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[Steve Thompson <>]

The point of entry here varies.  Our philosophy is that students will be 
more comfortable reaching out to students they see as educated on the 
subject and approachable.  Because of this, RA's are trained every 
summer on issues relating to sexual aggression.  Their protocol is to 
listen to the survivor and then refer to our second student group; SAPA 
(Sexual Assault Peer Advocates) or the counseling center.   Last 
semester  the SAPA's had approximately 140 contacts with survivors and 
friends. Many of the contacts come from our crisis phone.  The martix of 
services needs to have student involvement.

Steve Thompson


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>   1. RE: Response to Point of Entry (LaDue, Lee E. )
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> Our point of entry is the Sexual Violence Prevention Program.  In our
> materials we list other places like the community sexual assault center
> and public safety but typically students are always referred here to me
> and then I assess needs and offer referrals to other places if needed.
> I think it is good to list other alternatives because I know not
> everyone is comfortable coming to the Women's Center (my program is part
> of the campus Women's Center) but I work closely with those other places
> and usually will get a call from them and can walk over to their office
> to meet with the student.  I agree with trying to reduce the number of
> times a student needs to tell their story and as an advocate I can help
> them with all of those processes vs. it being compartmentalized with
> each different area. =20
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> Lee LaDue
> Assistant Director/Coordinator of Sexual Assault Services
> St. Cloud State University Women's Center
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>   1. points of entry for rape crisis services (Molly Dragiewicz)
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> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 09:40:36 -0500
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> Hi All,
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> I am wondering about the best practices for points of entry into sexual=20
> assault services and/or judicial procedures on campus. Here the push is
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> encourage students to contact one of several Sexual Assault Survivor=20
> Advocates (trained volunteers), me, Public Safety, the DA, one of the=20
> campus counselors, student health, our local rape crisis, one of the
> deans=20
> etc etc. Most of these people have extremely limited training and
> education=20
> about sexual assault.
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> I understand that the idea is that students will be most likely to talk
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> someone they know already and feel comfortable with. However, I suspect=20
> that the numerous entry points may just be adding confusion for the
> students.
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> I am also concerned that survivors are being asked to give their account
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> multiple times, at each office. When students come to see me as a first=20
> contact, I don't think they necessarily want me to ask them all of the=20
> questions to fill out a reporting form that we have, which is not the
> same=20
> as the public safety reporting form, or what the DA might want to know=20
> about the case, especially if I am referring them to an advocate who
> will=20
> then need to fill out her own report and so on. They generally want to
> tell=20
> someone what happened, and hear that it is not their fault and their=20
> feelings are normal, and find out their options.
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> What kinds of experiences with campuses that have one unified point of=20
> entry or multiple points of entry built into your sexual assault
> response=20
> do listmembers have? Has anyone worked with both kinds of system and can
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> compare the 2? What do you think works best? Is there any research on
> what=20
> works best for survivors?
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> Thanks,
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> Molly Dragiewicz
> Director
> Women's Resource Center
> Bucknell University
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> (570) 577 1375
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