Community Resources

PAVSA offers a number of resources to the community including:

• Sexual Assault Multi-Disciplinary Action Response Team (SMART),
• Professional Education,
• Community Education, and the
• Safe and Strong Childİ Program

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Sexual Assault Multi-Disciplinary Action Response Team (SMART)

Southern St. Louis County Area Resources for Sexual Assault Victims

• Advocacy
• Law Enforcement
• Medical Services
• Mental Health
• Social Services
  Visit the SMART Team Page

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Professional Education

PAVSA provides a variety of professional training to other professionals. Some of the topics include:

• Child Sexual Abuse
• Rape
• Incest
• Victim Healing Process
• Rape Trauma Syndrome
• Sexual Harassment
• Date/Acquaintance Rape

Each professional training is specifically designed to meet the needs of the group requesting the training. We have professional staff with many years of experience in the anti-sexual assault field that provide dynamic and informative training sessions. For more information, or to schedule a training, call the PAVSA office at (218)726-1442.

Community Education

PAVSA's presentations are tailored to the goals and needs of the group. A small fee is requested for presentations. Our topics include:

• Date Rape: Speakers include role plays and discussions specifically focused at teen and college students to help them determine what healthy and unhealthy boundaries are and how to recognize date rape.
• Sexual Harassment: Speakers include statistics, definitions, and information. A discussion is facilitated about the impact, financial and emotional costs, and the prevention of sexual harassment.
• General Sexual Assault: Speakers include statistics and definitions which cover the range of sexual assault, as well as role-plays which demonstrate the impact of sexual assault.
• Working With Survivors: Speakers include information about working with victims and survivors as well as hypothetical case discussions to demonstrate the healing process.
• Other: Presentations are available upon request.

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Safe and Strong Childİ Program

PAVSA has been providing personal body safety education in elementary schools since 1981. The purpose of the Safe and Strong Childİ Program is to decrease the vulnerability of children to sexual abuse.

• Safe and Strong Childİ Personal Safety Program for elementary schools presents prevention education for grades K through 6th grade.
• Safe and Strong ChildİPersonal Body Safety Program for pre-schools presents body safety education for children ages 3-5 and their parents.

It is important that sexual abuse prevention information be received by not only children, but the adults in their lives as well. The Safe and Strong Childİ Personal Body Safety Program has three parts.

• Parent Meeting: Familiarizes parents with concepts pertaining to child sexual abuse, introduces the Safe and Strong Childİ classroom curriculum, and discusses strategies which parents can employ to help their children learn personal body safety skills.
• Teachers/Support Staff Meeting: Provides teachers and support staff with information on the concept of classroom presentations and how personal body safety concepts can be reinforced in the classroom. This presentation also provides information on mandatory reporting laws, resources on child sexual abuse, and guidelines for responding to a child who discloses possible abuse.
• Classroom Presentation: Developmentally designed curriculum materials teach children about safe, confusing and unsafe touch, prevention skills, and personal resources in a non threatening and interactive environment.

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Contact Us

Business Phone:  218-726-1442

24-Hour Crisis Line Phone:  218-726-1931 or Toll Free at:  1-866-229-7425

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