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Carteret board approves Carter at Speak child-safety curriculum after debate over opt‑in consent
Summary
The Carteret County Board of Education voted Oct. 7 to approve an opt‑in, evidence‑based child body‑safety curriculum presented by Carter at Speak, amid questions about delivery, video content and how to reach children whose parents do not opt in.
The Carteret County Board of Education on Oct. 7 approved a proposed Carter at Speak child-safety curriculum that teaches body safety and how to report abuse, with program leaders saying implementation will be opt‑in and include a 60‑day parent review period.
The curriculum, presented by Vicky Wenk, director of the Carter at Speak program, and therapist Andrea Gilligan, is intended for pre‑K through fifth grade. Wenk said the pre‑K through second‑grade lessons use visual illustrations and a simplified coloring book to teach safe, unsafe and unwanted touches and to identify safe adults. "Our curriculum focuses on teaching children body safety," Wenk said. For grades three through five, the program expands to cover body autonomy,…
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