ANNOUNCING:
Residence Life and Campus Police

Training Webinars
Sexual Assault Cases: How to Respond

A practical training experience like no other.

Comprehensive. Balanced.
Compliant with Your Campus’s Policies and Protocols.
Interactive. Engaging. Challenging.

Join us for a 90 minute training program led by Susan Marine, Sexual Assault Response Coordinator at Harvard University and Katie Koestner, nationally renowned public speaker, expert, and date rape survivor. We will address date rape, cyber-dating, alcohol, rape drugs, sexual exploitation, coercion, intimidation, acquaintance rape, same-sex assault . . . men, women, minors, students of color . . . parties and residence halls . . . . Greeks and athletes . . . and more.

Participants will learn the appropriate way to respond when someone reports a sexual assault and the role of rape crisis counselors, attorneys, sexual assault nurse examiners, peers, family members, campus policy, local police, school counselors and other key individuals.

Highlights

Real-time Web-Cast: visual support for the presentation is provided through a simultaneous web-cast of information provided in a multi-media presentation.

Interactive Quizzes: participants will have the opportunity to respond to a series of questions throughout the program, whereby answers will be instantly quantified and announced on the audio broadcast. Opportunity for discussion will be provided.

Case Study: at the end of the seminar, participants will watch a scenario unfold on a college campus and then have the opportunity to discuss the case with their peers all over the country.

Special Guests: we will host a campus police chief, a rape crisis counselor, a sexual assault nurse examiner, and other key individuals during the seminars.

Question and Answer Session: participants can e-mail their questions to a moderator who will then read them over the audio broadcast, and have them answered by the presenters and experts on the program. An additional hour will be provided after each seminar for follow-up questions.

Topics Covered

Definitions and Statistics: providing an overview of sexual assault, harassment, stalking, rape, and sexual exploitation, including the difference between forced based and consent based conceptualizations.

Medical Attention: physical evidence collection, paper bags, STI testing, transportation to the hospital, and more.

Reporting Options: jurisdiction, minors, criminal vs. civil vs. campus procedures, confidentiality, Clery Act reporting, anonymous reports, statute of limitations, restraining orders and more.

Support and Counseling: post traumatic stress disorder, common reactions, counseling centers, rape crisis centers, RAINN, campus ministry, hotlines, chat rooms, books, family, friends, suicide and more.

Survivors’ Perspectives: first-person testimonials about getting help after an assault, the Sexual Assault Victims’ Bill of Rights, 3rd party reports, “in-direct” reports, and more.

Responding to the Accused: side-taking, liability, options, presumptions, bill of rights and more.

Who can participate? As many people as you can fit in a room with a speaker phone that can be amplified so all can hear the training, and LCD projector with a laptop to transmit the web cast from the internet onto a screen in front of the audience! These seminars are appropriate for RA’s, police officers, peer counselors, faculty, health professionals, counseling staff, rape crisis center personnel, and anyone else who wants to assist someone who reports a sexual assault.

Note: The training will not conflict with individual school policies, but will bring to life what is often described in handbooks. A thorough training manual, complete with an easy-to-follow checklist is also available. Case studies are provided for group discussion and application of newly attained knowledge. The manual also includes important information on how to respond to someone who is accused of sexual assault. It is available in electronic format so that you can easily customize the reference phone numbers and resources for your institution and community.

Click here for the 2005 Webinar Schedule.

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