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Eight Ways to Put ACT into ACTion |
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- Read ACT publications and put the principles of early
violence prevention to work in your family, childcare setting,
or classroom. View PDF format publications below.
- Organize early violence prevention awareness meetings
with your local community group, religious institution, or civic
association. The ACT publications can provide the background;
the graphic television PSA and vivid poster can get the conversation
started; and the Handouts for Families
and Teachers can
keep the discussion going. ACT focuses on the importance of adults
teaching young children by their example how to deal with life's
frustrations and conflicts without violence. Teaching adults to
"teach carefully" the young children around them is
the heart of the ACT Against Violence Project.
- Order bulk quantities of ACT publications for distribution
to parents and adults who work with children through community
health and safety fairs, violence prevention programs, and other
public events that relate to children.
- Work with local violence prevention coalitions to include
the ACT project as the primary approach to implementing early
violence prevention. Few violence prevention programs focus on
adults, and fewer still on very young children, aged 0 to 8. Giving
parents and other adults the tools to show young children how
to live peaceably and how to solve problems without violence sets
the youngsters on a successful path to adulthood.
- Work with your local media outlets to get the ACT campaign
television and radio ads on the air and in print to promote the
message that parents and other adults can teach young children
nonviolent ways of resolving conflicts and dealing with life's
problems.
- Encourage local radio and TV stations and newspapers to create
feature stories and programs on early violence prevention.
Use ACT publications and public service ads as background information,
and invite local child development specialists to comment and
give more information.
- Use ACT publications and the Web site in Spanish for
working with Spanish-speaking populations in your community. Order
bulk quantities of publications for distribution.
- For professionals in psychology, early childhood education,
social work, or related disciplines, apply for the ACT Training
Program and become an ACT Community Coordinator to train fellow
professionals in ACT knowledge and skills. The 2½-day training,
designed to train professionals who work with adults in classrooms
and family service settings, communicates knowledge on early violence
prevention, anger management, discipline, social problem-solving,
media influences, and how to initiate ACT programs locally. View
the ACT-Trained Professionals
area on this Web site.
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