VIRTUAL: Interrupting Sexual Harassment & Violence

Event description
Sponsored by BSAS
Yes

November 12 - 13, 2020

This training will be held through ZOOM. The credentials to log into the training will be sent out as we approach the training date.  

This is a two day training, attending both days is required.

DESCRIPTION: This compassionate, interactive training provides an overview of sexual harassment and violence, and includes our Ethical Upstander© training. Data and activities will allow participants to consider the impact of sexual harassment and violence within the field of substance addiction, and gain strategies for preventing and effectively interrupting harmful behaviors and practices.

OBJECTIVES: At the completion of this training, participants will be able to

  • Define sexual harassment and assault and recognize their manifestations
  • Understand the frequency, scope and impact of sexual harassment & assault
  • Recognize the connections and correlations between victimization, substance use, addiction
  • Identify who is at greatest risk for being targeted and for committing the harm
  • Recognize rape culture and its expressions and manifestations in pop-culture
  • Recognize how and why our culture engages in victim-blaming
  • Demonstrate effective allyship with those who have been targeted
  • Develop specific strategies for preventing sexual harassment and violence
  • Employ Ethical Upstander© skills to effectively interrupt harmful behavior
  • Identify trauma informed policies and practices to support survivors
  • Integrate consent into policies, practices and curriculum
  • Understand intersectionality and ways harassment and discrimination impact specific social identity groups
Details
Presenter
Deborah Cohen, M.Ed. and Angelica Castro
Event date
to
Attendance mode
Online
Address

United States

Cost
$25
Contact
Emilie Tenander
Phone
508.752.7313
Position
Training Coordinator
Organization
AdCare Educational Institute, Inc.