SAFE: Stop Abuse for Everybody A personal safety training guide for adults with disabilities and care providers Module 3: Physical and Verbal Abuse 1

Fun Questions 2

Your Rights Right to Be Safe Right to Speak Out Right to Get Help 3

Knowledge Is Power 4

What is Safety? Safety is not being in danger. Safety is being free from harm or risk of harm. Safety is about keeping safe at home, at work and in the community 5

What is Safety? 6 At home At work In the community

Parts of Safety 7

Safe 8

Not Safe 9

Your Rights Right to Be Safe Right to Speak Out Right to Get Help 10

Parts of Safety 11

12

13

14

15

16

17 Abuse is something that someone does to hurt your feelings or hurts your body People abuse because they are trying to control the other people People can abuse without knowing they are doing it. Abuse may feel unsafe. Abuse can be a crime. What is Abuse?

Intent of Abuser and Feelings of the Victim 18

19 What is Physical Abuse?

20 What is Verbal Abuse?

Physical and Verbal Abuse 21

22 Who Might Abuse You?

Friend Teacher Co-worker Doctor Nurse Rep Payee Clergy or Pastor Family member Partner Stranger Care provider/ support person Personal assistant 23

What Can You Do if Someone is Hurting You? 24

Is This Abuse? 25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

Why is it Hard to Tell? 33

How to Tell… Stay calm Don’t laugh or smile Be confident Tell the facts Use a loud voice and speak up Look the person in the eye or face 34

How to Tell… Tell what happened Tell someone you trust Keep telling until someone does something Have someone you trust with you when you tell 35

Trust Who do you trust in your life? Why do you trust them? 36

Who Can You Tell? Friend Teacher Co-worker Doctor Nurse Rep Payee Police Clergy or pastor Family member Partner Care provider/ support Personal Assistant Other 37

If You Need Help 38

Parts of Safety 39

Your Rights Right to Be Safe Right to Speak Out Right to Get Help 40

Knowledge Is Power 41

Thank You! 42