Project Safe and

Sound
Training Booklet
A Girl Scout Gold
Award by Taylor
LaPorta
Please Read Before starting the Program

Congratulations on starting
Project Safe and Sound at your
school!
Dear Project Safe and Sound Volunteer,
We would like to congratulate you and thank you for beginning this amazing
program in your school! This project cant be done without your help!
It is required to have proper permissions and supervision in place if you are
wishing to start this program. It is also important to have teachers on
standby to answer any questions or address any concerns that the students
may have that are beyond you.
Project Safe and Sound is a program created by a Massapequa Girl Scout
Ambassador for her Gold Award. Project Safe and Sound is a program to give
students with special needs the necessary tools to advocate for themselves
in case of an unforeseen encounter with a stranger. The program uses
games, role play, and interactive videos to helps students understand the
concept of strangers, what to do, and learn what situations are safe and not
safe. The program is geared toward all ages, and can be adapted to the way
that teachers of the students best see fit.
In this booklet you will find session instructions and supplies needed to run
the program. The program is adapted for a classroom setting, but can be
changed to fit different settings, such as a club, after school, or large group
setting. You are responsible for putting all of the supplies together.
The Program is broken up into 5 sections, which can be done in one day or
divided into several days. The adaptations are up to you!
Some schools may choose to celebrate the students achievements, and
have a party, or a celebration and invite family members.
We ask that you (a volunteer), the teacher of the class, some of the students
or all three of you, write down your experience with the program and send it
to us through our site to be posted. Although we would love to hear your
feedback, this is totally optional!

We hope that you have a great time exploring the program, and we thank
you for all of your support!

Taylor and the Safe and Sound Team

Table
of
Conte
nts

Important

Notes. 4
Materials
5
Sample
Letter
..6
Sample
Invitation.. 7
Session
1-What
is
a
Stranger?......... 9-10
Session
2Safe
or
Not
Safe?............... 10

Session
3The
Power
of
Observation.. 11
Session
4911
Call 12
Session
5-Sum
it
up!......................... 12-13

It is very important
the program that you
concrete way
students can easily
message. If there is
you would want to
dependent on the
adapt the program.

Impor
tant
Notes
:
4

when you implement

teach it in the most
possible, so that the
understand the
any information that
omit, or add
settings, feel free to

Be comfortable if the students do not make eye contact, even

though they are not, they are still listening to what you are
saying. You may also have to talk slower and/or repeat yourself.
Do not get frustrated with this. It is also important to understand
that the students may learn different ways, so be prepared to
adjust the way that you show or say things.
Make sure that you have proper permission in place. It is
important to talk to the teachers and administration of your
school before you can go into the classroom.
Your enthusiasm is also very important! Everyone will be more
excited to learn about the information that you want to teach. If
you are not a public speaker, ask your friends or teachers for tips,
help or to even teach the program with you. As long that they are
as passionate as you are!
It is also important to have proper supervisions, teachers, aids, or
people that work in the school that know the students better than
you do. This is important, because coming into the school day
may disrupt their routines, which may cause forms of anxiety.
This is also important in the case of an unforeseen behavioral
reaction, so that the supervision in the classroom can resolve any
issues quickly and easily. The topic may also be emotional for
some. The purpose of this is not to scare you, but to educate you
on situations that are real possibilities but have a very slim
chance of actually happen.
You may also need to send a paper home to the parents regarding
the program, to either ask for permission or just to let them know
whats going on! A suggested sample letter to parent is included
in this packet as well as a sample invitation to a celebration
should you choose to have one.

Mater
ials:
5


if

Proper
permissions
and supervision
Videos
(found
on
website)
Computer
or
Television to play videos
White Paper ( you can use colored
you wish)
Templates ( found on website)
Popsicle Sticks
Envelopes
Large Index Cards
You and your enthusiasm!

SAMPLE LETTER
6

Dear Parent/Guardian,
We are very excited to announce that the students of the Special Education
Department will be participating in a program entitled Project Safe and Sound on
(date).
The program was created by a Massapequa Girl Scout as her Gold Award
project. The program is designed to give students the tools to advocate for
themselves in the event of a dangerous encounter with a stranger, or in the event
that they are lost and cannot find their way home. The program teaches the
students, what a stranger is, to make key observations, who are their trusted adults,
and how to talk to a 911 operator in the event of such an emergency using games
like Heads Up as well as interactive cartoons.
The students will take home more information about the project and what
they learned on that day.
The workshop will be taught (during the school day, after school) on (date)
by (student volunteer, teacher NAME), who has worked with the teachers of the
special education department and administrators, and has been trained on how to
teach the program.
(OPTIONAL, ONLY IF HAVING A CELEBRATION) We will be
celebrating all the students achievements (date, time, and place), where the
students will receive their certificates, parents and family members are all invited.
If there are any questions or concerns, please contact (School name, phone
number).
Sincerely,
Volunteers name and Signature
Supervising Teachers name and signature
Administrators name and signature
SAMPLE INVITATION

Youre Invited
The students of (teachers name)
class have completed Project Safe
and Sound!
When:
Where:
Who: All of the students and their
family members!
Why? To celebrate the students
achievement! Tonight the students
will receive their certificates stating
their completion of the program.
There will be Refreshments and
Music to Dance!
--------------------------------------------------Please return this half to class by
(date)
I can attend! ____
# of family members attending ____
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Projec
t Safe
and
Sound
Progr
am
Bookl
et
A Girl
Scout
Gold
Award
by
Taylor
LaPor
ta

I cannot attend___

Sessi
on 1:
What
is a
stran
ger?

Materials:
Session 1 Video
Talk about different scenarios
o A nice-looking stranger approaches your child in
the park and asks for help finding the stranger's
lost dog.
o A woman who lives in your neighborhood but
that the child has never spoken to invites your
child into her house for a snack.
o A stranger asks if your child wants a ride home
from school.
o Your child thinks he or she is being followed.
o An adult your child knows says or does
something that makes him or her feel bad or
uncomfortable.
o While your child is walking home from a friends
house, a car pulls over and a stranger asks for
directions.
Ask Does anyone know what to do if
something like this happens to you?
Tell them No
Run Away
Tell an adult
Yell
Call 911 if you are harmed
Remember certain qualities

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Materials:

Sessi
on 2:
Safe
or Not
Safe

Video- Session 2
Scenes 1-6
Red and Green Paddles
Explain that the students
will
be watching a series of
short
scenarios. Explain that the
red
paddle represents an
unsafe action, and the
green
paddle represents a safe
action.
Have
the students watch the
DVD, pause after every scenario.

Session 3: The
Power of
Observation
Explain the importance
of the ability to recall the
Materials:
information
Video: Session 3
Heads
Up cardsthe person to an adult
o To describe
o To tell a police officer
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Heads Up: (directions also in video)

Have the students pair up
Give one student an image and tell them not to look at it
Have them hold it on their head
The other student will give descriptions so that the
student holding the picture will have to guess what it is.
Give the students 4 minutes
See how many images that their partner can guess
Switch and do it all over again!

ever have an
Sessi you
emergency call 911
It is
important to know
on 4: where you are
Materials:
Re
Practi
Video- Session 4
me
m I tell the operator...
If I need to ce
call 911
b
Sess
Sheet
e
r your observations
911

Take this time to fill

ion
out If I need to call
Call
5:
911, I tell the
If

Sum
It
Up

operator Sheet

12

Materials:
Video Session 5
Sum it Up Envelopes

Give out envelopes, have the students read the

question and pull out letters to spell out.
(Optional) Let the students know that there will
be a celebration and what date. It is suggested
that you hand this out in the form of a flier
If you are not having a celebration, hand out
the included certificates and congratulate the
students.

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