Dating and Sexual Responsibility DVD Series
Awareness and prevention of coercive sexual behavior through discussions and role-play. Includes a 57-minute DVD, 1 CD, and 95-page Learner’s Guide
Target Audience: Adolescents
Publisher/Producer: Northwest Media, Inc.
RESPONSE ABILITY: Transforming Values into Action
Educational program on bystander behavior and intervention. Includes but are not limited to topics such as sexual abuse/assault, sexism, racism, hazing, and homophobia.
Target Audience: College, Fraternities
Publisher/Producer: BECK & CO.
A Complete Guide to Bystander Intervention
Provides explanation for bystander behavior and ways to engage bystanders. This book/guide can be used in academic classes, as a training manual, and a companion to the “Response Ability” DVD.
Target Audience: Not provided
Our Whole Lives: Lifespan Sexuality Education Curricula
Content includes human development, relationships, personal skills, sexual behavior, sexual health, and society and culture. According to the UUA, the curricula are based on the Guidelines for Comprehensive Sexuality Education produced by the National Guidelines Task Force, which was brought together by the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S.
Target Audience: Adolescents, Adults, Children
Publisher/Producer: Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) of Congregations
Love is Not Abuse
Curriculum on domestic violence and dating abuse.
Target Audience: Adolescents
Publisher/Producer: Liz Claibourne Inc.
Bystander Interventions: The Movement NC State Peer Group
Teaches students to help prevent sexual violence and become proactive against violence & perpetrators. 6-minute internet video via YouTube (free).
Publisher/Producer: North Carolina State University’s Sexual and Relationship Violence Peer Education Group
Safe At Any Age: Elder Sexual Abuse Curriculum
Educates elders about sexual abuse by covering many topics such as understanding boundaries, understanding sexual violence (i.e., definitions, myths, and laws, etc.), and what to do if one becomes a victim. Curriculum has discussion topics, activities, and games (i.e., bingo). Includes a 50-page curriculum. Available in web-based format as a PDF document (free).
Publisher/Producer: Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR)
A Place to Start: A Resource Kit for Preventing Sexual Violence
Provides information, strategies, and tools to prevent sexual violence. Includes 2 books. Available in web-based format as a PDF document (free).
Target Audience: Not provided
Publisher/Producer: Minnesota Department of Health
Preventing Child and Youth Sexual Harassment, Abuse, and Assault: A Resource for Iowa Families
Provides information on resources and approaches to prevent sexual violence. Includes a 42-page resource guide. Available in web-based format as a PDF document (free).
Target Audience: Parents, Schools
Publisher/Producer: Iowa Department of Education and Iowa Collaboration for Youth Development
School-Based Violence Prevention Programs
Reviews various programs (e.g., dating violence, child sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, etc.) and describes how to evaluate and select a prevention program. Includes resource manual. Available in web-based format as a PDF document (free).
Target Audience: Evaluators, Practitioners / Professionals and Service Providers, Researchers
Publisher/Producer: Research and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse, University of Calgary
Engaging Bystanders in Sexual Violence Prevention
Discusses the impact of bystanders on sexual violence and various reasons why some people choose not to take action when observing sexual violence behavior. Also provides training and activities to prevent sexual violence by engaging bystanders. Includes a 56-page booklet. Available in web-based format as a PDF document (free).
Target Audience: Not provided
Publisher/Producer: National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Safe Dates
Program activities target various topics like changing adolescent dating norms and gender role norms as well as encouraging victims and perpetrators to seek help. Includes a 9 session curriculum, a play script, parent materials, and teacher-training outline. Available in web-based format as a PDF document (free).
Target Audience: Adolescents
Publisher/Producer: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Prevention and Intervention of Sexual Violence in Schools: Talking About “It”
Discusses the problem of sexual violence in schools, approaches and strategies to prevention and changing behaviors, what to do after an incident, how to start a dialogue about sexual violence, and resources. Includes a 27-page booklet. Available in web-based format as a PDF document (free).
Target Audience: Practitioners / Professionals and Service Providers, Schools
Men Against Sexual Violence Toolkit Training Curriculum
Bringing men and women together to end sexual violence. Includes a toolkit training curriculum (115-pages). Available in web-based format as a PDF document (free).
Publisher/Producer: Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR)
Dating and Sexual Responsibility DVD Series
Awareness and prevention of coercive sexual behavior through discussions and role-play. 57-minute DVD. Includes 1 CD and a 95-page Learner’s Guide.
Target Audience: Adolescents
Publisher/Producer: Northwest Media, Inc.
The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help
Through personal stories and experiences, this book discusses gender violence, sexism and race/ethnicity, and tools to prevent sexual violence, harassment, and child sexual abuse. 304-page book
Target Audience: Not provided
Publisher/Producer: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape
Discusses female sexuality, sexual ownership, body image, self-esteem, and incest in rape prevention. 256 page book
Target Audience: Not provided
Publisher/Producer: Seal Press
Teaching Children with Down Syndrome about Their Bodies, Boundaries, and Sexuality
Provides ways to communicate with mentally disabled children about sexuality and respect for others as well as oneself. 400-page book
Target Audience: Disabled persons
Publisher/Producer: Woodbine House
When Helping Hurts: Sustaining Trauma Workers
Symptoms, treatment, and prevention of secondary traumatization and compassion fatigue.50-minute video available in VHS or DVD format
Target Audience: Not provided
The Gift of Fear
Focuses on behaviors as warning signs for violent acts and provides suggestions to reduce the risk of experiencing abuse, violence, and/or unwanted pursuits. 384-page book
Target Audience: Not provided
Confronting Rape and Sexual Assault (Worlds of Women)
Explores sexual violence from varying angles (e.g., criminology and public health), provides personal stories of rape survivors, and offers strategies to prevent victimization. 292-page book
Target Audience: Not provided
Publisher/Producer: SR Books
El Problema con Los Secretos / The Trouble with Secrets
Focuses on teaching children the difference between good secrets and bad secrets. Also helps children understand how to respond to difficult situations. This is a 32-page book for children (ages 3 to 8).
Target Audience: Children
Publisher/Producer: Parenting Press
Mi Cuerpo Es Mio / It’s My Body
Provides a description of how adults can talk to children about sexual abuse in a manner that children can understand and feel comfortable. This is a 32-page book for children (ages 3-8). Book teaches two “touching codes” for children to use in uneasy situations.
Target Audience: Adults, Children
Publisher/Producer: Parenting Press
Que' es la gran cosa? / What’s the big deal?
Provides sexual harassment information including definitions, examples, and scenarios. This 32-page book focuses on middle and high school students.
Target Audience: Adolescents
Publisher/Producer: WA King County Sexual Assault Resource Center
Comprometer a los espectadores en la prevención de la violencia sexual / Engaging Bystanders in Sexual Violence Prevention
Discusses the impact of bystanders on sexual violence and various reasons why some people choose not to take action when observing sexual violence behavior. Also provides training and activities to prevent sexual violence by engaging bystanders. Includes a 56-page booklet. Available in web-based format as a PDF document (free).
Target Audience: Not provided
Publisher/Producer: National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Addressing Elder Sexual Abuse: Developing a Community Response
Focuses on using community assets and partnerships to prevent elder sexual abuse. Program references Pennsylvania laws and statutes. Available in web-based format as a PDF document and power point slides (free).
Publisher/Producer: Pennsylvania Department of Aging and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency
Young Women’s Lives DVD Curriculum
Teaches young women (ages 14 to 19) how to prevent and reduce violence against women by addressing risk factors and identifying personal strengths and resources. Includes a 28-minute DVD, facilitator guide, handbooks, and posters
Target Audience: Adolescents
Publisher/Producer: Hazelden
Young Men’s Work Complete DVD Collection
Explores different ways to help young men deal with problems without using aggressive behavior and violence. Includes a 26-minute DVD, facilitator guide, and handbooks
Target Audience: Juvenile corrections, Practitioners / Professionals and Service Providers, Schools
Publisher/Producer: Hazelden
Young Men’s Work Teen Workbook: Stopping Violence and Building Community
Helps teen males to get a better understanding of how social structure ties in to violence and the importance of ending violence against women. Includes workbooks
Target Audience: Adolescents, Men
Publisher/Producer: Hazelden
Love Doesn’t Have to Hurt Teens
Provides scenarios and identifies different types of violent behaviors, discusses healthy relationships, and suggests how teens can overcome violent relationships. Includes 9-page handbook. Available in web-based format as a PDF document (free).
Target Audience: Adolescents
Publisher/Producer: American Psychological Association
The Date Rape Prevention Book
This book provides facts and myths about rape, discusses rape prevention and how victims can find help, and addresses harassment, stalking, and dating violence. This book also speaks to male readers about their role in rape prevention. 224-page book
Target Audience: Not provided
Publisher/Producer: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Understanding Children's Sexual Behaviors: What's Natural and Healthy
Provides general characteristics of children that have inappropriate sexual behaviors, charts on sexuality (K-4th grade), ways to identify if a child has been sexually abused, and how to get help for children with sexual behavior problems. Online course available on the provided website. 44-page booklet
Target Audience: Parents, Practitioners / Professionals and Service Providers, Schools
Tools for Change: An Introduction to the Primary Prevention of Sexual Assault
Provides readers with public health models, terminology, and concepts related to primary prevention of sexual violence. Available in web-based format as a PDF document (free).
Target Audience: Not provided
Publisher/Producer: Texas Association Against Sexual Assault (TAASA)
Sexual Violence and the Spectrum of Prevention: Towards a Community Solution
Addresses sexual violence through primary prevention. Available in web-based format as a PDF document (free).
Target Audience: Advocates, Practitioners / Professionals and Service Providers
Publisher/Producer: National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Three Kinds of Touches
Children learn how to be safe by distinguishing between different types of touch. Available in Braille.
Target Audience: Children
Publisher/Producer: Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR)
The Trouble with Secrets
Focuses on teaching children the difference between good secrets and bad secrets. Also helps children understand how to respond to difficult situations. 32-page book for children (ages 3 to 8)
Target Audience: Children
Publisher/Producer: Parenting Press
It’s My Body
Provides a description of how adults can talk to children about sexual abuse in a manner that children can understand and feel comfortable. 32-page book for children (ages 3-8). Book teaches two “touching codes” for children to use in uneasy situations.
Target Audience: Adults, Children
Publisher/Producer: Parenting Press
What’s the Big Deal?
Provides sexual harassment information including definitions, examples, and scenarios. This 32-page book focuses on middle and high school students.
Target Audience: Adolescents
Publisher/Producer: WA King County Sexual Assault Resource Center
Tres Formas de Tocar / Three Kinds of Touches
Children learn how to be safe by distinguishing between different types of touch.
Target Audience: Children
Publisher/Producer: Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR)
Steps to Healthy Touching Counselor's/Teacher's Guide
This supplemental guide to the Steps to Healthy Touching workbook provides tips for working with children with sexually abusive or inappropriate behavior. Discussion topics and questions for parents are also included. 16-page manual
Target Audience: Practitioners / Professionals and Service Providers
Publisher/Producer: JIST Publishing
Three Kinds of Touches Curriculum
A companion piece to the Three Kinds of Touches book, this curriculum focuses on Safe, Ouch, and Uh-Oh touches. Includes fun activities for children, classroom presentations, parent workshops, a teacher in-service, take-home materials, and program evaluations.
Target Audience: Practitioners / Professionals and Service Providers
Publisher/Producer: Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR)
Drug-facilitated Sexual Assault/Date Rape Drugs: Are You or Someone You Know in Danger?
PowerPoint presentation describes the common drugs used, their street names, intended use, and side effects along with protection techniques and guidelines for victim assistance. Package includes measurement tools and participant quizzes. PowerPoint presentation.
Target Audience: Not provided
Publisher/Producer: Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR)
Building Healthy Relationships
A two-part curriculum for with separate lesson plans and activities for grades K-12. Covers sexual harassment, bullying, respect, and healthy relationships.
Target Audience: Adolescents, Children
Publisher/Producer: Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR)
Steps to Healthy Touching Activities to Help Kids Understand and Control Their Problems with Touching
A therapy tool consisting of an interactive workbook with drawing and writing activities that focuses on children that demonstrate sexually inappropriate behaviors. The format is based on the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. 128-page workbook
Target Audience: High school, Pre-teens
Publisher/Producer: JIST Publishing
Toolkit to End Violence Against Women
Sixteen chapters concentrating on specific areas provide recommendations for service delivery, advocacy, and prevention. Toolkit available in web-based format as a PDF or ASCII document.
Target Audience: Advocates, Policy makers
The Working with Men & Boys to Prevent Gender-Based Violence Tool Kit
A 10-lesson plan for men and boys designed to prevent gender-based violence. It provides readings, case studies, handouts, exercises, and other resources as well as community-building tools. Toolkit available in web-based format as an HTML document.
Target Audience: Practitioners / Professionals and Service Providers
Sexual Assault Risk Reduction Curriculum
A curriculum designed for high school and middle school aged youth to reduce sexual assault. The lessons can be used in either school or non-school settings, such as health clinics, after-school programs, youth centers and camps. Curriculum available in web-based format as a zip file, PDF documents, and PowerPoint slides.
Target Audience: Law enforcement, Schools
Unmasking Sexual Con Games: A Teen's Guide to Avoiding Emotional Grooming and Dating Violence
This handbook identifies manipulative techniques used to coerce teens into sexual activity and provides useful skills to combat sexual harassment. Companion volume to the "Unmasking Sexual Con Games: Helping Teens Avoid Emotional Grooming and Dating Violence" curriculum. 79-page handbook
Target Audience: Not provided
Publisher/Producer: Boystown Press
Humanitarian Assistance: Protecting Refugee Women & Girls Remains a Significant Challenge
This report assesses the actions of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and provides recommendations regarding the protection of women and children from sexual exploitation. Government Report, 58 pages. Available online in PDF format (free).
Target Audience: Not provided
Publisher/Producer: DIANE Publishing Company
Girl Power!
A prevention/education curricula highlighting the association between sexual assault and drug and alcohol abuse. Covers identity, diversity, communication, decision-making, drug and alcohol prevention, and sexual assault prevention. Intended to increase girls’ skills to promote personal safety in their lives.
Target Audience: Pre-teens
Publisher/Producer: Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR)
Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, & Stalking Prevention and Intervention in Rural Native American Communities: Training, Research, and Education
A training manual for rural Native American communities providing information on federal, state, and tribal laws, law enforcement responses, judicial responses, advocacy, prevention and intervention, and resources. Training manual available in web-based format as a PDF, TXT, or HTML document.(1998 with 2001 updates).
Target Audience: Not provided
Publisher/Producer: Native American Circle, Ltd.
2000 National Victim Assistance Academy - Training Material on Stalking (Ch.22)
Addresses definitions of stalking, stalking statutes, characteristics of stalkers and their victims, categories of stalking, impact on victims, and victim response strategies. Training available in web-based format as an HTML document.
Target Audience: Law enforcement, Practitioners / Professionals and Service Providers
Publisher/Producer: Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice
Teen Dating Violence Prevention Curriculum and Workbook for Native American Girls
This prevention program is designed to address dating violence and date rape. The workbook contains pertinent information and exercises, and is accompanied by a facilitator’s guide. Workbook and facilitator’s guide.
Publisher/Producer: Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center
Sexual Assault Prevention for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
Designed to assist people with disabilities navigate dangerous situations by improving their knowledge and skills. Curriculum & Video
Target Audience: Practitioners / Professionals and Service Providers
Publisher/Producer: Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR)
Sexuality and Sexual Assault Awareness for Empowerment (S.A.F.E.): A Preventative Educational Curriculum for Individuals with Physical Disabilities
Intended to facilitate discussion regarding issues of sexuality, boundaries, sexual assault, and empowerment with individuals with disabilities to reduce incidence of sexual violence.
Target Audience: Healthcare providers
Publisher/Producer: Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR)
Relapse Prevention for Sexual Harassers
Treats sexual harassment as a form of sexual abuse and proposes treatment programs build on relapse prevention principles. 162-page book
Target Audience: Healthcare providers, Practitioners / Professionals and Service Providers
Publisher/Producer: Springer
Sexual Violence on Campus: Policies, Programs, and Perspectives in the 21st Century
Covers acquaintance rape, drug facilitated, alcohol and sexual violence, prevention programs, LGBT populations, counseling, athletes, and fraternity and sorority communities. 304-page book
Target Audience: Not provided
Publisher/Producer: Springer
Medical, Legal, and Social Science Aspects of Child Sexual Exploitation: A Comprehensive Review of Pornography, Prostitution, and Internet Crimes
Investigates Internet crimes against children from a multidisciplinary approach, providing insight into victims and perpetrators with guidelines for prosecution and strategies for prevention. Book (2 volume set), 1300 pages.
Target Audience: Healthcare providers, Law enforcement, Parents, Practitioners / Professionals and Service Providers
Publisher/Producer: G.W. Medical Publishing
Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, and Other Sex Offenders: Who They Are, how They Operate, and how We Can Protect Ourselves and Our Children
Offers an examination of sex offender types and strategies and suggests tactics to increase personal safety and decrease vulnerability. 272-page book
Target Audience: Not provided
Publisher/Producer: Basic Books
Men Who Rape: The Psychology of the Offender
Provides a clinical profile of sexual offenders with suggestions for treatment and prevention. 277-page book
Target Audience: Not provided
Publisher/Producer: Basic Books
Preventing Pregnancy from Sexual Assault: Four Action Strategies to Improve Hospital Policies on Provision of Emergency Contraception
A toolkit offering facts about emergency contraception and four strategies to increase access: legislation, administrative efforts, litigation and voluntary efforts. 124-page document. Available online in PDF format (free).
Target Audience: Not provided
Publisher/Producer: National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Stalking, Harassment, and Murder in the Workplace: Guidelines for Protection and Prevention
Provides guidelines for protection and prevention through an examination of how stalkers think, the impact on targets, legal approaches, case histories, and organizational strategies. 264-page book
Target Audience: Not provided
Publisher/Producer: Quorum Books
Sexual Assault in Context: Teaching College Men About Gender
A manual that addresses issues of masculinity and their contribution to sexual violence against women. 144-page book
Target Audience: College, Men
Publisher/Producer: Learning Publications
Preventing Violence in Relationships: Interventions Across the Life Span
Focuses on the development of healthy interpersonal relationships skills to prevent relationship violence, particularly during childhood. 289-page book
Target Audience: Practitioners / Professionals and Service Providers, Researchers
Publisher/Producer: American Psychological Association