College
safety and student achievement
Alteristic Bystander Intervention Programs for Colleges and Universities have been shown to reduce domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by equipping students and university employees with the skills needed to intervene in high-risk situations and model behaviors that support safety and student achievement. The program includes (1) workshops, (2) social marketing campaigns, and (3) evaluation.
PROGRAM ELEMENTS
Workshops have been developed for students and employees. They are highly interactive and use a bystander-framework to equip participants to (1) intervene in high-risk situations, and (2) do their part to ensure safety and maximize student achievement.
Depending on capacity and resources, campuses can expand their program by: (1) implement the multi-year strategy delivering a different workshop each year for up to four-years, and/or (2) incorporate a four-hour bystander workshop to strengthen the skillsets of key groups.
Social Marketing Campaigns are designed to reinforce and strengthen prevention-related skills. Providing multiple doses of key content helps ensure new behaviors are sustained long enough to make a difference that lasts.
Evaluation helps to maximum impact. All prevention programs include (1) pre- and post-surveys for every workshop, and (2) follow-up surveys that can be distributed throughout the year. Alteristic also offers campus-specific data analysis and reports that include recommendations for next steps. For institutions interested in a more nuanced picture of prevention efforts, evaluation focus groups and key-stakeholder interviews can be included.
IMPLEMENTATION
Green Dot is the prevention program most often utilized by college campuses. For a college to be certified to implement the program, they must attend a Green Dot for College Implementation Training. This certifies both instructors and coordinators to implement. The two-day training consists of a (1) Coordinating Team Planning Meeting, and (2) Instructor Training.
Interested colleges can receive the training by hosting a College-Specific Training (CST) or sending a team to a Green Dot Institute (GDI). Building core knowledge and skills of a team maximizes positive outcomes.
Features
The landscape of college campuses has evolved in the past several years, and Green Dot has evolved with it. Without compromising the core components, Green Dot has been restructured, simplifying implementation, and increasing access for institutions regardless of resources.
Flexibility and Scalability:
Based on resources, colleges can scale up implementation, including adding expanded workshops, collecting qualitative data for evaluation, and using more complex approaches for dissemination.
Hybrid Delivery:
For each component of the Strategy, colleges are provided both virtual and in-person options for delivery.
Multi-Year Strategy:
The strategy is comprised of four successive years of distinct workshops and social marketing campaigns that reinforce and build on the core skills of prevention.
“I would recommend Green Dot to another college because it is the only program that I have seen truly reduce rates of sexual assault, relationship abuse, and stalking. Green Dot invites every layer of your campus to participate, from Trustees, to administration, employees, and students of every identity.”
– Libby Thorson, Assistant Dean of Students, University of Wyoming
