Title: Overview of Sexual Violence
Learning Objectives:

• Define sexual violence and continuum of sexually violent  behaviors    
• Identify common myths versus facts concerning sexual violence
• Discuss connections between gender socialization and sexual violence
• Examine and refute the common myths which perpetuate victim blaming
• Examine the issue of consent in sexual activities
• Briefly explore the offender cycle
• Discuss Trauma Theory and define Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Briefly discuss how to respond to disclosures of sexual violence

Title: Handling & Facilitating Disclosure
Learning Objectives:                    

• Discuss impact of sexual abuse
• Review historical responses to disclosures of sexual abuse
• Explore factors that promote and inhibit disclosures
• Understand how disclosures often occur and process of disclosing abuse
• Practice responding to disclosures of sexual abuse through role-plays
• Practical activities to promote healing in survivors of sexual abuse
• Briefly discuss compassion fatigue and impact on disclosure on service provider

Title: Childhood Sexual Abuse 
Learning Objectives:           

• Define childhood sexual abuse and discuss prevalence
• Review laws regarding sexual violence in Pennsylvania
• Examine age appropriate sexual development
• Identify behavioral, emotional and physical indicators of sexual abuse
• Discuss warning signs of perpetrators
• Examine cycle of offending
• Identify the rules of a dysfunctional family
• Learn to respond to disclosures
• Learn about community resources and making referrals
• Discuss strategies to keep children safe

Title: Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children & Adolescents        
Learning Objectives:           

• Define trauma and PTSD
• Explore the disruptions and stresses trauma causes
• Examine neurobiology of trauma
• Understand the physiological mechanisms that create flashbacks, difficulty talking about the trauma, and detachment from emotions
• Explore the impact of trauma over a lifetime
• Discuss strategies to help survivors heal

Title: Revictimization        
Learning Objectives:           

• Recognize the difficulty in maintaining safety while experiencing violation
• Define revictimization and review research
• Examine behaviors within families which promote violation, including cycle of domestic violence
• Identify the cognitive, emotional and behavioral reactions that may increase exploitation
• Learn techniques for breaking the cycle of revictimization

           
Title: Self-Injurious Behaviors   
Learning Objectives:                     

• Define self injury and explore range of behaviors which may be self-injurious
• Explore attitudes about self-injury that negatively impact survivors
• Explore links between childhood trauma and self-injury
• Examine various theories regarding why people engage in self-injury
• Understand new ways to respond to survivors who self-injure

Title: Problematic Sexual Behaviors   
Learning Objectives:                     

• Identify normal sexual development and social constructs contributing to that definition of normal
• Discuss what sexual abuse teaches victims about sex and sexuality
• Distinguish between age-appropriate and warning behaviors in preschool through high school students
• Warning signs of perpetration
• Examine the link between abuse and dysfunctional sexual behavior patterns
• Discuss challenges working with clients acting out sexually
• Examine strategies for teaching about healthy sexuality, setting and maintaining boundaries and addressing problematic behaviors

Title: Understanding Resiliency          
Learning Objectives:                                        

• Define and examine the main components of resiliency
• Examine strategies for promoting resilency
• Explore relationship between resiliency and behavior
• Learn activities to promote resiliency in children and adolescents
• Discuss how operating from a resilience framework positively impacts work with children and adolescents
• Define crisis mode and examine how and why children may get “stuck”
• Learn ways to foster healthy coping skills

Title: Sexual Violence in the Disability Community
Learning Objectives:           

• Examine the prevalence of sexual violence
• Examine risks and vulnerabilities specific to the disability population
• Identify indicators of abuse
• Define and discuss attitudinal accessibility
• Learn risk reduction strategies for people with disabilities

           
Title: Sexual Harassment and Teens           
Learning Objectives:           

• Define sexual harassment and discuss prevalence
• Explore impact of sexual harassment on victim
• Examine laws prohibiting sexual harassment       
• Discuss how to help students distinguish sexual harassment from flirting
• Myths perpetuating sexual harassment in schools
• Learn respond appropriately to disclosures and how to support victims
• Discuss ways to work together to stop sexual harassment

Title: Sexual Violence Risk Reduction
Learning Objectives:                       

• Examine connections between gender stereotypes and sexual violence
• Role of “culture”
• Discuss prevalence of sexual violence among teens
• Examine how to teach teens about consent
• Examine power and control issues present in Statutory Sexual Assault
• Identify risks associated with the internet and technology
• Discuss drug-facilitated sexual assault
• Examine risk reduction strategies

Title: Vicarious Traumatization
Learning Objectives: