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SUPPORTS AND BARRIERS TO SURVIVOR EMPOWERMENT. Tricia B. Bent-Goodley, Ph.D., MSW, LICSW Professor & Chair, Community, Administration & Policy Practice Sequence Project Director, Campus Safety First Project (CSFP) Howard University School of Social Work
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SUPPORTS AND BARRIERS TO SURVIVOR EMPOWERMENT Tricia B. Bent-Goodley, Ph.D., MSW, LICSW Professor & Chair, Community, Administration & Policy Practice Sequence Project Director, Campus Safety First Project (CSFP) Howard University School of Social Work Presented at Campus Sexual Assault Policy: Problems and Progress October 25, 2012 11:00 am - 1:00 pm University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
Realities of the Contemporary College Campus • Understand the culture of the campus • Conduct a SWOT analysis of the campus and community environment – look at accessibility • Identify who is your student and the diversity within that student population • Acknowledge that students bring a variety of issues to the campus community • Recognize what you don’t bring so you can acquire what is missing • Distinguish communication patterns on your campus
Acknowledge the Barriers and Opportunities • Not all relationships are heterosexual • Recognize the developmental stages on your campus • Understand the diversity on your campus – remember cultural competence is a reflection of concrete skills on the individual, organizational and policy level • Examine beliefs about law enforcement • Understand the nature of racial loyalty • Be honest about myths and stereotypes • Recognize the stigma associated with getting help • Identify help-seeking challenges
Acknowledge the Barriers and Opportunities • Explore how technology and social media are impacting the culture of the campus • Identify language barriers – all types of language barriers • Understand the impact of diverse religious and faith-based backgrounds • Recognize the role of historical trauma • Understand the nature of reporting and what that means
So what am I supposed to do with all of this information?
Selected Steps • Know the pertinent laws (i.e., Title IX, Clery) • Know the pertinent laws (this is not a typo ) • Document what you are doing and its connection to what you should be doing • Ask students – different types of students – including males
More Selected Steps • Build relationships on and off campus • Frame the issue in a way that makes sense for the campus – they need to understand why they should be invested • All of this must happen before you even get to the barriers
Supports to Survivor Empowerment • Create a campus community that is invested in the issue • Create off-campus opportunities for students to get help • Have a protocol in place and making sure that students know it • Institute prevention efforts
Supports to Survivor Empowerment • Provide a culturally competent response – if you don’t students will know it and they will not seek your help • Support the student where they are at • Conduct bystander prevention education • Create opportunities for healing
Contact Information • Dr. Tricia Bent-Goodley tbent-goodley@howard.edu 202-806-4729 www.twitter.com/drbentgoodley