Navigating Title IX

This course will allow participants to deepen their understanding of trauma and domestic violence and the impact on child development. Sessions will alternate between workshops that focus on building content knowledge and workshops that are strategy focused and foster skill building. It will conclude with a session focused on the impact of trauma-exposure on teachers, counselors, and administrators and strategies for caring for ourselves and creating school environments and structures that are conducive for healing for every adult, child, and family.

This workshop is designed for instructional designers and faculty who are committed to creating learning experiences that are trauma-sensitive and learning environments where all students can succeed. Participants will be provided with specific strategies including how to effectively provide trigger and content warnings, universal education you can include in syllabi and other course materials, and how to respond when a student either directly discloses or is demonstrating the impact of traumatic experiences in the classroom or their interactions with you.

Faculty and staff develop supportive and meaningful relationships with your students and colleagues; the trust they have in you may result in a disclosure of sexual violence. It can be difficult to know what to do and what to say when a student shares an experience of gender-based violence. This workshop will enable you to provide a trauma-informed response and to know the resources that can support you, your students, and your colleagues.

As a confidential campus resource, Health Center staff often see signs of sexual trauma or may receive direct disclosures of gender-based violence. This training will offer a space for these professionals to process the impact of supporting student survivors and offer strategies on how to establish relationships and an environment where students feel safe and supported to seek care following a sexual assault.

Colleges and universities are required by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to attest that all student-athletes, coaches, and athletic administration staff receive annual sexual violence prevention training. In a session specific to coaches and athletic staff, participants will have the opportunity to explore the unique risk and protective factors of their school and teams’ cultures, and gain a better understanding of gender-based violence. Participants will receive specific strategies, including facilitation prompts and guidelines, to engage their students in ongoing dialogue about sexual violence prevention. The student-athlete training will support participants to deepen their understanding of sexual violence and its impact, build skills to support a friend who has experienced sexual violence, and learn strategies to hold one another accountable.

Campus law enforcement can play a vital role in increasing the safety of the community by holding perpetrators of sexual violence accountable. Students who have experienced sexual violence may be hesitant to report their experience, for fear of not being believed, retaliation, or hearing others’ negative experiences with reporting to the University. This training will deepen participants’ understanding of trauma and how it can impact investigations and develop skills and strategies to enhance investigations by utilizing trauma-informed interview techniques.