Terry hall body safety program

It has been approved by hundreds of school systems and has produced excellent results. The Body Safety program not only educates and empowers our children; it also sends a message to predators that our children are prepared for people like them.

Sergeant Hall will give a 45 minute program addressing signals and myths of abuse. You will also learn how you as a teacher, parent or concerned citizen can handle a report on an incident of abuse. Make their job harder by joining us to learn what you and your child can do to help protect the children of our county. The meeting room will be set up to allow social distancing to occur. He started developing it in the early s while still with the child abuse unit of IPD.

Today, on his own time, he travels across the state and country teaching children, parents, educators and law enforcement how to prevent child sexual abuse. But after the first presentation at an Indianapolis school, 15 children who had been molested by the school custodian came forward.

He said victims carry it inside them all their lives. These children grow up scared and scarred. They carry the pain inside them — into adulthood and their relationships and careers, and even into their senior years.

That one person is the child molester. Terry Hall is a year veteran of the Indianapolis Police Department. He developed the Body Safety program in the early s when he was with the child abuse unit investigating sex crimes. He was too devastated by the light sentences the courts gave to the molesters he caught.

He then began developing the program to prevent abuse and identify abusers. He wanted to clarify that in the minds of the students. To develop the program, he talked to teachers and prosecutors. He talked to abuse victims and pedophiles. He interviewed hundreds of convicted molesters over the years.

One thing he asked was how they got their victims to stay quiet. You do. The revelation hit him like lightning. One name for the elbow. He presents the terms factually and tastefully in ways students will understand.

His program is presented in half hour segments. For junior high and high school students, he adds the issue of date rape. Body Safety Program. Bullying Resources. Community Resources. Outside Counseling Services. Parent Resources.