Our school education programs

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Rape Response Services' education program gives schools, community groups, social service providers, health care providers, camps, towns, correctional facilities, and local businesses tools to help stop and respond to sexual assault.
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Our prevention education include free, age appropriate, research-based programs for students Pre-K through college.  All presentations can be modified to fit into your class schedule and needs. These programs meet Maine Learning Results standards.

​All of our presentations are free, interactive, and discussion-based. Below you will find links to descriptions of our education programs. To request a presentation for your school, please contact us.

Personal Body Safety: types of touch, secrets versus surprises, and trusted adults

Online Safety/Internet Safety: cyber harassment, online protection, and trusted adults

Media Literacy: impacts on self image and perpetuating gender stereotypes, media violence impacts 

Bystander Intervention: bystander roles, challenges, and taking action 

Sexual Harassment: sexual harassment versus flirting, social and peer influences, and communicating boundaries

Healthy Relationships: healthy versus unhealthy, power influences, and how to help

Gender Stereotypes: gender respect and equality and gender-based behavior and violence

Sexual Violence 101: what is sexual violence, consent, and how to help

Our community education programs 

All of our presentations are free. Our educators work to engage the audience as much as possible by making our presentations interactive and discussion-based. To request a presentation, please contact us. All presentations can be modified to fit into your schedule. Presentation title and a brief description are provided below:

Please note, any of the presentations listed under School Based Education (above) can be brought to your community group or place of business by request. Our skilled educators can modify and create presentations to meet your needs.

RRS 101: “Who and what is Rape Response Services?” is the topic of this 1-hour presentation. Learn about our mission, values, and the work being done for victim/survivors of sexual violence and the work being done in primary prevention. Learn about our services, projects, and community collaborations.

SART Trainings: Our Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Advocate is available to provide professional training programs to municipalities, first-responders, civic groups, social service providers, health care providers and other professionals to assist in building their capacity to respond to victim/survivors of sexual violence. We are available for in-service trainings, to speak at staff meetings, or other events determined by the organization.

RRS Intro to Volunteerism: In this 4 hour training, participants learn about Rape Response Services, the issues surround sexual violence, and the importance of helping victim/survivors. Learn about what it means to be a Rape Response Services Volunteer. This 4 hour intro to volunteerism training can be counted toward the 40 hour Volunteer Training listed below.

RRS Volunteer Advocate Training: This is a 40 hour training based on statewide training standards for community members interested in becoming a volunteer. Volunteer advocates assist with medical accompaniments (going to the hospital with survivors), tabling events, community and awareness events such as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Parents in the Know: Parents in the Know is a practice-based child sexual abuse prevention program developed by Pittsburgh Action Against Rape. The program helps bring parents in our community together to talk about helping children build safe and healthy relationships, and how to prevent child sexual abuse.

They Did WHAT? They Said WHAT? This training teaches strategies to educate and empower early childhood professionals to become more intentional about addressing sexual development and sexual abuse prevention in their work with children.