Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

[April P Baer <>]

Good afternoon, all –

 

I am seeking some feedback on the topic of preventing victims/survivors from being triggered during programming and activities relating to the topic of sexual assault.  How are your campuses working to ensure that the content of your educational programs touches candidly on this topic without unintentionally pushing a students into an unsafe space? 

 

Specifically, as one of several programs our first-year students participate in, we utilize “Welcome to the Party” created by WVU.  Instructors for our first-year student courses typically sign up their classes to attend.  We understand that, for some students, attending this program can be quite uncomfortable.  Without having to disclose to a professor, we are wanting to find ways to encourage students to seek an alternative assignment in which they are still able to capture information about campus- and community-resources while also, hopefully, seeking these resources for themselves should they find the program to be triggering.  Have any campuses used this program and found a comfortable balance?  Have campuses with any more wide-spread campus programs found a way to manage this issue? 

 

Any advice that can be offered on this topic is sincerely appreciated.

 

Thank you!

 

Best,

 

April Paul Baer, MA, CWP

Director | Student Wellness

Frostburg State University

 

Office of Student and Educational Services

116 Hitchins Administration Building

301.687.3035 |