Recent high-profile incidents - from cases involving students on college campuses, including Cornell and LSU, to reports of sexual misconduct and troubling responses aboard commercial flights - have prompted renewed conversations about what we do when we witness harm, how we respond to survivors, and how we turn concern (or anger) into meaningful action.
From Bystander to Action: Social Work, Survivor Support, and Activism will focus on the role social workers can play before, during, and after incidents of interpersonal harm. The training will cover active bystander intervention, trauma-informed and survivor-centered responses, and ways to support someone who discloses an experience of violence or harm. We will also talk about what comes next when people want to get involved, including different ways social workers can participate in advocacy, activism, and community action.
To earn CE credit, social workers must log in at the scheduled time, attend the entire course and complete an online course evaluation. Certificates of completion will be emailed within 10 business days of course completion.
At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Identify active bystander strategies for responding to interpersonal harm while considering safety, context, power, and professional role.
- Apply trauma-informed, survivor-centered approaches when responding to disclosures and supporting survivors.
- Identify ways social workers can participate in advocacy, activism, and community action in response to interpersonal and community harm.