Empathy
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Self Control
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Respect for Self and Others
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Accountability for our Words and Actions

• To ensure effective implementation and sustainable outcomes, it is necessary for all schools to utilize the resources provided in the K-12 School Implementation Kit.
• Provide staff training.  Show the “Power of One” 10-minute training film for staff of all age/grade levels.
  • Film and Materials included in the K-12 Implementation Kit

• Explain the significance of the Purple Hand/Red Heart Logo.  Why is the Hand Purple? Why is the Red Heart in the palm?
• Explain the significance of the 14-word Purple Hands Pledge®.
• Each child and adult who takes this Purple Hands Pledge® will trace their hand on purple paper, cut out their handprint, and sign their name.
  • Purple Hands Pledges should be displayed in a prominent place as a reminder of their commitment to themselves and others.
• Reciting the 14-word Purple Hands Pledge® daily, school-wide has proven to be most effective in reducing bullying behavior while creating opportunities for intervention and prevention of bullying, abuse, violence, and suicide.
  
• Emphasize the vital importance of visual and verbal repetition of the Purple Hands Pledge® year-round.
• The Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting Project^® is most effective when presented school-wide. Ours is a universal school-based program establishing and maintaining positive social and emotional school climates.
  • Effective implementation can be accomplished in an assembly or classroom by classroom
• Official Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting Project^® materials displayed in the school (banners, posters, window decals, etc.) posted year-round.
• Staff and students’ Purple Hands Pledges traced, signed, and displayed year-round.
  • Families & Community Members Pledges are welcomed and encouraged to be displayed in your school
  • Our Family Pledge Promise explains how parents & families can take the Purple Hands Pledge® together.
    • Available in English, Spanish & Russian (other languages available on request)
  • Our Purple Hands Pledge® is for all Schools, Homes, Communities, and Individuals of any age!
  • Family Pledge Promise – English
  • Family Pledge Promise – Spanish
  • Family Pledge Promise – Russian

• Our Award-Winning Program is effective with both verbal and visual repetition!  
  
• Inexpensive (compared to other bully prevention curricula/programs)
• The Purple Hands Pledge® (school-wide) helps students build skills to reduce their impulsivity and increase their empathy as a “universal” school-based program with minimal distraction from class instruction time.
• A perfect example of how we work with any and all programs: “The Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) team felt that having the students take this pledge will act as a reminder of how important it is to treat everyone with kindness.”
• Time-efficient for staff to remind students when they forget their Purple Hands Pledge®   
• Students stand up for themselves and each other (eliminating bystanders)

• Partners are encouraged to be artistic and creative when displaying their Purple Hands Pledges
  • Purple paper (or purple latex paint) is necessary to emphasize the significance of the Purple Hands Pledge® and its impactful meaning.
  • Each hand is unique to each individual! Do NOT use a template.

Possible Funding Resources

• Grant Opportunities
• Reach out to your School’s Parent Club
•  Does your School have a Business Partner?
•  Local Service Organizations: Rotary, Kiwanis, Soroptimist, etc.
• Set up Fundraisers