Developing the Boys to Men program

by Chad Sniffen on March 4, 2010

posted in: prevention

PreventConnect.org

Jeff Morrill

(22 min) In this interview, Jeff Morrill talks about Boys to Men, an educational program in Portland, Maine, focused on supporting the development of adolescent boys into healthy, non-violent men. He describes the origins of the Boys to Men program, the construction of its curriculum, and the ways that it uses bystander intervention training as a core component of its work.

Jeff Morrill is the Program Coordinator for Boys to Men. You can learn more about Boys to Men at its Website.

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[podcast]http://www.preventconnect.org/podcasts/V28 Jeff Morrill.mp3[/podcast]

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Author: Chad Sniffen (76 Articles)

Chad Keoni Sniffen has been the Prevention Services Coordinator for CALCASA since September of 2006. He provides training and technical assistance on prevention-related topics to California's rape crisis centers and rape prevention programs. He also works on CALCASA's PreventConnect Project, the MyStrength Campaign, and other CALCASA projects.

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1 Eleanor c. Brown-McSwain, MSW August 18, 2011 at 7:50 am

We are the first domestic violence agency that feels that boys who are at risk for being victims or victimizers need early intervention. Our work has shown us that boys/men need to address their past trauma and learn how it can impact their decisions later in life as well as we do with the girls programs

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