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Teen Dating Violence or TDV is a serious public health issue in New Mexico and across the nation.

Nationally, between 1 in 4 and 5 teens experience TDV. Here in New Mexico, about 1 in 9 high school

students in New Mexico say they have been hit or hurt on purpose by their dating partner. Any teen can be

affected by dating violence.

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NEW MEXICO Leads the Nation in Honoring the First Dating Violence Awareness Month!

On January 6, 2010, Governor Richardson was the first governor nationally to proclaim February the first Dating Violence Awareness Month. Dating Violence is a serious public health concern that affects at least 1 New Mexico high school student in 9. February marks the perfect opportunity to share information about signs, risks and resources for dating violence with young people in your lives. For information on Dating Violence Awareness Month activities you can implement in your communities, please see www.youthhealthlink.org/tdv.

Innovations in Dating Violence Prevention Training of Trainer Workshop

Section 1: Introduction, Definition and Unique Aspects of TDV

Section 2: RED FLAGS and Youth-Specific Barriers to Safety

Section 3: Youth Engagement

Section 4: Resources and TDV Community Assets Mapping

For questions, please contact anna.nelson@state.nm.us

NM Dating Violence Awareness Month Proclamation.PDF (169KB);

10 Things You Can Do for Dating Violence Awareness Month.doc.pdf (60KB)

What exactly is Teen Dating Violence anyway?

Teen Dating Violence or TDV is when one person in a dating relationship physically, sexually, or emotionally hurts, scares or intimidates the person they are dating. Some examples of TDV are:

Put downs
Gossiping or turning friends against you
Telling friends or parents private or embarrassing things about you
Harassing you by texting you things like, "Where are you? Who are you talking to? What are you wearing?" and making you feel scared that if you don't answer the texts, then something bad will happen.
Checking up on you or stalking you through monitoring your MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, texts or emails
Forcing you to do things you don't feel comfortable with, like sending pictures of yourself by text, having unprotected sex, or drinking
Threatening to hurt you or themselves if you don't do what they want you to do

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To learn more about RED FLAGS of TDV, See: REDFLAGS

Teens

For a fun workbook on information about healthy relationships, TDV, and how to help if your friend is in a violent relationship, check out the New Mexico Love and Respect 2009 Toolkit

Here are some important resources if you or a friend is experiencing TDV:

Love is Respect Teen Dating Abuse Helpline, a free, confidential hotline: Call 1-866-331-9474 or chat live at http://www.loveisrespect.org/ with peer advocates

The Safe Space website, with great information on TDV, sexual assault and cyberstalking: http://www.thesafespace.org/

See it and Stop it website, for information on spotting TDV early and taking a stand against it: http://seeitandstopit.org/pages/

That’s Not Cool, a website that talks about tech abuse and textual harassment and ways you can confront it: http://www.thatsnotcool.com/

For Parents

If you are a parent and want to learn more about TDV, here are helpful links:

Love is Not Abuse website, with parent handbooks: http://www.loveisnotabuse.com/

RED FLAGS screen for teen dating violence RED FLAGS

Moms and Dads for Education to Stop Teen Dating Abuse (MADE) Foundation http://www.loveisnotabuse.com/made/

Signs of Dating Violence and Parent Handbooks provided at www.LoveisNotAbuse.com

For School Personnel

Schools can play a key part in the prevention of TDV. Behaviors associated with TDV have a negative impact on academic achievement and school safety. National studies show that nearly half of teen dating violence victims experience some dating abuse on school campuses (Molidor & Tolman, 1998). Here are some important links to help you prevent and raise awareness of teen dating violence:

American Bar Association’s Teacher’s Guide http://www.abanet.org/unmet/teendating/teachersguide.pdf

Choose Respect Teacher’s Manual http://www.chooserespect.org/scripts/materials/discussionguide/discussionguide.pdf

Expect Respect School Curriculum http://new.vawnet.org/Assoc_Files_VAWnet/NRC_Expect-full.pdf

A Guide to Addressing TDV and Sexual Assault in a School Environment can be found at http://www.publicsafety.ohio.gov/NCVRW/TDV_GuideAssessingTDViolence.pdf

Lessons from Literature Classroom Manual for English Literature Teachers http://www.lessonsfromliterature.org/docs/manual/ClassroomManual.pdf

Love is Not Abuse Curriculum http://www.loveisnotabuse.com/teen_curriculum.htm

What is New Mexico doing to address TDV?

Since 2008, New Mexico has celebrated TDV Awareness and Prevention Week, held the first week of every February. For resources on how to host activities during TDV Awareness and Prevention Week, see: New Mexico 2008 Toolkit

During the 2009 Legislative Session, House Memorial 53 was passed to study and develop a set of recommendations for preventing TDV. It was submitted on October 1,2009

To read about the memorial, see:

House Memorial 53 Prevention of Teen Dating Violence

To read the full Study, with recommendations see:

Report on House Memorial (HM) 53:

For a TDV Community Assets Map template, see:

TDV Awareness and Prevention Community Assets Map

Evidence-Based or Promising TDV Prevention Programs

Safe Dates http://www.hazelden.org/web/go/safedates

Expect Respect Student Groups http://new.vawnet.org/Assoc_Files_VAWnet/NRC_Expectfull.pdf

Break the Cycle http://www.breakthecycle.org/pdf/rand_curriculum_report.pdf

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