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- 2. WHY WAS IT ESTABLISHED? • The increase of schools under investigation for Title IX cases surrounding sexual violence • The need to educate students on the issues of sexual violence
- 3. PRE & POST TESTING • Pretest after registering • Postest immediately after participating in workshop • Provided test link via email
- 4. TRIGGER WARNING At the opening of the workshop after introductions participants are provided with a trigger warning because of the sensitive subject matter
- 5. WHAT DOES THE WORKSHOP ENTAIL • The workshop covers the different types of sexual violence • The workshop goes over helpful techniques to actively intervene in situations where sexual violence may occur • The workshop provides participants with scenarios on the different types of sexual violence and participants are asked how they would intervene using the techniques covered during the facilitation
- 6. ACTIVITY Participants are asked to create a scenario of in small groups and present it in a role play to the remaining participants; participants in return who are not part of the role play are expected to talk about intervention techniques for the situation displayed
- 7. HOMEWORK Participants in the workshop are expected to create a poster involving active bystander intervention and sexual violence
- 8. RESOURCES • The workshop provides participants with on and off campus resource that deal with sexual violence • Participants are also provided with the link to the module to use as a tool and resource in their every day lives and while creating their poster on the subject material conveyed during the workshop
Editor's Notes
- Hello, My name is Kendra Pereira and I will be providing you with an overview of the UMass Dartmouth workshop on sexual violence and bystander intervention
- The institution where I am located is one of 80+ schools under investigation for Title IX violations by the Office of Civil Rights and since the White House Task Force is really working towards educating individuals on the issue of sexual violence; administration at my institution in Student Affairs are trying to develop new ways in which to educate students on these issues. This is why this workshop was created.
- Individuals will be given both pre and post tests for the workshop. The pre test will be distributed to participants after registering for the workshop via email. The pre test will not be graded. The post test will be sent out to all participant who complete the workshop within 24hours of its completion. The post test will be graded based of of the information provided in the workshop. The pre test and post test will be used to determine student learning.
- Before the workshop begins facilitators pride participants with a trigger warning because sexual violence can be seen as a sensitive subject for some individuals. The following statement is provided: “The material within this workshop may be triggering, painful, or hard for some individuals who may be survivors of sexual violence or who know a survivor of sexual violence. If at anytime you feel that the material is too much for you, please feel free to step out of the room and re-enter when you are ready. If you feel like you need to speak to someone the Victim Advocate/Educator is available to you and is present at this workshop today”
- The workshop starts with the different types of sexual violence. It first covers stalking, then Dating Violence, followed by Domestic violence, and lastly sexual assault. The definitions of each type of violence have been taken from the UMass Dartmouth sexual violence protocol, student code of conduct, and Massachusetts State Law. After covering each type of sexual assault participants are asked if they have any questions on the subject. After questions on sexual assault wrap up, since it is the last type of sexual violence to be covered bystander intervention is than discussed. Participants are asked to define what a bystander is and what the bystander effect is. After defining both of these facilitators move into the story of Kitty Genovese (a woman in New York who was stabbed 17 times and raped with 30+ bystanders present and no one called for help until hours later). After the story they then discuss how Kitty’s situation could have played out differently if someone intervened. Participants are then introduced to the bystander techniques used by the Active Bystanders Care Program at Umass Dartmouth, these are referred to as the 3 D’s. They are Distract, Delegate, and Direct. After being given a definition of each technique individuals watch videos on each and then are given practice scenarios where they individually share how they would have intervened in that particular instance of sexual violence.
- The scenario practice than leads into the activity portion of the workshop. The activity involves participants Participants sitting in small groups of three, that will be lead by peer facilitators who have been previously trained in bystander intervention techniques. Within their group they must develop a scenario on a specific type of sexual violence in which they will role play for participants outside of their group. They will be provided with the definitions of the different types of sexual violence, to increase their knowledge of the issue. They will also be given three bystander intervention techniques (3 D’s) to use within the development of their scenario which they will present to the group through a role play. This will help them not only reflect on the different types of sexual violence but will also give participants the opportunity to incorporate the concepts of bystander intervention with each other/in a group setting. Individuals who are not role playing are expected to discuss the scenario and the type of sexual violence presented within each role play among their groups and why they chose a particular intervention technique for each situation. The explanation of their choice of technique will further show that no one technique is right and that each participant has a different style when intervening. This dialogue is partially meant to have participant self-reflect and then share their ideas with their peers. This is beneficial to the entire learning process because individuals must reflect on what they have witnessed and put into words the best methods of action of what they would do if the scenario played out before them had been a real life situation.
- As part of the learning process, participants are asked to create a poster surrounding sexual violence and active bystander intervention. The posters will be submitted for a grade to the workshop facilitators one week after the end of the workshop. After they are graded using the rubric for poster creation they will be passed along to stakeholders within student affair and at the end of each semester three winners will be chosen to become part of Umass Dartmouth’s active bystander intervention against sexual violence passive marketing campaign.
- At the end of the workshop participants are provided with a list of on campus and off campus resources for sexual violence survivors. The facilitator goes over the list with participants discussing where confidential sources can be found versus non confidential sources. Individuals will also be provided with link to this learning module for reflection and resource purposes.