Texas A & M
Pioneers in Green Dot
Texas A&M University was one of the first higher education institutions to adopt the college-level Green Dot curriculum in 2010. The first group of facilitators were trained in 2011 and since that time, TAMU has hosted a Train-the-Instructor training once every two years.
Green Dots Across Texas
Since 2010, we have trained 177 faculty and staff across the Texas A&M System, with Green Dot being implemented at Galveston, Texarkana, Prairie View, Central Texas, Texas A&M International, San Antonio, and Qatar, in addition to our main Texas A&M University campus.
Effective Adaptation for Many Audiences
Texas A & M has adapted the Green Dot curriculum to more effectively reach athletics, global education student, LGBTQ+ identities, peer mentors, and student organizations. In addition, a focus has been placed on bystander intervention and identity-based barriers.
Training Leads to Active Bystanders
2021-22 annual data indicates important results:
- 97% of training participants indicated they were more likely to intervene post-training, compared to 43% pre-training
- 98% of training participants were able to confidently identify an intervention strategy post-training, compared to 44% pre-training
Research
American Journal of Preventative Medicine
This study evaluated the Green Dot bystander intervention to reduce sexual violence and related forms of interpersonal violence in 26 high schools over 5 years and showed a significant decrease in sexual violence perpetration and also in other forms of interpersonal violence perpetration and victimization.
Read more ↗This article explores the methodology of a 5-year, CDC funded study of the Green Dot bystander program as it is implemented in high schools across Kentucky. It is the first of several articles in this special issue of the Violence Against Women journal which discusses the evaluation of Green Dot in high schools.
Read more ↗This study compared rates of violence by type among undergraduate students attending a college campus with the GreenDot bystander intervention with students at two colleges without bystander programs and explains that victimization rates were significantly lower among students attending the campus with Green Dot relative to the two other campuses.
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