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Risk Assessment in Stalking Cases and Safety Planning with Victims
Stalking is a traumatizing crime that frequently co-occurs with physical violence – including homicide. The Stalking & Harassment Assessment & Risk Profile (SHARP) is a practical tool that provides a clear picture of a stalking situation and its risks. This session highlights the SHARP assessment and explores strategies to promote victim safety, focusing on the diverse tactics stalkers may utilize and safety options for victims and survivors.
Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will be better able to:
Presenter: Kendra Eggleston, Stalking Prevention, Awareness & Resource Center (SPARC)
Residence Life In-Service - Conflict Resolution Outside of the Conduct Model
Conflict resolution is a fundamental skill and responsibility of residence life and student conduct professionals at any level; inside and outside of the conduct process. While conflict resolution can be facilitated through different sanctioning methodologies, it is also primarily managed outside of the conduct model through mediations, intentional conversations, and community meetings on campus. This session will explore varying methods of conflict resolution with a focus on proactive measures that can be taken to resolve issues before or after they go through a formal conduct process. Examples of roommate conflicts, community meetings, and intentional conversations with students will be explored to detail the skills discussed throughout the session.
Presenters: Ryan Ribeiro, Alex Wheeler
Trauma Informed Interview Training
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
Improving the Response to Stalking: Investigations
Despite its prevalence, stalking is rarely investigated or charged. Building an effective stalking case means asking the right questions, collecting needed evidence, and constantly assessing for victim safety. This session will include a case study to explore how law enforcement and victim service providers can better investigate and document stalking.
Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will be better able to:
Presenter: Kendra Eggleston, Stalking Prevention, Awareness & Resource Center (SPARC)
Residence Life In-Service - Repairing Relationships After an Incident/Conduct Process
Repairing Relationships After an Incident/Conduct ProcessOne of the most important objectives of a residential life program at a college or university is to build and maintain community relationships throughout the academic year. However, the administrators responsible for the day-to-day management of a residential program are also responsible for responding to incidents and adjudicating student misconduct. The relationships between administrator and student can be understandably strained following an incident or a conduct process. This session will be dedicated to exploring the pathways to repairing relationships post-incident that facilitates growth and student development without compromising the integrity of your institution's process.
Presenter: Ryan Ribeiro, Alex Wheeler
Basic Compliance Training (2020 Rule)
This training is designed for all employees and students involved in the student conduct process, including conduct officials, law enforcement, student affairs practitioners, residential life staff, and Title IX officials. Topics covered include due process, the Clery Act amendments to the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, Title IX, and state-specific compliance requirements. Participants will examine a case study of sexual misconduct and learn best practices for addressing each stage of the disciplinary process.
Presenters: Ryan Ribeiro, Alex Wheeler, Kelly Hendricken, Rebecca Novick
Learners who follow the Title IX Certificate path will complete all topics required for Title IX Coordinators, Investigators, and Decisionmakers under the 2020 Title IX Final Rules, and all topics required for officials who may be involved in receiving, investigating or adjudicating a case of sexual or interpersonal violence annually by guidance under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) amendments to the Clery Act.
This path is best for any learner who has specific Title IX duties, such as serving as a Title IX Investigator, Decisionmaker, or Coordinator. Courses for the Title IX Certificate include:
Learners who complete this certificate will review all topics required for Investigators, and Decisionmakers under the 2024 Rule, and any other topics required for officials who may be involved in receiving, investigating and/or adjudicating a grievance of sex-based harassment or discrimination, and is available annually to meet the needs of administrators at colleges and universities across the country. Title IX Coordinators will need to undergo the topics covered in this training to be fully compliant with the 2024 regulations.
This option is designed for any learner who has specific duties, such as those serving as investigators, decisionmakers, or coordinators. Topics include:
Learners who complete this certificate will complete all topics for individuals responsible for the creation, modification, and/or termination of supportive measures during a grievance process under the 2024 Rule. This certificate is uniquely designed for individuals who may not serve as decision makers or investigators but will be involved in the management of resources and remedies through the duration of the grievance process.
Topics include:
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:
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. Under the 2024 Title IX regulations, institutions now have the option of using a non-hearing, investigator model to make determinations in sex-based harassment matters involving a student party. This training is for those investigators who will now be making determinations of responsibility. The training will cover how to weigh evidence, how to make factual findings and provide sufficient rationale for those findings, and how to apply policy language to facts in order to make determinations.
This certificate is awarded upon completion of the following certificates and training:
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:
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