Trauma-Informed Teen Safety Programs Expand Across Southern California Schools

The expansion increases the number of California schools receiving Get Safe's structured classroom sessions, educator training resources, and parent engagement materials, all of which are designed to align with existing school safety priorities and respond to growing educator concern over how digital communication patterns influence in-person student behavior.

The initiative focuses strongly on personal safety classes in California, bullying prevention programs for schools, and structured support aligned with school safety programs already in place across participating districts.

Expansion of School-Based Safety Education Programs

Get Safe has increased its program reach by working directly with schools seeking structured learning tools that reflect student behavior in real situations.

The organization’s school-based model focuses on consistent guidance across grade levels, ensuring students receive repeated exposure to safety-related learning throughout the academic year.

The program includes:

• Classroom-based safety sessions focused on digital communication behavior

• Educator support materials for handling student interaction challenges

• Parent engagement sessions for home-school alignment

• Scenario-based learning drawn from real student communication patterns

• Structured discussions on peer interaction and responsible messaging

School administrators involved in the rollout have highlighted the need for consistent frameworks that connect classroom expectations with student behavior outside school hours, especially in digital environments.

Focus on Violence Prevention Training and Student Behavior

A core part of the expanded program includes violence prevention training that links online communication behavior with real-world school interactions.

Educators have observed that conflicts initiated through messaging apps or social platforms might extend into classroom settings and peer groups.

"A lot of what teens face today starts in a group chat and lands in a hallway the next morning," said Stuart Haskin, Founder and CEO of Get Safe. "Our work in schools is less about telling students what not to do and more about giving them the language to recognize what they are seeing, the confidence to speak up, and the trust that the adults around them will respond. That is what trauma-informed safety education looks like in practice."

The training focuses on early identification of behavioral patterns that may contribute to escalation between students. Schools receive structured guidance on how to respond to these situations using consistent communication strategies.

Key focus areas include:

• Training staff to recognize behavioral patterns that may indicate escalation

• Understanding how group messaging behavior influences peer conflict

• Supporting early intervention in student disputes

• Strengthening communication between staff and students

• Encouraging non-escalation practices in digital discussions

The organization reports that schools are increasingly looking for tools that connect digital behavior with classroom safety outcomes.

Addressing Bullying Patterns in School and Online Spaces

The expanded program also strengthens bullying prevention programs for schools, focusing on how online interactions can influence in-person student relationships. Messaging apps, group chats, and social platforms often serve as early points where peer conflict begins.

Their team’s approach helps schools identify how digital communication contributes to bullying behavior and provides structured methods for addressing it within school policies.

The program includes:

• Helping staff recognize communication patterns linked to repeated student conflict

• Addressing overlap between online and classroom bullying incidents

• Supporting staff response to reported peer issues

• Encouraging early reporting of concerning behavior

• Reinforcing respectful communication habits among students

Educators are provided with structured tools to maintain consistent response strategies across different school environments.

Trauma-Informed Safety Education Approach

The team integrates trauma-informed safety education into its school programs to support how students respond to safety-related topics. The approach considers how stress, peer pressure, and online conflict may influence student participation and communication.

This includes:

• Allowing structured space for student discussion

• Supporting calm communication during sensitive topics

• Recognizing different student response patterns

• Encouraging respectful peer interaction in group settings

Schools using this approach report improved student participation in safety discussions and more open communication between staff and students.

About Get Safe

Get Safe is a safety education organization headquartered in Tustin, California. Originally launched in 1984 from Stuart Haskin's martial arts studio, where he developed a self-defense recovery program for survivors of violence, the organization later became a certified California Crisis Intervention and Sexual Assault Counseling agency and has since trained more than 500,000 individuals across the state and nationally. Its programs serve four core audiences: corporations and organizations, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, schools and children, and law enforcement departments and agencies. Curriculum offerings include personal safety classes in California, anti-bullying response, crisis intervention and de-escalation, sexual assault prevention, and survivor recovery, delivered by a team with combined backgrounds in law enforcement, military service, and mental health. The organization also operates the Project Get Safe Foundation and the On The Edge virtual reality training platform.

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