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Hazing Investigations Training
Navigating Hazing Investigations
The investigation of organizational hazing cases can be among the most difficult work that student conduct practitioners are asked to do. This training will provide investigators and conduct administrators with proven strategies designed to cut through the veil of secrecy that often shrouds the truth in these investigations. Participants will gain valuable knowledge related to preparing for investigations, information gathering, questioning strategy, and sanctioning hazing cases.
Presenter: Gentry McCreary
Informal Resolutions in Title IX
The Title IX Final Rule states that colleges and universities may offer and facilitate informal resolution processes to resolve sexual harassment allegations in a less adversarial manner than the investigation and adjudication procedures that comprise the § 106.45 grievance process.
This training, led by attorneys Scott Schneider and Paige Duggins-Clay, will cover essential Title IX regulatory and OCR guidance, legal considerations, and offer practical considerations for all informal resolutions. Other topics discussed throughout the training include conflict of interest/bias, documentation, assessing voluntary participation, minimizing & managing trauma, and will provide attendees with hypothetical scenarios to engage with the content. Trainers Scott and Paige will also walk attendees through restorative justice as a method of informal resolution and review other practical considerations for implementation and policy development.
Presenters: Scott Schneider and Paige Duggins-Clay
Emerging Issues in Digital Safety
The online spaces inhabited by students and staff consistently manifest emerging threats to their digital safety and well-being - which now include addictive chatbot relationships, AI generated nude images, car app tracking, AI-powered catfishing scams, facial recognition stalking and more. This session offers a comprehensive exploration of these digital challenges, equipping participants with practical strategies to confidently address and strengthen the digital well-being of modern students. Attendees will walk away with actionable steps to effectively verify and counter these emerging threats and foster a safer campus environment.
Presenter: Adam Dodge
Title IX Decision Maker and Investigator Basic Compliance (2024 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, Kerianne Silver, Andrew Stammel, J.D., Rebecca Novick
Residence Life In-Service - Managing Low-Level Misconduct
Student conduct administration is often described as an aspect of student affairs that new practitioners fall into rather than seek out. Often individuals tasked with student conduct administration have been given it as a secondary responsibility, on top of whatever primary role they fulfill. Most entry-level residence life staff, for example, often are assigned lower-level misconduct to adjudicate. However, just because these incidents are considered low-level does not mean that they do not warrant dedication and meaningful attention. This workshop will introduce administrators new to student conduct administration to some concepts and management strategies that will assist them in effective and equitable case management.
Presenters: Ryan Ribeiro, Alex Wheeler
Basic Compliance Training 2020 Final 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, Kerianne Silver, Kelly Hendricken, Rebecca Novick
The Neurobiology of Sexual Assault
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.
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Presenter: Dr. Jim Hopper
Residence Life In-Service - De-Escalation
Residential life administrators and others who respond to incidents on campus often cite anxiety and apprehension as they begin to shoulder these responsibilities. After attending this session, administrators will have learned and developed strategies for approaching, addressing, and de-escalating tense situations on campus. These strategies can assist administrators as they navigate difficult circumstances.
Presenters: Ryan Ribeiro, Alex Wheeler
Title IX Decision Maker and Investigator Basic Compliance (2024 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, Kerianne Silver, Andrew Stammel, J.D., 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.
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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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