Health education teachers, administrators, and other educators play an important role in supporting students to learn the knowledge and skills necessary for injury prevention and safety. This content area includes the important topic of violence. Violence is a serious public health issue in our country. According to the CDC (2017a), youth violence refers to harmful behaviors leading to injury or death that begin in childhood. Various behaviors such as bullying, physical abuse such as hitting or slapping, sexual violence and harassment, electronic aggression, and gang and gun violence all fall under the scope of violence. A young person can be subjected to abuse, the perpetuator of abuse, a witness to the violence, or all of these. Those who survive violence often have lasting emotional trauma associated with the violence (CDC 2017a). Applying a standards-based curriculum focused on violence prevention skills and competencies can support the overall goal of preventing youth violence.
The Orange County Department of Education does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of this outside information. Further, the inclusion of links to particular items in hypertext are not intended to reflect their importance, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed or products or services offered on these outside sites, or the organizations sponsoring the sites.
