ChildBuilders’ Program Overview

ChildBuilders' Approach to Keeping Children Safe

We have been serving the Houston community since 1974. Our mission is to promote mental health and prevent abuse by empowering children, parents, and teachers with assertiveness skills, emotional control, empathy, resilience, and the ability to resolve conflict nonviolently.

ChildBuilders envisions a community where all children are respected, nurtured, and protected.

Solutions

  • Educating children through classroom-based primary prevention TEKS-aligned programs, including Stand Strong • Stay Safe and other programs
  • Supporting parents, guardians, and other adults involved in parenting through outreach, resources, and in-person or virtual workshops
  • Supporting educators through professional development and curriculum implementation

Testimonials

“I believe that your program will save so many lives and will resonate for generations of families to come. It is a noble work….”
ParentStand Strong • Stay Safe
“…The students in many classrooms began to use language like, 'Stop, I don’t like that,' and treating each other with more kindness when the teachers reinforced the lessons.”
School CounselorStand Strong • Stay Safe
“We actually had a kindergartner share that another six y/o touched him inappropriately and we were able to handle this with his family.”
School CounselorStand Strong • Stay Safe
“A first grader disclosed sexual abuse using the verbiage that was taught in the program.”
School CounselorStand Strong • Stay Safe
“I hear positive feedback from parents who report that they hear their children using the assertive, empathetic language and applying the strategies with siblings and on play dates.”
Classroom TeacherStand Strong • Stay Safe
…My students' young lives are marred by loss: divorce, abuse, drugs and alcohol. ChildBuilders' courses help me mend their hearts, create hope, and instill values and goals, so they can determine their own destiny.…
Teacher, Klein ISDChildBuilders' Programs
"If you never tell someone [about the abuse], they're going to keep on doing it. That's why I could tell my principal or my mom or my teacher."
1st Grade StudentStand Strong • Stay Safe
“I really appreciated using the puppets in the lower grades. It was a safe and responsible way to present the information. I also received feedback from the parents that confirmed that the students understood and shared what they learned. I plan to use it again.”
Elementary School CounselorStand Strong • Stay Safe
“Students used the language and skills in role-plays and on campus. This program contributes to a positive sense of school community.”
Elementary School CounselorStand Strong • Stay Safe
Stand Strong • Stay Safe “created conversation about students’ relationships with friends and family. The students can now verbalize their emotions and dislikes to their friends and to me.”
Head Start TeacherStand Strong • Stay Safe
“Students have improved self-esteem and skills to speak out when they don't feel safe or respected.”
Elementary School CounselorStand Strong • Stay Safe

Personal Safety Education: Stand Strong • Say Safe

Stand Strong • Stay Safe - Early Childhood

Program Overview

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Teacher Guidance

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Character Counts

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Health TEKS Alignment

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Stand Strong • Stay Safe Early Childhood - Lesson 1: Assertiveness

This video shows an excerpt of the first lesson of the Early Childhood curriculum to give you a sense of how we introduce the puppets and how the puppet shows feel. Each lesson is scripted and presenters are trained to stick to the script. Contact us if you are a parent or administrator and would like a full preview of the scripts.

Stand Strong • Stay Safe - Elementary

Presenter Guide

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Sample Lesson

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Character Counts

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Health TEKS Alignment

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Stand Strong • Stay Safe Elementary - Lesson 1 Series

This collection of four short videos was developed for educators working remotely during Covid to offer virtual instruction in the Stand Strong • Stay Safe basic skills. You can navigate using the arrows in the box in the top left, or watch the videos in sequence one after the other.

Other Programs

Where Are ChildBuilders' Programs?

Alvin ISD

All Elementary counselors trained in and implementing Stand Strong • Stay Safe during 2024-2025.

Aldine ISD

All counselors in Primary Schools were trained in Stand Strong • Stay Safe and plan to implementing during 2024-2025.

BakerRipley Head Start

Stand Strong • Stay Safe - Early Childhood taught in every classroom in Harris and Fort Bend Counties.
• 2023-2024: 1,345 children and 368 parents served.

Cy-Fair ISD

Family and Consumer Sciences and Teen Pregnancy Program teachers are trained in Parents Under Construction and using it as needed.

Fort Bend ISD

Approved provider of child abuse prevention programs. All elementary counselors trained in Stand Strong • Stay Safe.
• 2022-2023: 3,448 students served.
• 2023-2024: 15,052 students served.

Galena Park ISD

Select elementary counselors trained in Stand Strong • Stay Safe.
• 2022-2023: 1,587 students served.
• 2023-2024: 458 students served, with plans being made to update training for next school year.

Gulf Coast Community Services Association

Stand Strong • Stay Safe - Early Childhood taught in Head Start Center classrooms.
• 2023-2024: 721 children served.

Klein ISD

Klein Oaks High School uses Parents Under Construction and Relationship Smarts Plus as needed with teens who are pregnant and/or parenting.
• 2022-2023: 179 students served.
• 2023-2024: 180 students served.

Lamar CISD

All elementary counselors were trained in Stand Strong • Stay Safe in 2022, and we continue to dialog with the district about a sustainable implementation plan.
• 2022-2023: 5,422 students served.
• 2023-2024: 120 students served.

Pasadena ISD

Approved provider of child abuse prevention programs. All elementary counselors trained in Stand Strong • Stay Safe.
• 2022-2023: 13,797 children served.
• 2023-2024: 13,772 children served.

Pearland ISD

Approved provider of child abuse prevention programs. All elementary and middle-level counselors trained in Stand Strong • Stay Safe.
• 2022-2023: 5,403 children served.
• 2023-2024: 8,008 children served and two district-wide parenting workshops held.

Santa Fe ISD

All elementary counselors and PE Coaches were trained in the full Stand Strong • Stay Safe in 2024-2025, with plans to implement this year.

Spring Branch ISD

All elementary counselors were trained in the full Stand Strong • Stay Safe in 2024-2025, while several have been teaching the program since 2018.
• 2022-2023: 1,040 students reached.
• 2023-2024: 600 students reached.

Private/Charter Schools

The following schools are using Build to Nurture and/or Stand Strong • Stay Safe to support their students: Amigos Por Vida Charter School, The Awty International School, Big Little School, and Brook Hill School.

Professional Development Services

Educators in the following schools/districts/centers received professional development programming from ChildBuilders: Alief ISD Communities in Schools; BakerRipley; Clear Creek ISD; Cy-Fair ISD; Fort Bend ISD; Galena Park ISD; Goose Creek ISD; Houston ISD; Klein ISD; Lamar CISD; Pasadena ISD; Pearland ISD; Spring Branch ISD; Spring ISD; Amigos Por Vida Charter School; Awty International; Brook Hill School; Collaborative for Children; Epiphany Catholic School; Houston Area Women's Center; NAMI-Houston; Northland Christian; Centerra Ranch Montessori; St. Catherine's Montessori; St. Francis Episcopal School; St. Laurence Catholic School; St. Catherine of Sienna Episcopal School; British International School; Monarch School; Village Early Learning; Yellowstone Schools; and 33 private/in-home childcare centers.

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11152 Westheimer Rd #794
Houston, TX 77042

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