Government Legislation on Crisis & Trauma

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by Macey Hawout3 views·Updated Apr 10, 2021
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  1. Hi everyone.
  2. Um this is Macy.
  3. I chose House Bill one oh five to study for
  4. our government legislation project And House Bill one oh five
  5. is really discussing age appropriate childhood sexual abuse instruction or
  6. education within the public school system.
  7. So what is house Bill 105?
  8. What does it do?
  9. House Bill one oh five is currently being introduced as
  10. an amendment to currently existing bills 3313.60 and 3319.73 And
  11. they are adding these new sections, other revised code with
  12. respect to age appropriate student instruction and child sexual abuse
  13. and sexual violence prevention.
  14. And it also includes in service staff training and child
  15. sexual abuse prevention.
  16. So down to the bottom line, what this house bill
  17. essentially does is it defines the subjects and curriculums to
  18. be taught in schools, which now includes a new curriculum
  19. educating Children on sexual abuse prevention.
  20. It includes counseling services for Children who have been sexually
  21. abused. And now it requires in service training on sexual
  22. abuse prevention for all school faculty and staff.
  23. Okay, so let's talk about these changes.
  24. Um The changes are the amendments that their um hospital
  25. one of five is looking to implement.
  26. It really does affect everybody the students, the teachers and
  27. the parents.
  28. So let's look into that first.
  29. Okay, so students In grades Kindergarten through 6th grade will
  30. receive um instruction or education while they're in school regarding
  31. childhood sexual abuse prevention.
  32. So the teachers are going to be trained to provide
  33. information on available counseling services and other resources for Children
  34. who have been sexually abused.
  35. Now, kids in grades seven through Grade 12 will receive
  36. um age appropriate instruction on dating violence prevention and sexual
  37. violence prevention education.
  38. Now, a lot of this will include recognizing dating violence
  39. warning signs as well as discussing characteristics of healthy versus
  40. unhealthy relationships.
  41. Yeah, okay, now the teachers, like I said, are going
  42. to be responsible for um conveying these are the new
  43. curriculum to the students in school.
  44. So teachers, when they have their in service days, they
  45. are already um completing training on a variety of subjects,
  46. so they already have their in service training every five
  47. years for school safety, violence prevention, human trafficking, the schools,
  48. harassment intimidation and bullying policies.
  49. Um, and now they're talking more about prevention of dating
  50. violence, um, youth suicide awareness and prevention, that they do
  51. have to complete that training every two years as opposed
  52. to every five years, like most of the other subjects.
  53. And now with House Bill one oh five, it will
  54. include child sexual abuse or so they are going to
  55. be learning more about that so that they can convey
  56. this information to the students.
  57. Oh, now this does affect parents as well, because under
  58. House Bill one oh five, any parent of a student
  59. who wishes to examine the school sexual violence prevention education
  60. curriculum is able to do so after a written request
  61. to the principal, House Bill, one of five does require
  62. the principle to provide these materials to the parents within
  63. a reasonable matter of time.
  64. So the parents are able to have access to this
  65. curriculum that their Children are going to be learning at
  66. school. Okay, so what does this mean for us?
  67. What is House Bill one of five going to um
  68. Change for counselors?
  69. Um My thoughts are, there may be an increased need
  70. for school counsellors to provide services for sexually abused Children.
  71. So now we may need more school counselors or we
  72. may need more um services outside for Children who are
  73. sexually abused.
  74. So now there may be an increased need for counselors
  75. to present this information about sexual abuse for teacher in
  76. service trainings because we are more of the experts on
  77. this and we can provide the information and things to
  78. look for when presenting to Children.
  79. And now there may be more opportunities for students to
  80. be referred to um like an outside private practice or
  81. like maybe somewhere where we work because it has been
  82. brought to the school's attention that maybe they have been
  83. sexually abused so as students right now and um future
  84. counselors, what we can do to prepare for the implementation
  85. of House Bill one oh five is that we can
  86. ensure our um continued education on child abuse, make sure
  87. that we know the signs that we're looking for, make
  88. sure that we keep our education up so that we
  89. are the experts on the matter.
  90. Um We can have information ready and available for schools
  91. who need these services.
  92. And it's important for us to ensure the schools have
  93. contact information for counselors in the community.
  94. Should they need to refer um students out for sexual
  95. abuse counseling?
  96. Okay. So what does this mean for our future clients?
  97. Um if proper education is provided for students in the
  98. public school system, they may be able to identify warning
  99. signs or red flags.
  100. So hopefully we will be able to better prevent um
  101. childhood sexual abuse by educating our students on what to
  102. look for and warning signs.
  103. And this also impacts them because now they have services
  104. um readily available to um people in the school system
  105. who may need it.
  106. Mhm. And there's house Bill 105.
  107. Thank you for listening.
  108. And I hope you learned something today.
  109. Thank you.
  110. Have a great week.