Empower your family with our Know The Signs programs: Start with Hello and Say Something.
About
Empower Your Family With Our Know the Signs Programs
Sandy Hook Promise strives to build a community of Upstanders by empowering young people and their families to prevent violence in schools, homes, and communities using our Know The Signs programs: Start with Hello and Say Something.
Key features of our programs include:
- Developmentally appropriate learning: Programs designed for all youth.
- Empathy and connection: Fostering understanding and compassion.
- Warning sign recognition: Teaching youth how to identify potential risks.
- Positive action: Empowering youth to take steps to prevent violence.
- Interactive learning: Engaging activities that make learning fun.
- Family resources: Tools to help families support the Know the Signs teachings.
Get started with our Start With Hello and Say Something Family Activity Guides.
How Our Programs Work
It is recommended that schools and organizations follow the program cycle to successfully implement the Know the Signs programs.
Plan - Plan a roadmap using our template for each stage of the program cycle.
Train - Train students using the foundational training.
Engage - Engage students throughout the year in learning activities that will deepen their understanding of the programs.
Celebrate - Celebrate the Know the Signs message through various engaging activities conducted during Call-to-Action weeks or celebrate during another time that works best for you.
Grow - Grow the Know the Signs message in your community by implementing additional activities.
Our Programs
START WITH HELLO
The Start With Hello program empowers students in grades K-12 to recognize loneliness and social isolation in their peers by offering effective strategies for reaching out and growing an empathetic and inclusive community.
SAY SOMETHING
Empowers students to grow a community of Upstanders and "say something" to a Trusted Adult when they recognize warning signs and threats.
SAY SOMETHING ARS
Empowers students to be Upstanders. Students learn how to "say something" to a Trusted Adult and submit a tip to the Say Something ARS when they recognize warning signs and threats.
About Sandy Hook Promise
Sandy Hook Promise (SHP) envisions a future where all children are free from school shootings and other acts of violence. As a national nonprofit organization, SHP’s mission is to educate and empower youth and adults to prevent violence in schools, homes, and communities. Creators of the life-saving, evidence-informed Know the Signs prevention programs, SHP teaches the warning signs of someone who may be in crisis, socially isolated, or at-risk of hurting themselves or others and how to get help. SHP also advances school safety, youth mental health, and responsible gun ownership at the state and federal levels through nonpartisan policy and partnerships. SHP is led by several family members whose loved ones were killed in the tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012.