Welcome to Long Beach ALIVE!
Key Points before presentation:
- Let the ALIVE Scheduler (Peter Wright) know your preferences for presentation
- Solo or with a partner
- Unavailable Days or hours
- Be confident that we are welcome at the schools
- ALIVE has a supportive relationship from the LBUSD
- Be an ALIVE "ambassador" (develop a positive relationship) with the coordinator and teacher
- In the ALIVE website www.LongBeachALIVE.org, review the valuable "Presenters" information at the bottom of the TOC. All
of the presenter info is available like:
- Use the “Pose a question” technique rather than “give the answer.”
- “Commingle” - invite yourself to other presenter sessions and invite others to yours
- Plan on being at the school 20 minutes before the scheduled presentation time.
Key Points During Presentation:
- Keep your vocabulary simple
- Define a few key words at the beginning it may be helpful to write them on the board
- Alternatives
- Abuse
- Discipline
- Violence
- Reinforce your speaking points by referring to the
California State Law on Abuse
- Reinforce the Alternatives to physical discipline
- Timeouts
- Taking away privileges
- "Grounding"
- Use personal experiences or current events to relate to your audience and answer questions
- Points to drive home:
- It is not their fault
- It is against the law
- Abusers will use threats to keep their victims quiet
- An abuser typically has abused others and will abuse others in the future
- Their teacher is a very good source to talk to
- Above all, relate to your audience, wear a smile, have enthusiasm, and have fun
