Has Your School Implemented Child Lures Prevention
Program yet?
 Illinois
State Board of Education is a proud partner of Gov. Blagojevich’s
Child Lures Prevention Initiative, a first-ever statewide
effort to help safeguard students from predatory crimes.
A Child Lures School Program kit has already been sent (free
of charge) to all 3220 Illinois public elementary and middle
schools. It is a turn-key program, complete with two videos,
one to prepare teachers to present the program, and one to
present to children, along with a Presenter’s Guide
and one copy of the Child Lures Parent Guide.
We encourage implementation of this personal safety program
within your health curriculum, school assembly programs or
in whatever way best suits your school. Should you have questions
regarding the program, please visit www.childluresprevention.com/illinois/index.asp
for information. While visiting this site, please note that
free School Program Posters are also available for download
to print and display throughout your classrooms.
The Child Lures Prevention Initiative received statewide
attention during an NBC5 Town Hall Meeting Telecast: “Smart
Choices/Safe Kids” which features Governor Blagojevich,
First Lady Patti Blagojevich and Child Lures Prevention creator,
Kenneth Wooden demonstrating the lures most commonly used
by predators, as well as families who have had experiences
with sexual predators.
The 45 minute commercial-free “Smart Choices/Safe Kids”
can be found on your School Program’s Student Video,
“Luring: What Would You Do?.” You are welcome
to show “Smart Choices/Safe Kids” to students,
parents and staff as often as you’d like.
Program creator Ken Wooden states, “As an educator,
I feel it is imperative to give children a perspective on
personal safety which is both balanced and accurate. Child
Lures Prevention does this with two messages. The first and
most powerful message is that the vast majority of people
are loving and caring and committed to the safety of all children.
The second message is that there are some people, a small
but active group, that try to lure young people into dangerous
and abusive situations by using lures, but by teaching the
various lures and prevention strategies, students can learn
how to think first and stay safe.”
Additional partners of Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s Child
Lures Prevention Initiative include Illinois Principals Association,
IL Department of Children and Family Services, Illinois State
Police, IL Department of Human Services and Illinois Violence
Prevention Authority on the Child Lures Prevention Initiative.
*Funding from the Illinois State Police was
provided, in part, by grant # 2003-DB-BX-0037, awarded by
the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs,
U.S. Department of Justice, through the Illinois Criminal
Justice Information Authority. Points of view or opinions
contained within the Child Lures Prevention program are those
of the author and do not necessarily represent the official
position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice, or
the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.
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