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["Kaplan, Claire (cnk2r)" <>]

Hi Catherine,
Believe it or not, we did a training for some of the Athletics student 
affairs folks 2 weeks before Yeardley was murdered.  They still can't get 
over the timing.  Sadly, neither lacrosse coach was there (although the 
Associate AD is the former coach). But most of the training was to support 
survivors, v identifying perpetrators.  But we do go over all the danger 
signs in the training, and participants hear from survivors who are willing 
to speak publicly (the total training is about 2-1/2 hours).  We were in the 
process of figuring out when to do another training when the disaster 
happened.  Now that we have a new president who is strongly committed to 
dealing with these issues, the Athletics Dept, Student Affairs, (and 
hopefully SDVS at some point) will do a training somewhat like "Step Up" for 
all faculty, including athletics, but modified to fit the role of 
advisor/faculty/coach, etc. [Susie Bruce, our director of Alcohol & Substance 
Ed, was one of the authors of Step Up and it's used for athletes, but we 
didn't use the sexual assault/IPV stuff because we thought it needed 
improvement.] You might want to speak with Jane Miller, AD of Athletics, to 
find out what's cooking.  At the present moment, everyone is frantically 
working on organizing our Day of Dialogue, which is a week from this Friday, 
so you might not get much of an answer right away.

Those SAPC list members who are interested in our Day of Dialogue, I'll be 
happy to post information on the process and what we did, along with my 
impressions of success, etc., after it's done. It's only the first step in a 
year-long discussion of violence and oppression on campus.  It was initiated 
by Terry Sullivan, our new president.

Take care,
Claire
--
Claire Kaplan, Ph.D.
Director, Sexual and Domestic Violence Services
UVA Women's Center
PO Box 800588
Charlottesville VA 22908-0588
434.982.2774
434.982.2361




From: "Sullivan, Catherine M." 
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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:11:26 -0400
To: Sexual Assault Program Coordinators' Listserv 
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Subject: training for coaches

Hi all,

I've been asked by athletics on campus to do an hour-long training with the 
coaches focused on helping them identify students of concern and the best way 
to intervene.  This request is in reaction to Yeardly Love and wanting to 
help coaches recognize red flags and intervene early.  Seems like they are 
wanting something interactive (similar to the Step Up curriculum).  I'm 
wondering whether anyone has done anything like that and if so, whether 
they'd be willing to share with me their curriculum.  I'm not too familiar 
with sports culture and want to be thoughtful about preparing something that 
will speak to them and be helpful.

Any help, much appreciated.

Cathy
______________________________

Cathy Sullivan, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist
Coordinator of Sexual Assault Services
Towson University Counseling Center
Towson, MD 21252