Welcome to the Parenting Well podcast with Parent Engagement Network!  I am Dr. Shelly Mahon, your host and today’s well sources are Amanda Giguere and Sarah Goodrum.

Amanda Giguere has been on staff at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival for 20 years. As CSF’s Director of Outreach at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Dr. Giguere oversees all education programming, including summer camps, school programs, and public lectures. She holds a PhD in theatre from the University of Colorado Boulder and teaches regularly for CU Boulder’s Applied Shakespeare certificate program. Dr. Giguere’s research and work in developing CSF’s Shakespeare & Violence Prevention has been nationally recognized. Her forthcoming book, Shakespeare & Violence Prevention: A Practical Handbook for Educators, will be published in 2025 by University Press of Colorado.

Sarah Goodrum is a Research Professor in the Prevention Science Program in the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Goodrum’s research focuses on violence prevention, threat assessment, homicide victimization, domestic violence, and the criminal justice system, and for the last 25 years, she has taught sociology, criminology, and criminal justice courses at CU Boulder, University of Northern Colorado, and Centre College.

In this episode, we talk about: 

• CO Shakespeare Theater - Much Ado About Nothing


• The humanness of going through difficult emotions and situations and how to share your concerns. 


• The importance of being sensitive to and aware of aggressions.


• The concept of rehearsal - How practice makes something less scary and builds confidence. 


• What it means to be an “upstanders” and take actions to prevent harm.


• Using presence to connect with your children.


• Creating a space where your child feels comfortable sharing with you.


• Warning signs of concerning violent behavior, like school shootings.


• Resources for handling moments of violence.

Resources:

• Contact Amanda: Amanda.Giguere@colorado.edu 


• Contact Sarah: Sarah.goodrum@colorado.edu


• Center for the Study of the Prevention of Violence: www.colorado.edu/CSPV


• Colorado Shakespeare Festival: https://cupresents.org/series/shakespeare-festival/


• Safe2Tell phone number, app, website: https://safe2tell.org/


• 988: Talk to Someone Now — No matter what you're struggling with, other people have felt the way you do, call 988


• Kim Scott - The 5 D’s for Upstander Strategies