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| HEC/News e-Digest | May 20, 2011 |
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New Center This Week! Features, publications, Prevention Updates, and learning and training opportunities
This Week! New Toolkit to Help Schools Cope with Suicide
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, two of the nation's leading suicide prevention organizations, have collaborated to produce a toolkit to assist schools in the aftermath of a suicide (or other death) in the school community. After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools includes an overview of key considerations, general guidelines for action, do's and don'ts, templates, and sample materials, all in an easily accessible format applicable to diverse populations and communities.
More information about This Week! Features can be viewed at the Center's Web site.
Upcoming Online Training: Preventing Violence and Promoting Safety in Higher Education Settings
The Center will offer a new Online Training, "Preventing Violence and Promoting Safety in Higher Education Settings: Creating Comprehensive and Effective Programs." This free training will be offered as a moderated course over a two-week period, with opportunities to share ideas with other participants and receive feedback from Center staff on assignments.
The estimated time commitment over the two-week period is approximately 16 hours, and participants may log in at any time of the day or night. Individuals or campus and community teams are welcome to participate.
The course will introduce participants to the elements of a comprehensive approach to violence prevention in higher education communities and provides opportunities to apply the concepts to a specific violence problem of their choosing.
After participation, participants will be able to:
- Explain the key elements of a framework for violence prevention in higher education, including a set of principles and a planning process.
- Identify sources for relevant data and research to describe campus-specific problems and related risk and protective factors.
- Use that information to create violence prevention efforts that are strategic and tailored to local needs and priorities.
- Analyze current efforts and increase the extent to which each one has clear goals and objectives, follows best practices, and is coordinated and synergistic with other efforts.
- Access additional Higher Education Center products and services.
Dates: July 18-29, 2011
Registration will open in mid-June. For more information about this Online Training, please visit the Center's Web site.
Registration Open for Improving Campus Climate for LGBT Students Training Institute
Registration is now open for the upcoming Higher Education Center Training Institute, July 13-14, 2011 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
View more information on the Center's Training Institute Web page.
New Case Study: Clark University's Anti-Violence Education Program
Clark University has long been committed to providing antiviolence education and prevention services. Over 30 years ago the Daybreak program, which is the most comprehensive domestic violence program in the Greater Worcester area, was founded on the Clark campus. The Rape Crisis Center of Central Massachusetts was started at Clark in 1973. Both programs are now separate organizations that work with the Clark University Anti-Violence Education (CAVE) program.
The CAVE program's goal is to reduce dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking at Clark University through awareness and educational programs, most notably bystander intervention programs. It is a coordinated effort by several offices at Clark and representatives from student government and other concerned student groups. This coordinated campus response team meets regularly to discuss policies, procedures, and programming on campus that are related to issues of dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
To read more about Clark's initiatives and success, visit the Center's Web site.
Webinar Materials Posted: Building and Sustaining Statewide Initiatives for Effective Alcohol Prevention
This Webinar, hosted on May 17, 2011, highlighted lessons learned and best practices from successful statewide initiatives that work collaboratively to reduce underage drinking. The presentation materials and recording from the Webinar are now posted to the Center's Web site.
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"Working in Coalitions"
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Amid rape reports, Cal Poly leaders say campus culture needs to change
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| More information |
Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention
55 Chapel Street
Newton, MA 02458
(800) 676-1730
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| Announcements from the Field | Upcoming conferences and events, new resources and publications, and job opportunities in the alcohol, drug abuse, and violence prevention field. The Center does not necessarily endorse the events and resources listed below, but offer this information as a service to the AODV prevention field.
Resources for Sexual Assault Response Teams
The U.S. Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) has released an online toolkit for communities that want to develop or improve Sexual Assault Response Teams (SARTs). Developed by the National Sexual Assault Resource Center with support from OVC, the toolkit provides information and resources for establishing and/or enhancing collaborative, multidisciplinary SARTs to respond effectively to victims of sexual assault. Although not focused on institutions of higher education, there are campus-specific examples highlighted.
The toolkit reviews SART basics, lays out the steps involved in putting together a SART, describes how to maintain the focus on victims, highlights SART programs throughout the country, and includes resources to use when developing and evaluating SARTs.
The complete toolkit is available on the OVC Web site.
Upcoming Training: Clery Act
Offered By Security On Campus, Inc., this 1.5 day seminar walks participants through each aspect of compliance with the Jeanne Clery Act. At the conclusion of this interactive, multidisciplinary training, participants will be equipped with the tools necessary to address all reporting requirements in a comprehensive manner.
Topics include:
- Collecting, classifying and counting crime statistics
- Ongoing disclosures: timely warning, emergency notification, and public crime logs
- Victim support services and security programs
- Annual security reports
The seminar will also cover new reporting requirements, as of 2010.
Dates: June 28-29, 2011
Location: Arizona State University
For more information and to register, visit the Security On Campus, Inc. Web site.
Job Opportunities
The following positions were recently posted to the Job Opportunities section of the Center's Web site:
Associate Director, Student Health Services
Illinois State University
Research Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina, School of Medicine at Chapel Hill
Violence Prevention Education Coordinator
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Threat Assessment Team Coordinator
Virginia Tech
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| From the U.S. Department of Education | Announcements and news from the U.S. Department of Education.
ED's Safe and Supportive Schools News If you would like weekly e-mail updates on Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools programs, as well as other information related to school safety, substance abuse and violence prevention in education, and the promotion of student health and well-being, you may be interested in subscribing to ED's Safe and Supportive School News. Subscription information is at http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/listserv/preventioned.html.
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| The Latest Research | The latest research related to campus-based alcohol, other drug abuse, and violence (AODV) prevention, with a special focus on the scope of the problem and promising strategies and interventions.
Paul, L. A., Gray, M. J. (2011). Sexual assault programming on college campuses: Using social psychological belief and behavior change principles to improve outcomes, Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 12(2), 99-109.
Ringwalt, C. L., Paschall, M. J., Gitelman, A. M. (2011). Alcohol prevention strategies on college campuses and student alcohol abuse and related problems. Journal of Drug Education, 41(1), 99-118.
More research studies can be viewed in The Latest Research section on the Center's Web site.
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The Higher Education Center news service (HEC/News) is provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention as a way to disseminate news and information related to alcohol and other drug abuse and violence prevention on campus and in surrounding communities. Through its Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, the Department funds the Center under contract number ED-04-CO-0069/0005. The contracting officer's representative is Phyllis Scattergood. The content of HEC/News e-Digest does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. government.
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