Sexual Misconduct Education and Prevention
Civil Rights Compliance (CRC) strives to develop and implement inclusive, evidence-based prevention strategies for students, faculty, and staff, as well as collaborate with on and off-campus partners to stop sexual misconduct, prevent its recurrence, and remedy its effects.
From preventing sexual misconduct and discrimination before it occurs to reducing the initial and lasting impact of sexual misconduct and discrimination on those involved and the larger Central Washington University (CWU) community, prevention happens in many ways at CWU.
Sexual Misconduct and Discrimination Training for CWU Community Members
- Treating People with Dignity and Respect Training for Employees
Treating People with Dignity and Respect is a mandatory training for all employees of CWU, which takes a deeper look at prevention strategies and provides information about building a more positive and respectful workplace.
- To learn more about the Treating People with Dignity and Respect training, as well as other required training for employees, visit Human Resource's Required Training webpage.
- Responsible Employee Training
Any member of the CWU community can request a Responsible Employee Training for their office or department. Responsible Employee Training is presented by a member of the Civil Rights Compliance team and outlines types of sexual misconduct, reporting options, responsible employee reporting requirements, what happens after a report, as well as how to respond to a student disclosure in a trauma-informed way.
- To learn more about what it means to understand your role as a responsible employee, visit our Responsible Employees at CWU webpage.
- If you would like to discuss or request a Responsible Employee training session, please contact the Title IX Coordinator, Thomas Pedersen.
- Get Inclusive "Voices of Change" Training for Students
Voices for Change is an online learning experience that exceeds Title IX compliance to help build academic communities of engaged bystanders who can identify harmful situations, and have the motivation and skills needed to intervene.
With a focus on self-reflection and concept application, Voices for Change weaves bystander engagement and intervention throughout four topic areas that can be used independently or as a single, comprehensive course. - P.A.T.H in the Wellness Center Student Training Information
P.A.T.H. (Prevention-Advocacy-Training-Healing) in the Wellness Center provides students with Bystander Intervention Training, a Sex and Relationship Education Workshop, as well as programs throughout the academic year.
- To learn more about other sexual violence and misconduct training and prevention provided on campus, visit the P.A.T.H. Training for Students, Staff, and Faculty webpage.
- University Police and Public Safety Rape Aggression Defense Program
University Police and Public Safety provides a Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) course, which is a program of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques for women.
- To learn more about this defense course, visit the Rape Aggression Defense webpage.
CWU Title IX Administrator Training
For information regarding the training completed by all CWU Title IX Administrators, including a link to training materials, visit the Title IX Administrators webpage under "Meet Our Team".
General Requests for Sexual Misconduct & Title IX Training
Any member of the CWU community can request a training related to Sexual Misconduct & Title IX training for their group or department. The training could either presented virtually by the Title IX Coordinator, Thomas Pedersen, or in-person by another member of the Civil Rights Compliance team.
While training can be specifically designed based on the needs of a target audience, Sexual Misconduct & Title IX trainings generally review types of sexual misconduct, reporting options, responsible employee reporting requirements, as well as what happens after a report.
If you would like to discuss or request a training session, please contact the Title IX Coordinator, Thomas Pedersen.