Healthy Relationships Feel Good

That’s the tagline from the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV). We know principals and assistant principals across the state are dealing with mental health and safety issues every day, and healthy relationships, whether for your staff or your students, can definitely fall into either of those categories.

In addition to the great “Refuse to Abuse 5k” the WSCADV puts on every year in partnership with the Seattle Mariners, they have lots of great resources for people of all ages to learn about healthy relationships and prevent domestic violence, including:

• a whole Love Like This series that includes a coloring book, coasters, stickers, and blog posts;
• a series of educational toolkits, one of which, In Their Shoes – Classroom Edition is about teen dating violence and can be done in a 50-minute school period;
• “How’s Your Relationship?” conversation cards that help you talk about relationships with anyone, even those folks you are concerned about;
• stuff from last month’s Domestic Violence Action Month to get a sense of what they promoted this past October.