Creating a Safe Place - Curriculum Outline

Creating a Safe Place:
Encourage to Change

Family Peacemaking Materials for Clergy, Lay Leaders, Staff & Laity

BOOK II: Family Violence: Helping Survivors and Abusers
A Manual for Faith Communities

BOOK III: Pastor’s Packet: Family Violence Awareness Materials for Pastors

BOOK IV: Curriculum for Laity

Curriculum Outline
Total time: 4 to 6 hours

Before beginning, have participants complete pre-course questionnaire (pdf 516KB)

Part	Subject	Presenter	AV	Time (min.)
1-A	Opening comments - Opening prayer - Round robin: introductions - Housekeeping - Acknowledge survivors - Statistics - Definitions	Educator or Advocate	Overhead Handouts	Total: 15-20
1-B	Dynamics - Power and control - Why people stay - Survivor story - Abuser attitudes	Advocate Survivor	Overhead Handouts	Total: 45-80 10-15 10-15 20- 45 5-10
1-C	Barriers - To taking action in a faith community - Personal	Group Discussion		Total: 10-20
1-D	Broken Vows Video Part I - Brief post-discussion	Educator and Advocate	VCR	Total: 35
	Break			Total: 10-25
2-A	Awareness raising: - Blanket exercise	Educator and Advocate		Total: 15
2-B	What to say, what to do - Discussion of actions - Resources, legalities - Scenarios	Educator Advocate Small Groups	Manual Handouts Scenarios	Total: 65-110 10-30 10-20 45-60
2-C	What congregations can do - What the participating congregation has already done - Broken Vows Part II - What the congregation can do	Parishioner Educator	VCR	Total: 40-45 3-5 30-35 3-5
3	Closure: Good Samaritan	2 Readers		Total: 5

Upon completion, have participants complete post-course questionnaire (pdf 532KB)