In line with EU 2020 strategies, within the framework of a safe and healthy school climate in a democratic environment with European educational values; We aimed to increase the quality of early childhood education and care and to develop children's basic life skills. With our project, to prepare “School-Based Prevention Program Against Child Abuse”, We aimed to strengthen the professional competencies and competencies of our teachers, to learn innovative methods and techniques, and to support their motivation. Raising healthy generations who can express themselves, know their rights, have the ability to protect themselves, have developed basic life skills, and can manage emotions and behaviors, In order to prevent child maltreatment, we primarily wanted to support teachers' professional development, to develop their professional knowledge and skills, to strengthen their competencies and competencies, to learn innovative methods and techniques, and to support their professional development. At the end of the School Risk Map of our school, the first thing to do in order to protect children from maltreatment, For children studying in our school, in order to prevent the family and school environment from containing risk factors; We aimed to make these environments preventive and protective by enabling our teachers to learn innovative methods and techniques that will improve students' skills and by supporting their professional development on the subject. With the course in France, with the prevention programs against peer bullying, neglect and abuse in Spain, with the training our teachers will receive; We aimed to create a systematic, holistic and scientific evidence-based prevention program in order to prevent child maltreatment, to support the child exposed to maltreatment and bullying, and to create a safe and healthy school and family environment. At the end of the project activities, in order to form the basis of the "School-Based Prevention Program Against Child Abuse" to be prepared; On the issue of child maltreatment, we aimed for teachers to examine the education programs and school-child protection policies implemented in Europe, to conduct exemplary practice studies, and to strengthen their professional competence and competence. The project, which will last for 12 months, includes 5-day course activities in France and Spain.
As a result of the risk map and needs analysis conducted in our school within the scope of our school's professional development studies, it was decided to carry out prevention and intervention studies on "Child Abuse". At the school guidance services executive board meeting, a board decision was taken to provide training to students and families to prevent child maltreatment. Obtaining effective and successful results from these trainings is possible with the implementation of a systematic, holistic and scientific evidence-based prevention program. However, there was no prevention program for child maltreatment at kindergarden school level in our country. Our teachers needed to strengthen their competence and competence and to learn innovative methods and techniques in order to prepare a prevention program in this area. For this purpose, the project was applied.