Healthy Relationship Task Force
In April, we sent out information about opportunities to participate in Focus Groups led by members of the Wayland Healthy Relationships Task Force. These Focus Groups are aimed at helping us better understand what prevents students and families from accessing support if they’ve experienced sexual harassment, assault, and/or dating/domestic violence. We hope to learn from you to help us identify the current barriers so that we may help the schools, and Wayland community as a whole, address these barriers so that every and any student who experiences sexual or domestic violence- and those who care about them- can access the support they deserve. We hope to hear as many voices and perspectives as possible, to help us identify next steps and continue to work to do and be better for our students and families.
We also know that this is an incredibly busy time of year, and while many folks may have wanted to participate in the April Focus groups, with the transitions of April Break and returning to full-time in-person learning for the first time in over a year, the timing may have made it impossible to participate. We want to do better on this, too. We wanted to offer a few different ways that you can share your perspectives and experiences so that we may learn from you.
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If you would like to meet with one of the Focus Group leaders- Jessica Teperow from REACH Beyond Domestic Violence and/or Jason Verhoosky from Wayland Youth and Family Services- they are happy to schedule one on one meetings that fit your schedule. You can reach them at Jessica@reachma.org and Jason_verhoosky@waylandps.org
- If you have a group that you’d like to participate in a Focus Group, we can come to a regular scheduled meeting time and run a Focus Group during that time.
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If you are a student and you are a member of a club or team, we’re happy to join your meeting and/or practice
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If you are a faculty or staff member and you have a meeting you’d like us to join
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If you are a parent and you’d like to gather a group of parents that are also interested, we’re happy to meet when it works best for you
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f you feel most comfortable participating completely anonymously, everyone is welcome and encouraged to fill out this survey.
If you have other suggestions and/or feedback on how we can learn from you, please e-mail Jessica and Jason.