The Personal Safety for Children: A Guide for Parents pamphlet assists Head Start families and teachers on how to help children learn to protect themselves from harm. Child safety experts from several government agencies collaborated on this pamphlet, including the Department of Justice, Health and Human Services, Education, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Select the links below to download electronic copies:

In English: http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojjdp/psfceng.pdf [PDF, 680KB]

In Spanish: http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojjdp/psfcspan.pdf [PDF, 678KB]

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To order hard copies of this publication, please login to the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC). Select this link and enter the words "personal safety" in the search box and select Submit. Select the shopping cart to the left of "Personal Safety for Children: A Guide for Parents" to place your order. You may order as many copies as you would like at no cost.

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