. Topics include what to do when lost, never go alone; bring a friend, to say NO! when put in an uncomfortable situation and much more.

The interactive presentations, which use videos, puppetry and more, are a fun and effective way to instill these life saving lessons. Each child will come home with their own Safety Kid Kit to review with their parent what they have learnt.