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These modules can be accessed on the SCI Web Platform
Foundations of Student Conduct
CAS Standards: Sexual Violence Related Programs and Services
Conduct Discipline at the Intersection of State and Federal Law
Decision-Writing Basics for Conduct Hearings
Disability Law in Student Conduct Proceedings
Due Process Part One: Theory and History
Due Process Part Two: Practical Application
Evidence in the Student Conduct Process
FERPA Fundamentals Four Part Series
Fundamentals of Incident Report Writing
Introduction to Restorative Justice
Mock Hearing Three Part Series
Understanding the Office of Civil Rights (OCR)
What is Affirmative Consent?
Student Conduct Practice Series
Collecting and Understanding Specialized Evidence
Effective Interviewing of Parties and Witnesses
Hazing 101
Hazing in College Athletics
Introduction to Cannabis for Practitioners of Student Conduct: Abuse; Effects; and Legality
Online Harassment
Recognizing and Responding to Stalking: Trauma Informed Best Practices
SCI's Guide to Starting a Restorative Justice Program
Understanding the Potential Impact of Illicit Substances on College Students
Yik Yak and Its Implications For Your Campus and Conduct Process
Higher Education Employment Investigations
Conducting Higher Education Employment Investigations
Employment Lawsuits: Title VII & Title IX
Fundamental Issues in Higher Education Employment Investigations
Labor Law Implications of the 2020 Title IX Regulations
What does Title VII require?
What Does Title IX Tell Us About Title VII?
New York State Compliance Training
Conduct Discipline at the Intersection of State and Federal Law
New York Education Law 129-B
Title IX Final Regulation Compliance Updates (2020)
Cross-Examination in a Title IX Hearing
Determining Relevance in Title IX Hearings (Two Part Series)
Legal Framework for Understanding Conflicts of Interest and Bias
Law & The Hearing Panel
No Contact Orders, Emergency Removals, and Interim Suspensions
Relevance and Decorum in a Title IX Hearing
Title IX Q&A Explained
Title IX Final Rule Basics
Title IX Final Rule Quiz Game
Supportive Measures in Response to Reports of Sexual & Interpersonal Violence
Understanding the Investigative Report Template for Investigations of Title IX Sexual Harassment
What is Severe, Persistent, and Objectively Offensive Title IX Sexual Harassment?
Title IX and the 2013 Violence Against Women Act Amendments
Appeals in Student Conduct Proceedings
Cultural Relevance and Inclusiveness, and Responding to Sexual and Interpersonal Violence on Campus
Making Your Practices More Inclusive: The Intersection of Title IX and LGBTQ+ Support
The Neurobiology of Sexual Assault Trauma Three Part Series
Pre-Hearing Preparations
Privacy, Confidentiality & Privilege in Disclosures of Sexual and Interpersonal Violence
Respondent Series Part 1 of 5 - Exploring the Current State of Affairs Regarding Respondent Services and Interventions
Respondent Series Part 2 of 5 - Respondents: Foundational Elements Regarding What’s Known, What Works, and What Can Be Done to Enhance the Efficacy of Interventions
Respondent Series Part 3 of 5 - Framing a Comprehensive Approach to Working with Students Who Engage in Harmful Sexual Misconduct
Respondent Series Part 4 of 5 - Why Utilizing Specialized Providers for Assessment and Treatment is Important and How to Find Them
Respondent Series Part 5 of 5 - Campus Safety Planning for Respondents: From Initial Report to Sanctioning to Community Re-Entry
Sexual Harassment: Legal Definitions
Title IX Liability for Deliberate Indifference
Trauma-Informed Practice - Legal Compliance Basics

Live@Distance Training Schedule

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Basic Compliance Training Title IX Coordinator Training

July 24, 29, 31 — 1:00pm - 3:00pm ET
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This training is designed for any employees serving as a Title IX Coordinator or deputy on a college or university campus. This training will cover the essential tools that Title IX Coordinators must utilize to ensure that their institutions are compliant with federal and state regulations. It will also review and demonstrate best practices in Title IX adjudication.


Presenters:
Day 1: Alex Wheeler, Ryan Ribeiro
Day 2/3: Alex Wheeler, Ryan Ribeiro

 

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Basic Compliance Training ENDtab-Tech-Facilitated Sexual Violence

July 30 — 12:00pm - 1:30pm ET
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Identify, prevent, and respond to forms of image-based abuse such as the nonconsensual distribution of intimate images, sextortion, cyberflashing, and synthetic image abuse.


Presenter:  Adam Dodge

 

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Basic Compliance Training Title IX Hearing Board Training

August 4, 6, 8 — 1:00pm - 3:00pm ET
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This training is designed for all employees serving as decision-makers within the hearing board or panel for Title IX cases. Topics covered include the legal underpinnings of Title IX for colleges and universities, due process obligations, the Clery Act amendments to the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, and NY state-specific compliance requirements. Attendees will examine and progress through a sample case of sexual misconduct and develop and practice skills critical to adjudicating these kinds of cases.


Presenters:
Day 1 - Andrew Stammel, Rebecca Novick
Day 2/3 - Alex Wheeler, Ryan Ribeiro

 

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Basic Compliance Training Student Conduct Hearing Board Training

August 12, 13, 14 — 1:00pm - 3:00pm ET
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This training is designed for all employees serving as decision-makers within the hearing board or panel for general student conduct hearings. Topics covered include the due process obligations on colleges and universities, FERPA and confidentiality considerations, effective questioning, and best practices in decision-making.

Attendees will examine and progress through a sample case of student misconduct, and develop and practice skills critical to adjudicating these kinds of cases.


Presenters:
Day 1: Andrew Stammel, Rebecca Novick
Day 2/3: Alex Wheeler, Ryan Ribeiro

 

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Title IX Investigations Training Title IX Investigator Training

August 21, 22 — 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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There are specific requirements, and specific skill sets related to conducting fair, equitable, and thorough sexual and interpersonal violence investigations. This training, led by Rebecca Leitman Veidlinger, M.A., J.D., will guide participants through a Title IX investigation from complaint intake to completion of the investigative report. This training focuses on practical approaches to this work, providing best practice insight from a national expert who will provide learners with thoughtful considerations on approaching investigations. Areas of focus include the impact of exemplary investigative techniques in developing TIX Investigative reports and best practice in approaches to communication with all parties. Our TIX Investigator Training is narrowly tailored for campus personnel with direct and ancillary obligations to investigate and adjudicate sexual and interpersonal violence on college campuses.


Presenter: Rebecca Leitman Veidlinger

 

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Title IX Investigations Training Advanced Workshop in Title IX

August 26 — 1:00pm - 4:00pm ET
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This highly interactive workshop builds upon the information provided in SCI's Title IX Investigator training and offers participants a chance to put themselves in the role of the investigator in a hypothetical investigation. Participants will practice the skills of comprehensive interviewing, summarizing relevant information from interviews, and handling party responses to evidence review.


Presenter: Rebecca Leitman Veidlinger

 

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Title IX Investigations Training Title IX Coordinator Training

August 28, September 2, 4 — 1:00pm - 3:00pm ET
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This training is designed for any employees serving as a Title IX Coordinator or deputy on a college or university campus. This training will cover the essential tools that Title IX Coordinators must utilize to ensure that their institutions are compliant with federal and state regulations. It will also review and demonstrate best practices in Title IX adjudication.

Attendance at all sessions is required for completion of training.


Presenters:

Day 1 - Andrew Stammel, Rebecca Novick
Day 2 - Alex Wheeler, Ryan Ribeiro
Day 3 - Alex Wheeler, Ryan Ribeiro

 

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Clery Act Training Getting Your Clery Annual Report Ready to Publish - Fall 2025

September 8 — 12:00pm - 1:30pm
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With the October 1st deadline to publish your annual Clery report right around the corner now is the perfect time to go through a final check to make sure yours is shipshape. This session with Clery Act expert S. Daniel Carter will guide you through a brief point-by-point review of everything needed to be in full compliance, where last minute updates may be needed, how the 2024 Title IX Rule affects your report, and tips for using the report to engage with the entire community on campus safety issues. It will also help you begin planning for next year.


Presenter: S. Daniel Carter

 

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Basic Compliance Training Title IX Hearing Board Training

September 9, 11, 16 — 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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This training is designed for all employees serving as decision-makers within the hearing board or panel for Title IX cases. Topics covered include the legal underpinnings of Title IX for colleges and universities, due process obligations, the Clery Act amendments to the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, and NY state-specific compliance requirements. Attendees will examine and progress through a sample case of sexual misconduct, and develop and practice skills critical to adjudicating these kinds of cases.


Presenters:
Day 1: Andrew Stammel, Rebecca Novick
Day 2/3: Alex Wheeler, Ryan Ribeiro

 

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Basic Compliance Training Student Conduct Hearing Board Training

September 18, 22, 25 — 1:00pm - 3:00pm ET
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This training is designed for all employees serving as decision-makers within the hearing board or panel for general student conduct hearings. Topics covered include the due process obligations on colleges and universities, FERPA and confidentiality considerations, effective questioning, and best practices in decision-making.

Attendees will examine and progress through a sample case of student misconduct, and develop and practice skills critical to adjudicating these kinds of cases.


Presenters:
Day 1: Andrew Stammel, Rebecca Novick
Day 2/3: Alex Wheeler, Ryan Ribeiro

 

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Basic Compliance Training Identifying and responding to stalking

September 19th — 12:00pm - 1:30pm
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SPARC provides training to multidisciplinary professionals working with stalking victims or offenders. SPARC does not provide training to victims, students, or the general public.

SPARC trainings are for professionals who seek to increase their understanding of stalking and enhance their skills in working with stalking victims or offenders. Our trainings are victim-centered, research informed, and practice based. We are available to work with practitioners on the local, regional, statewide, and national levels. 


Presenter:  SPARC

 

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Basic Compliance Training Residence Life In-Service

September — Dates TBA
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Join us for our Residence Life Summer In-Service series! Throughout this week in July, the SUNY SCI will be bringing workshops and courses designed for Residence Life and Housing professionals and paraprofessionals with overlapping student conduct responsibilities! These trainings are designed to supplement the training and onboarding plans that institutions already utilize to best service students.


Presenters: Alex Wheeler, Ryan Ribeiro

 

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The Neurobiology of Sexual Assault

October 7, 8 — 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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The Brain Under Attack: Understanding Impacts on Experience, Behavior, and Memory

Traumatic experiences have immediate, powerful, and potentially long-lasting effects on the human brain. This presentation explains, in very accessible ways, how stress and trauma can alter brain functioning during sexual assaults and other traumas. Participants will learn about the key brain circuitries impacted by stress and trauma, including the prefrontal cortex and defense and memory circuitries. Participants will gain increased understanding of brain-based experiences, behaviors, and memory characteristics and learn important implications for their work with victims of sexual assault and other violence. This presentation provides a critical foundation for learning and applying trauma-informed responses with people who have been assaulted.

Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will be able to define key brain circuitries impacted by severe stress in the midst of traumatic experiences, from sexual assault to military combat.
  • Participants will be able to name and explain common brain-based subjective and behavioral responses to sexual and other assaults that have implications for supporting victims and conducting investigations and prosecutions.
  • Participants will be able to explain basic brain-based impacts of trauma and stress on memory encoding, storage, and retrieval that have implications for supporting victims and conducting investigations and prosecutions.

Presenter:  Dr. Jim Hopper

 

 

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Title IX Investigations Training Investigating Stalking

October16 — 12:00pm - 1:30pm
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SPARC provides training to multidisciplinary professionals working with stalking victims or offenders. SPARC does not provide training to victims, students, or the general public.

SPARC trainings are for professionals who seek to increase their understanding of stalking and enhance their skills in working with stalking victims or offenders. Our trainings are victim-centered, research informed, and practice based. We are available to work with practitioners on the local, regional, statewide, and national levels. 

Presenter: SPARC

 

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Basic Compliance Training Trauma Informed Interview Training

October 20, 21 — 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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Trauma Informed Interviewing in Sexual Assault Investigations
Navigating the landscape of sexual assault investigations is complex. Less than 50% of all sexual assault victims ever make a report to police or authorities. It is critical that anyone taking reports understand the complex psychological, cultural, and social challenges that sexual assault victims face. Victims who speak about their assault can be misunderstood and met with a wide range of negative reactions, including disbelief, shame, and blame. These reactions not only cause further damage to victims but hinder successful investigations.

Getting an accurate interview from the victim is critical
Trauma has unique effects on the brain including the areas of the brain responsible for processing information and encoding memory. Many sexual assault victims experience some degree of memory loss. Trauma informed interviewing takes this into account and helps interviewers structure questions that elicit information in a fashion other than a traditional chronological narrative.

Trauma informed interviewing however is more than asking questions in a certain way. It is also considering the many facets that create the best atmosphere for allowing a victim to relay information. This course will explain how an interviewer can facilitate a process to allow a victim the greatest opportunity to successfully share their experience.


Presenters: Nancy Oglesby & Mike Milnor 

 

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Basic Compliance Training Student Conduct Hearing Board Training

November 5, 7, 12 — 1:00pm - 3:00pm ET
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This training is designed for all employees serving as decision-makers within the hearing board or panel for general student conduct hearings. Topics covered include the due process obligations on colleges and universities, FERPA and confidentiality considerations, effective questioning, and best practices in decision-making.

Attendees will examine and progress through a sample case of student misconduct, and develop and practice skills critical to adjudicating these kinds of cases.


Presenters:  

Day 1 - Andrew Stammel, Rebecca Novick
Day 2/3 - Ryan Ribeiro, Alex Wheeler

 

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Basic Compliance Training Coordinating the response to stalking

November 14 — 12:00pm - 1:30pm
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SPARC provides training to multidisciplinary professionals working with stalking victims or offenders. SPARC does not provide training to victims, students, or the general public.

SPARC trainings are for professionals who seek to increase their understanding of stalking and enhance their skills in working with stalking victims or offenders. Our trainings are victim-centered, research informed, and practice based. We are available to work with practitioners on the local, regional, statewide, and national levels. 


Presenter:  SPARC

 

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Basic Compliance Training Title IX Hearing Board Training

December 2, 4, 9 — 1:00pm - 3:00pm ET
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This training is designed for all employees serving as decision-makers within the hearing board or panel for Title IX cases. Topics covered include the legal underpinnings of Title IX for colleges and universities, due process obligations, the Clery Act amendments to the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, and NY state-specific compliance requirements. Attendees will examine and progress through a sample case of sexual misconduct and develop and practice skills critical to adjudicating these kinds of cases.


Presenters: 

Day 1 - Andrew Stammel, Rebecca Novick
Day 2/3 - Alex Wheeler, Ryan Ribeiro

 

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Title IX Investigations Training Title IX Coordinator Training

December 11, 16, 18 — 1:00PM - 3:00PM ET
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This training is designed for any employees serving as a Title IX Coordinator or deputy on a college or university campus. This training will cover the essential tools that Title IX Coordinators must utilize to ensure that their institutions are compliant with federal and state regulations. It will also review and demonstrate best practices in Title IX adjudication.

Attendance at all sessions is required for completion of training.


Presenters:

Day 1- Andrew Stammel, Rebecca Novick
Day 2/3 - Alex Wheeler, Ryan Ribeiro

 

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Basic Compliance Training The Cost of Caring: Understanding Your Vicarious Trauma

December 19 — 12:00pm - 1:30pm ET
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In this interactive session, participants will learn the specific tools that will help them to prevent burnout and compassion fatigue and increase compassion satisfaction. Based on Dr. Jill Bassett- Cameron's research and over20 years in higher education, she has designed this workshop to be engaging while providing helpful tools. 


Presenter: Dr. Jill Bassett-Cameron

 

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Training Certificates

This training covers annual compliance requirements for Title IX, VAWA, and Clery and is for:
  • hearing board members
  • appeals board members
  • Title IX administrators
  • Student Conduct Administrators

Topics covered include due process, the Clery Act amendments to the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, Title IX and NYS requirements. Participants will examine a case study of sexual misconduct and learn best practices for addressing each stage of the adjudication process.

Modules in this course include:

  • What is Title IX?
  • Compliance Essentials
  • Legal Foundations for Live Title IX Hearings
  • Due Process
  • Retaliation
  • Conflicts of Interest & Bias
  • FERPA & Confidentiality
  • Consent
  • Cultural Awareness
  • The Ideal Hearing Panelist
  • Pre-Hearing Prep
  • Walking Through the Title IX Hearing
  • Cross-Examination
  • Relevance
  • Evidence-Based Decision Making
  • Deliberation & Rationale Writing
  • Sanctioning
  • Appeals

Total Estimated completion time:  2 hours 12 minutes 

Standard Compliance Certificate

Learners who follow the Standard Compliance certificate path will complete all topics included below. This option is best for any learner who may not have specific Title IX responsibilities. Those individuals should instead complete the compliance certificate applicable to their responsibilities.

Topics included in this certificate include:

  • No contact orders, emergency removals, and interim actions
  • Effective interviewing of parties and witnesses
  • Due process theory, history, and practical application
  • Disability law in student conduct proceedings
  • Cultural relevance and awareness
  • Evidence in the student conduct process
  • Pre-hearing preparation
  • Law and adjudication
  • Decision-writing basics for conduct proceedings
  • Appeals in student conduct proceedings
  • Technology basics
  • The varied roles of the advisor
  • Understanding conflicts of interest, bias, and serving impartially
  • Collecting, understanding, and assessing credibility and evidence
  • Conducting equitable and effective investigations
  • Decision making and decision implementation
  • Relevance and decorum during adjudication

Investigator Certificate: Hearing Panel

There are specific requirements and specific skill sets related to conducting fair, equitable, and thorough sexual and interpersonal violence investigations. This certificate will guide participants through a Title IX investigation from complaint intake to completion of the investigative report. This training focuses on practical approaches to this work, providing best practice insight from a national expert who will provide learners with thoughtful considerations on approaching investigations. Areas of focus include the impact of exemplary investigative techniques in developing TIX Investigative reports and best practice in approaches to communication with all parties. Our TIX Investigator Training is narrowly tailored for campus personnel with direct and ancillary obligations to investigate and adjudicate sexual and interpersonal violence on college campuses. Participants will practice the skills of comprehensive interviewing, summarizing relevant information from interviews, and handling party responses to evidence review.

This certificate is awarded upon completion of the following certificates and training:

    • Title IX Basics (On Demand)
    • Title IX Investigations (Live@Distance)
    • Advanced Workshop in Title IX Investigations (Live@Distance)
For more information, contact:
Student Conduct Institute The State University of New York
H. Carl McCall SUNY Building
Albany , NY 12246
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