Everything you need to continue the conversation
Guides, articles, and printable activities designed to help you and your child extend the experience past the storybook.
Roleplay & Pre-Reading Brief
The main guide before reading You Can Say No, Jo! An overview of each chapter, its subtext and expert advice from the peer reviewer, David.
Activity Pages
Spark your little one’s creativity and reinforce the lessons learned from Jo’s story. Use only after reading the book.
Conversation Jar Strips
Cut out the strips, place them in a jar or bowl, and take turns choosing one each day. Listen, ask follow-up questions and enjoy getting to know each other better.
Roleplay & Pre-Reading Brief
The main guide before reading You Can Say No, Jo! An overview of each chapter, its subtext and expert advice from the peer reviewer, David.
Activity Pages
Spark your little one’s creativity and reinforce the lessons learned from Jo’s story. Use only after reading the book.
Conversation Jar Strips
Cut out the strips, place them in a jar or bowl, and take turns choosing one each day. Listen, ask follow-up questions and enjoy getting to know each other better.
ARTICLES & FEATURES
From the Author
I Was (Already) 14 When I Learned My Body Belonged Only to Me
Written by Julienne Jocson
Tricky People: When “Stranger Danger” Doesn’t Cut It Anymore
Written by Julienne Jocson
Home is the First Classroom: A Conversation with a Child Educator
Written by Julienne Jocson
RESEARCH & FURTHER READING
For when you want to learn more
Preventive Consent Education and Parental Partnership: Safeguarding Children Through Early Intervention
By Julienne Jocson et al.
Read the research that inspired You Can Say No, Jo! and learn about the findings behind the project.
Teaching Kids About Boundaries: Why empathy and self-awareness play a major role
By Rae Jacobson, MS
Talking to Children about Consent
By Respect Victoria
Read about how consent education can begin in childhood through everyday experiences involving body autonomy, boundaries, empathy and respectful interactions.
Helping Kids Make Decisions
By Gia Miller
Read about the decision-making principles that informed the book’s ABC mechanism and why providing choices for children help develop their decision-making skills.
Preventive Consent Education and Parental Partnership: Safeguarding Children Through Early Intervention
By Julienne Jocson et al.
Read the research that inspired You Can Say No, Jo! and learn about the findings behind the project.
Teaching Kids About Boundaries: Why empathy and self-awareness play a major role
By Rae Jacobson, MS
Talking to Children about Consent
By Respect Victoria
Read about how consent education can begin in childhood through everyday experiences involving body autonomy, boundaries, empathy and respectful interactions.
Helping Kids Make Decisions
By Gia Miller
Read about the decision-making principles that informed the book’s ABC mechanism and why providing choices for children help develop their decision-making skills.
GOVERNMENT & NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
For when you need support
Save The Children Philippines
One of the leading child-rights organizations fighting for children’s survival, education, and protection from violence and abuse
Women and Children Protection Center
Committed to protecting the rights and welfare of women and children through victim support, advocacy, and community partnerships against abuse.
Council for the Welfare of Children
The focal government inter-agency body providing dynamic leadership in ensuring a child-friendly and child-sensitive society where every child fully enjoys their rights.
Child Protection Network Foundation
A non-government organization with expertise on the prevention and treatment of child abuse, centers on increasing the accessibility of services for abused children in the Philippines.
Save The Children Philippines
One of the leading child-rights organizations fighting for children’s survival, education, and protection from violence and abuse
Women and Children Protection Center
Committed to protecting the rights and welfare of women and children through victim support, advocacy, and community partnerships against abuse.
Council for the Welfare of Children
The focal government inter-agency body providing dynamic leadership in ensuring a child-friendly and child-sensitive society where every child fully enjoys their rights.
Child Protection Network Foundation
A non-government organization with expertise on the prevention and treatment of child abuse, centers on increasing the accessibility of services for abused children in the Philippines.
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