Triangle Abuse Prevention & Safety (TAPS) provides abuse prevention, healthy relationships, and personal safety programming for both youth and adults with disabilities. TAPS is a part of Triangle’s Compliance and Integrity Department under the leadership of Chief Integrity Officer, Melissa Strout.

TAPS Program Offerings

Triangle Abuse Prevention & Safety (TAPS) is a newly incorporated program that specializes in providing a variety of programs that empower and enrich the lives of people with disabilities as they pursue all of their personal and professional goals. Our programs are implemented in multiple settings and different stages in life – both youth and adults. TAPS programs are crafted with an understanding that abuse prevention programs need to reflect various situations as individuals grow into different stages in life. Each partnership starts by developing a deep understanding of the needs of each student to create and deliver customized and highly effective learning sessions.

Click here to view a list of specific topics that we teach to people of all abilities.

TAPS Offerings for Youth and Adults

For Youth:

• Core Triangle abuse prevention & safety programs for students (middle & high school)
• Advanced Triangle abuse prevention & safety programs for students (high school & transitions cohorts)
• Healthy adolescent and peer relationships
• Peer-to-peer positive school culture programs

For Adults:

• Triangle abuse prevention & safety for adults (DDS provider offerings)
• Healthy relationships in the workplace, at home, and consent for adults

For Learners of All Ages:

• Pre-employment workplace communication and boundary-setting
• Internet safety and online communications
• Supplements for travel training, such as interacting safely with strangers and avoiding vulnerable situations
• Skills to self-regulate stress responses

For Staff:

• School/organization staff trainings
• Institutional-specific curriculum development
• Abuse prevention, healthy relationships, and school/agency climate consulting services
• Skills to self-regulate stress responses

Additional Resources:

• EPIC (Empowering People for Inclusive Communities), a Triangle affiliate, can offer additional self-advocacy trainings to youth (traditionally incorporated in abuse prevention classes) and disability inclusion/ableism trainings to students (both with and without disabilities) and school/organization staff.

Contact

For more information, contact:
Melissa Strout, Chief Integrity Officer
Phone: 781.388.4343
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