Education » Prevention-Based Programs

It's My Space

“It’s My Space” is a Kentucky-specific adaptation of an evidence-based middle-school prevention program that teaches students about personal boundaries and how to navigate those within friendships and older relationships. Each program is grade-specific and age-appropriate. The program includes four highly interactive classroom sessions that deepen students’ understanding of personal boundaries and why they are important.

Additionally, students complete a school hotspot mapping activity that identifies spaces in the school where they feel safe, unsafe, or in-between. Prevention educators and school administrators use this information to make changes to the school environment that will better keep students safe.

This program is in accordance with SB 150 requirements.

To learn more about this program, contact educator@hopeharbor.net.

Green Dot for High School

Green Dot for high school students is an evidence-based primary prevention program designed to teach participants safe ways to intervene in situations of bullying, dating violence, sexual harassment and assault. Green Dot is a research-based program shown to decrease perpetration of violence by 17%-21% in Kentucky high schools by the use of bystander intervention. The research study was conducted over 5 years between the University of Kentucky and 26 high schools with the help of Kentucky’s rape crisis centers. Green Dot consists of training faculty, staff, students, and community members on how all of us can do Green Dots regardless of our obstacles to make our community safer. The trainees are equipped with the knowledge and skills to safely and necessarily intervene around violence.

The Bystander Training is a 5-hour intensive training with identified Popular Opinion Leaders (POLs) in a school. This is a great opportunity for select students as they can include the Bystander Training in their college applications.

Additionally, a 1-hour Green Dot Overview is available to teach a broader percentage of the students about these same methods of bystander intervention on a smaller scale.

This program is in accordance with SB 150 requirements.

To learn more about this process, contact educator@hopeharbor.net.

Green Dot Community

Green Dot for Communities is an evidence-based primary prevention program designed to teach adults in the community safe ways to intervene in situations of child abuse, dating/domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, etc. Green Dot training consists of training community members on how all of us can do Green Dots (positive behaviors), regardless of our barriers, to make our community safer. The trainees are equipped with the knowledge and skills to safely and necessarily intervene when they witness power-based personal violence in their community.

The Bystander Training is a 5-hour intensive training with identified people who are respected and admired by other community members. This is a great opportunity for community members who want to make a positive impact on those around them.

We also offer a 1-hour overview of this program that can be easily brought into your business or organization to educate on these topics if you have limited availability.

This program is perfect for community organizations, businesses, government agencies, churches, or any group that is interested in reducing harm in their communities.

To learn more about this program, contact educator@hopeharbor.net.