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Parent Engagement Guide

Up2Us

Up2Us Sports' best practice guide on how to foster parental involvement that is based on the successful methodologies employed by member organizations of the Up2Us coalition. Please note that “parent” is used throughout this guide as a generic term to imply the active caregiver (i.e., foster parent, grandparent) in the program participant’s life.

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Parent Orientation & Membership Program + Code of Ethics

National Alliance for Youth Sports

The NAYS Parent Orientation & Membership Program orientation video covers topics such as safety, injury prevention, modeling sportsmanship, preventing and identifying steroid abuse, plus more! The training is hosted by Chris McKendry, ESPN SportsCenter anchor and sports parent, and features great commentary by well-known and highly respected professionals who share their expertise in the area of youth sports. The NAYS Parent Orientation video is about 40 minutes and consists of 8 sections with a review question at the end of each section.

Additionally, a Parent's Code of Ethics is listed on the bottom of the site. 

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Penn Wood Patriots - Coaching Boys into Men

Open Door Abuse Awareness & Prevention

Open Door Abuse Awareness & Prevention works with high school and college football players using the Coaching Boys into Men prevention program.  Check out the video highlighting the program participants and contact Valencia Peterson odaapinc@gmail.com for more information!

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Positive Coaching Alliance Workshops

Positive Coaching Alliance

Typically, an individual school or youth sports organization hosts a Leadership workshop for its directors, a separate Double-Goal Coach workshop for all its coaches, and a separate Second-Goal Parent workshop. A Triple-Impact Competitor workshop is available for teenage athletes in the school or organization. PCA also offers Partnerships that include workshops for school districts, conferences, park-and-recreation organizations, leagues, and youth sports consortiums in all 50 states and several other nations. Each workshop takes anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours and is led by a PCA Trainer with deep athletic and coaching experience (usually at least three years at the high school level or above). The Trainer explains PCA's three key principles -- Redefining "Winning" as Mastery of Sport, Filling Emotional Tanks and Honoring the Game -- and leads attendees through a series of interactive exercises based on common youth sports scenarios. The result is that the group of leaders, coaches, parents or athletes begins to explore different approaches for success and establishes a common vocabulary for use in providing athletes a positive, character-building youth sports environment.

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ProtectHer: Redefining #MANHOOD

Alexis Jones

Alexis Jones starts what becomes an ongoing dialogue, asking young men the simple question, What kind of man will you choose to be?

 Through tangible action steps and community building, Alexis shares how to be verbal, vulnerable, and honest – highlighting the fact that in order for men to respect women, men first have to respect themselves.

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Refuse to Abuse

Seattle Mariners (MLB) & Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

The basics

Refuse To Abuse® is a statewide community education program that helps prevent domestic violence. The program is sponsored by the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Seattle Mariners, with significant assistance from the advertising firm Craters of the Moon. Television, radio, and print public service announcements have been produced featuring prominent Mariners players and managers, including Felix Hernandez, Jamie Moyer, Raul Ibañez, and Kyle Seager. An annual Refuse To Abuse® 5K at Safeco Field draws Mariners fans, runners, walkers, and community supporters, giving a broad audience the chance to join the Mariners and “refuse to abuse.”

Purpose

Refuse To Abuse® aims to raise awareness and help prevent domestic violence. High profile athletes and recognized community leaders are speaking out against domestic violence and asking for a commitment from others in the community to join them.

Why the Mariners are involved

Few professional teams have chosen to take such a public stand against domestic violence. For the past 21 years the Seattle Mariners have done more than just talk about helping raise awareness about this issue, they have stood firm in their leadership role. Having credible, professional male athletes speak out on this issue helps send a powerful message to young people.

About the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV)

WSCADV is a non-profit network of nearly 70 community domestic violence programs. We improve how communities respond to domestic violence and work to create a social intolerance for abuse. 

Attachment: Refuse To Abuse.pdf

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Scenarios and Discussion Guides

Mentors in Violence Prevention Strategies

MVP provides College and High School resources and tools for working with both male and female athletes that uses scenarios to lead discussions. This site also includes a handout called "10 Things Men Can Do to Prevent Gender Violence" in 6 languages. 

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Sexual Violence Prevention Tool Kit

NCAA - Sports Science Institute

The tool kit, framed by A Call to Action for NCAA member schools to address sexual violence prevention on their campuses, provides resource-independent tools for athletics administrators in their efforts to create campus communities free of violence and safe places for students to learn and thrive. Contained in the tool kit are five core commitments: 1.Leadership 2. Collaboration 3.Compliance and Accountability 4.Education 5.Student-Athlete Engagement. These core commitments are essential for culture change, and identified in the tool kit as well as downloadable resources for athletics departments and university partners to use in support of their sexual violence prevention efforts.

Attachment: SSI_Sexual-Violence-Prevention-Tool-Kit_20161117.pdf

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Sport Situational Prevention Approach (SSPA)

Dr. Keith Kaufman & U.S. Center for SafeSport

From the U.S. Center for SafeSport website:

"The Sport Situational Prevention Approach (SSPA) is a new, three-year, grant-funded project in collaboration with leading authority Dr. Keith Kaufman. The SSPA aims to:

1. Help keep athletes safe;
2. Support and strengthen prevention efforts in sports;
3. Create safety tools tailored for use by the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and elite youth sports organizations;
4. Create an early warning system to identify and address safety risks when they are in their earliest stages."

SSPA Implementation Manual: https://uscenterforsafesport.org/training-and-education/outreach-initiat...

SSPA Training Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVmT8xt041WgHHXtqcCpWynPLuj-IRV69

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SW PA Says NO MORE

Fisa Foundation

FISA Foundation, in partnership with The Heinz Endowments and the United Way of Allegheny County developed Southwest PA Says No More to showcase the important prevention-focused work happening here, and to make it easier for individuals and organizations to take action to stop gender-based violence. One area of focus is Sport and Athletics.

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Up2Us Sports Center

Up2Us

As the nationwide leader in sports-based youth development, Up2Us Sports harnesses the power of sports to reduce youth violence, promote health, and inspire academic success for kids in every community. Our research, training, and on-the-ground initiatives empower sports programs across the country to become a united force for meaningful change.

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US Center for SafeSport

US Center for SafeSport

Athletes will perform better, soar higher, and get more from sport if they feel safe. SafeSport seeks to create a healthy, supportive environment for all participants. Through education, resources, and training, we help members of the sport community recognize, reduce, and respond to misconduct in sport. 

The Center has two offices, each with distinct roles in helping to create a safe, strengthening environment for athletes.

Education & Outreach Office

• Administers national programming to promote respect and prevent abuse
• Raises awareness of issues
• Provides educational materials and resources

Response & Resolution Office

• Investigates and resolves alleged violations of the SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement
• Uses neutral and independent investigators and arbitrators in its processes
• Gathers and analyzes data that is used to improve awareness and prevention programs

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