Education & Outreach
In an effort to ensure safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, many of our trainings and workshops can be offered virtually upon request.

Education & Outreach Services
CCS Prevention programs use education as a tool to break the cycle of violence and prevent violence before it happens. CCS believes that violence is preventable: violence is a learned behavior and therefore can be unlearned. Our prevention programs strive to empower participants with the skills and tools they need to prevent violence in their relationships and communities.
Prevention & Community Engagement Specialists are available to provide educational programs and workshops for professional audiences, youth groups, correctional facilities, schools K-12, colleges and universities, and the general public. Most programs are FREE, developmentally-appropriate, interactive, can be done in a series, and are available in both English and Spanish.CCS offers the following ongoing workshops:
Prevention Education for Youth
A four-unit healthy relationships series that is taught over the course of four weeks to allow room for learning and processing between units. See descriptions of each below.
Unit One: Healthy vs. Unhealthy Relationships
- Students will identify five key ingredients for a healthy relationship
- Students will identify the difference between healthy, unhealthy, and abusive relationships
Unit Two: Consent & Boundaries
- Students will define what consent is
- Students will identify whether statements, actions, and body language are demonstrating affirmative consent
- Students will practice responding respectfully to rejection
Unit Three: Understanding Social Norms
- Students will identify a social norm in their own community
- Students will identify 3 places where they learn social norms
- Students will ask 3 critical questions about social norms
Unit Four: Bystander Intervention
- Students will identify why intervention is important
- Students will identify strategies to intervene safely

If you would like additional units, we can offer up to 6-8 weeks of prevention education on the following topics:
- Healthy Communication
- Working Through Jealousy
- Porn Literacy
- Community Resiliency Model (CRM)©
- Technology-based Abuse
The Prevention, Education and Advocacy Services (PEAS) Team (pictured on right)
Stand-Alone Workshops
In addition to our prevention education series for youth, we offer the following stand-alone workshops for college students, parents and guardians, and other adult community members. (For professional trainings for service-providers, please see Professional Training)
- Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence
- Overview of Sexual Assault and Consent
- Bystander Intervention
- Healthy Parent/Guardian-Child Relationships
- Community Resiliency Model (CRM) ©
To schedule one of our programs, workshops, or to inquire about a train-the-trainer, please email prevention@ccssd.org with the following information:
- Workshop you are requesting
- Date and time for request
- Group size
- Audience (i.e. high school students, staff, parents/caregivers, etc.)
To request our presence at an outreach event or community resource fair, please email prevention@ccssd.org with the following information:
- Name of event
- Date and time of event
- Address of where the event will be hosted
- Expected number of attendees
- Audience (i.e. high school students, staff, parents/caregivers, etc.)