2. OALS
Understand what sexual harassment at work looks like and its effects
Understand the relationship between sexual harassment and disability
Learn ways to support a student who has been harassed
Learn how to teach students appropriate boundaries at work
5. HAT IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT?
Verbal or physical
Quid-pro-Quo
Unwanted sexual advancements
Requests for sexual favors
Does not have to be sexual in nature….can be offensive remarks about a person’s gender
6. HAT’S HAPPENING IN OUR WORKPLACES?
25% of women report sexual harassment in the workplace
75% of victims experienced retaliation when they reported it
Between 87 and 94% of employees do not report experiences1
7. UT THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, RIGHT
Wendy Lu, author of article “I’m disabled and I get sexual
harassed…here’s why that matters” in TeenVogue3
8. Physically Aggressive
Sexual Harassment
Sexual Assault
Women with disabilities 69% 40%
Women without disabilities 59% 23%
Men with disabilities 39% 18%
Men without disabilities 23% 4%
Source3
9. AWS REGARDING CONSENT, HARASSMENT,AND DISABILITY
“Teasing” or “offhand comments” not illegal until it creates a hostile work
environment
2001: Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights published a sexual
harassment and Title IX compliance guidance
2011: OCR published “Dear Colleague” letter4
10. HY ARE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AT A HIGHER RISK OF SEXUA
ARASSMENT AND ASSAULT?
11. HY ARE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AT INCREASED RISK?
Nature of the Disability
Ability to communicate
Need for personal cares
Not knowing rights
Lack of education around sexual
harassment
Societal attitudes
¡ Isolation
¡ Infantilization
¡ Asexual
¡ Taught to be “complicit”
¡ All lead to lack of education and
knowing their rights
12. XUAL HARASSMENT AND DISABILITY
How might someone with a disability experience sexua
harassment differently than their peers?
13. FECTS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Missing work
Poor quality of work
Mental health effects
15. HAT TO DO IF A STUDENT REPORTS
Start by believing!
Ask student if they want to report to supervisor. There should an investigation do
by a third party (“fact finder”).
Even if they choose not to report, do not have that student working with the
offender
Ask the student what they need
nform parents
16. ING PROACTIVE
Work to prevent harassment and assault before it happens
Education is key!
Have an easy-to-follow procedure for both students and staff to follow
when a report is made…don’t wait to do this until an incident occurs!
Mandate against punishing complainants
17. PORTANT INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH STUDENTS
Teaching about consent and sexual assault
Define sexual harassment, talk about distinguishing appropriate
comments and contact from inappropriate
Discuss how to report an incident; vocabulary necessary for reporting
Work on self-esteem and self-value
19. CTIVITY: EXPLAINING WHAT IS OKAY/NOT OKAY
Your co-worker tells you they like your shirt
Your co-worker tells you your butt looks good in those jeans
¡ Why is one okay and not the other?
20. EACHING BOUNDARIES TO STUDENTS
Define relationships and the boundaries in those relationships
¡ Stranger vs.Acquaintance vs. Friend
Remember there is often a need for acceptance by people who have
frequently been excluded
If a student is likely to be the offender, need stricter supervision
23. DDITIONAL RESOURCES
Just Say Know! by Dave Hinsburger
Boyfriends and Girlfriends by Terri Couwenhoven
Teaching Children with Downs Syndrome about their Bodies,
Boundaries, and Sexuality by Terri Couwenhoven
24. OURCES
1. https://fairygodboss.com/articles/sexual-harassment-statistics
2. Lu,Wendy (2017, November 1). “I'm Disabled and I Get Sexually Harassed — Here's Why That
Matters”. TeenVogue.
3. Stop Street Harassment (February 2018).The Facts Behind the #MeToo Movement:A National
Study on Sexual Harassment and Assault. Reston,VA.
4. Krohn, Jesse (2014). Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, and Students with Special Needs: Crafting
Effective Response for Schools. University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change,Vol. 17,
ss. 1 [2014],Art. 2.
26. EART CONSULTING LLC
1:1 Education Around Safe Relationships
1:1 Counseling and Advocacy
Group Educational workshops
Support Groups for Survivors
Community Outreach Training and Presentations
Collaboration with Local Agencies
¡ Phone: (608)513-2139
¡ Email: ellenm@heartconsulting.org
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