mentors in violence prevention dr. shannon spriggs
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Mentors in Violence Prevention
Dr. Shannon Spriggs
Leadership
MVP History
1993 – Jackson Katz 1995 – Men and Women Together 2010 – Australia 2011 – Scotland Service Populations
Discussion Based Model
Bystander Approach
Bystander Research
Pluralistic Ignorance Diffusion Of Responsibility
Bystander Research
Stages of Bystander Intervention
1. Notice something is happening
2. Interpret that event as an emergency
3. Decide that they have a personal responsibility to intervene
MVP Goals
Raise Awareness Challenge Thinking Open Dialogue Inspire Leadership
Training Results - US
Three-year mixed methods evaluation in US collected data from 475 student leaders from 20 different urban, suburban, and rural high schools.
MVP proven to be highly effective in creating positive and significant changes in students’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding gender violence
AR Training Results - AUS
Male Students (N=223) 94% strongly agree or agree that the time spent at training was worthwhile
86% strongly agree or agree that they felt more prepared to deal with difficult social situations involving classmates and friends after the training
AR Training Results - AUS
Female Students (N=276) 97% strongly agree or agree that the time spent at training was worthwhile
89% strongly agree or agree that they felt more prepared to deal with difficult social situations involving classmates and friends after the training
TTT Training Results - AUS
Very useful to be able to explore avenues for building bystander awareness/capacity
Overall learning new techniques to assist with your work practice
I loved it all. It was very well-structured, it was very clear, a great mix of theory and activities
