Training/Courses

Seminar Series

A bi-monthly seminar brings together faculty, researchers, practitioners, community members, and students for presentations by nationally known leaders and researchers. For more information, see Seminar Series

Academic Courses

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Community Training

In its first five years, HYVPC provided formal training to its eight grassroots Community Partners in asset mapping and in program evaluation.

PEACEZONE Order Form
Download an order form for PEACEZONE: A Program for Developing Social Literacy. This comprehensive elementary school curriculum was developed by Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Joseph and Clementina Chery, Jon Oliver, Marci Feldman, and Fern Shamis to increase the ability of children to promote peace, make positive decisions, and avoid risk-taking behaviors. For more information on the curriculum, download the flyer HERE.

Medical Training

Dr. Robert Sege, HYVPC core faculty, in a project for the Massachusetts Medical Society, has developed a series of tip cards for parents dealing with a range of violence-related topics including time outs, spanking, bullying, and, most recently, Protecting Your Child from Gun Injury. He also co-edited the physicians' handbook, Recognizing and Preventing Youth Violence: A Guide for Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals, now being distributed by the Massachusetts Medical Society's Committee on Violence. The handbook is suitable both for parent and practitioner audiences, and is available via the MMS's Web page. Tens of thousands of the guidebooks and hundreds of thousands of the tip cards have been distributed. Dr. Sege's work has had a broad impact statewide and serves as a national model for clinical interventions to reduce youth violence.