Adapted with permission from: Step-Up! A Prosocial Behavior/Bystander Intervention program

1. Step-Up! Training Adapted with permission from: Step-Up! A Prosocial Behavior/Bystander Intervention program created by Becky Bell, University of Arizona, in partnership with the NCAA, University of California - Riverside and the University of Virginia

2. Step Up! Philosophy • Belief that people have pro-social values and want to live by them. • Respect for all participants and the process of change

3. Step Up! Program Goals • Help participants recognize reasons why people may not intervene when another is in trouble • Empower participants to act on their values • Create a safer environment for everyone

4. Step Up! Program Components • 1 ½ - 2 hour program • Teaching Techniques • Audience Response Technology • Video Clips • Small group discussion • Content • Explain the bystander effect • Review relevant research • Provide strategies for reaching each of the 5 stages • Population and topic –specific scenarios

5. Step Up! Topics • Scenarios, background information and resources are available on the following topics: • Academics • Alcohol and Alcohol Poisoning • Anger • Depression • Discrimination • Disordered Eating • Gambling • Hazing • Relationship Abuse • Sexual Assault

6. Step Up! Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWv1_cr2DoI&feature=player_embedded#!

9. Drinking too much • Hazing • Being taken advantage of sexually • Discrimination (racial, sexual orientation, etc.) • Physical endangerment • None of the above

10. Could a problem have been avoided if someone intervened?

12. 88% Believe in Intervention

13. People are less likely to offer help when they are in a group than when they are alone • Kitty Genovese Case: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JozmWS6xYEw&feature=related • Bystander Experiment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSsPfbup0ac&feature=PlayList&p=D781983E

14. Did anything in the video surprise you? What do you think you would have done?

15. Why do only 20% of people intervene when other bystanders are present?

16. RECOGNIZE Awareness Test http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4

17. Pluralistic Ignorance Bystanders assume nothing is wrong because no one else looks concerned. #1 reason students don’t act in hazing situations

18. Diffusion of Responsibility Bystanders assume that someone else is better equipped to handle the situation.

19. REACT Conformity Solomon Asch research http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qlJqR4GmKw

20. Ambiguity Difficulty identifying problems and emergencies. #1 reason students don’t act in alcohol situations

21. http://abcnews.go.com/WhatWouldYouDo/

22. Difference in Perspective Trouble seeing from another’s point of view.

23. Obedience to Authority Deferring to positions of power.

24. Obedience to Perceived Authority The Milgram Experiment http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/Video/playerIndex?id=2769000

25. Passive to Active: 5 Stages to Intervention

26. Passive to Active: 5 Stages to InterventionLatane, B., Darley, J.M. (1970)

27. 1. Notice the Event

28. 2. Interpret the Event as a Problem/Emergency

29. 3. Assume Personal Responsibility

30. 4. Know How to Help #1 reason students don’t act when someone was being taken advantage of sexually

31. 5. Implement the Help

32. Reasons Students Did Intervene • Right thing to do • We should look out for each other • I would want help • Someone needed help • Prevent escalation • Helping makes me feel good • Preserve my group’s reputation • Keep a friend out of trouble INDIVIDUAL LEADERSHIP SHARED RESPONSIBILTY

33. Simply understanding bystander intervention makes you more likely to intervene.

34. S.E.E. the path to helping • Safe • Early • Effective #1 reason students didn’t act when they witnessed harassment

35. Knowing Your Situation Emergency Non- Emergency • Talk to the person about the problem • Encourage your friend to report the problem/incident • Remove the person from situation • Administer CPR • Take away car keys, drive the person home Direct • Speak to an RA, counselor, dean or other resource • Learn more about the topic • Call 9-1-1 • Distract the people involved • Enlist others • Call a sober friend Indirect 32 35

36. Helping When There Are High Emotions: • Are you safe? • Address emotions first, then address conflict • Help people save face and calm down

37. Friends helping friends:The 5 Point Formula* I care I see I feel I want I will *Source: The BACCHUS Network’s Certified Peer Educator Training

38. Scenario You are at a party. During the past hour you notice that your friend Chris has been talking to one of your housemates, Sam. They seem to be having a good time but it is clear that Chris has had too much to drink. At one point you overhear Sam say, “I’m just going to get Chris ‘one more.’”  A few minutes later you see Sam put an arm around Chris and start to lead Chris upstairs. • What issues are ambiguous in this scenario? • What is the goal of a bystander intervention in this situation? • What are some direct and indirect ways to help? • How would you feel if you were Chris or Sam?  What would you want others to do for you?

40. Each one of us CAN make a difference

41. How to Start? Think about some of the things you would like to continue or start doing over the next month • List 1 thing you plan to continue doing to be an active bystander • List 1 new thing you plan to start doing in your own life • List 1 new thing you want your organization to start doing

42. www.StepUpProgram.org