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Trainings Available
To request a training or a topical presentation for a group, organization, or class, please contact va@usf.edu. In order for staff to best accommodate training requests, we ask that requests be submitted at least two weeks prior to the presentation date.
When requesting a training, please include information about the following: your group, requested training topic, preferred dates and times, training location, and estimated group size.
To learn more about open workshops offered by The Center for Victim Advocacy and Violence Prevention that are available to all USF students, click here for semester offerings.
The trainings listed below can be modified to fit audience needs and time slots. The Center for Victim Advocacy can also deliver trainings on topics related to violence prevention, trauma-informed practice, boundaries, victimology, domestic violence, stalking, harassment, and other related topics.
Bystander Intervention Training
In this workshop, students develop skills to identify potentially violent situations and safely and effectively intervene to decrease instances of violence in the USF community and create a culture of collective support. Students explore signs and dynamics of power-based violence, ways to navigate barriers to intervening, and the 3D bystander intervention approach.
*Content Warning: This workshop explores topics related to violence, including sexual violence, relationship violence, stalking, and harassment.
Length: 90 minutes (can be modified to a shorter 60-minute session)
Space requirements: Access to screen for PowerPoint
Camp Consent
In this innovative, camp-themed workshop participants develop skills that support consent communication and healthy relationship behaviors. In rotating learning stations (complete with merit badges!), participants build skills in the following competencies:
- Affirming boundaries
- Sharing power
- Communicating to connect, not coerce
Learning stations incorporate digital storytelling, movement, and play to support engagement. We end the workshop in a full-group opportunity for skill-building and reflection around self-advocacy.
*Content Warning: This workshop explores sexual consent and discussion may include the topic of sexual violence. Scenario-based practice includes depictions of coercion.
Length: 90 minutes
Space requirements: Camp Consent is designed to be facilitated in three separate learning spaces for breakout groups. For smaller groups, we can often facilitate in a single space. The workshop requires access to a screen. Contact CVAVP to discuss space options.
Consent Conversations
Consent Conversations supports students in developing a mutual respect framework for consent and in building a personal script for consent communication. Through activity-based learning, students explore how culture, education, and communication style impact our understanding and application of consent, and think through ways to create the emotional safety necessary for open, honest consent conversations.
*Content Warning: This workshop explores sexual consent and may include discussion of sexual violence.
Length: 90 minutes
Space requirements: Access to screen for PowerPoint
How to Support Survivors
This training teaches participants best practices for providing trauma-informed support to those who have experienced victimization. In addition to exploring support skills, participants will learn more about services offered to USF community members through the Center for Victim Advocacy. Sessions can be customized to focus on supporting survivors of specific forms of violence (e.g. sexual violence, relationship violence).
*Content Warning: This workshop explores topics related to violence, which may include sexual violence, relationship violence, stalking, and harassment.
Length: 30 to 60 minutes
Space requirements: Access to screen for PowerPoint