HHPA 172 - Peer Health: C.A.T.S. Consent Awareness Training Squad
2 credits, Spring Monday/Wednesdays, 2-2:50pm – HHP 112
Instructors:
Christina Ries
Office: Memorial 101
Phone: 883-2806
Email: cats@linfield.edu
Dawn Williamson
Office: Walker 124
Phone: 883-2445
Email: dwillia1@linfield.edu
Objectives: This course will provide students with the necessary background to be sexual assault prevention peer educators. The desired outcome of this course is to bring students to the point where they can effectively facilitate educational programs to their peers. The training will focus on two areas: knowledge about the topic (underlying issues and knowledge related to sexual assault and alcohol misuse, empathy, rape recovery, and helping); and presentation skills (communicating, critical thinking, facilitating discussion, integrity building skills).
Recommended Reading: I Never Called It Rape, by Robin Warshaw Lucky, by Alice Sebold
Requirements: The course will be graded on a Pass/Fail basis. A review session will take place during Freshmen Orientation Weekend in August. Colloquium Presentations will take place on Sunday evening during Orientation. Selection to be a facilitator for Fall Colloquium groups will take place after all requirements are completed.
To pass this course you must complete the following:
Attendance: Active participation in all sessions. No more than two absences allowed. Please email cats@linfield.edu within 24 hours of any missed class. All absences must be made up before the next session. A 2-hour review session in Fall 2009 must be attended, prior to presenting during Orientation. 12 classes minimum. 120 points.
Reflections: Submitting a personal, confidential reflection each week by Friday at 12PM to cats@linfield.edu will be required of all students. Reflections will need to be submitted even if absent. The reflection should be in the body of the email; no attachments please! Reflections should answer the prompt provided and include any thoughts or observations about discussions, readings, issues you are currently struggling with, disagreements or questions with any content and anything else you want to reflect on. 11 reflections. 100 points.
Sexuality/Sexual Assault in the Media/News: Find an article in the print media OR transcript of a radio broadcast to summarize and reflect upon. Due March 17 & April 21. 25 points each. 50 points
Special Event Attendance: Attend one presentation, event, or campus meeting related to the issue of sexual assault and submit a one-page reflection paper of the event. Due by May 19. 30 points.
Practice Presentation and Outline: The last part of the training will be devoted to developing a presentation outline and giving a practice presentation to the class (with a partner). Outline Due Day of Practice Presentation. 100 points.
Behavior: As a peer health educator you are a student role model and will be perceived as knowing a good deal about sexual assault risk reduction. With the strong connection between sexual assault and alcohol, your use of alcohol and your behavior will be observed by other students. To sustain the credibility of the program, we ask that all peer health educators who choose to drink do so following campus policies, state laws and low risk guidelines. Please also note that as we use Facebook as a learning tool, your photographs, group associations and general profile content are also subject to these standards.
Grading: 400 total points 400-372: A 347-332: B 311-292: C <239: F
371-360: A- 331-320: B- 291-280: C-
359-348: B+ 319-312: C+ 279-240: D
Special Accommodations: Students with documented disabilities who may need accommodations, who have any emergency medical information the instructor should know of, or who need special arrangements in the event of evacuation, should make an appointment with the instructor as early as possible, no later than the first week of the term.
Academic Honesty: Linfield College has a policy regarding academic honesty. All students enrolled in this course are expected to follow it. The policy can be found in the Student Handbook and Planner. If unsure about whether your work reflects an appropriate level of “academic honesty” do not hesitate to discuss the matter with the instructor before the work is started.
Illness/Medical Policy: As you have undoubtedly been reading, the H1N1 flu has not taken a summer break and has continued to spread. It is just another flu lasting a week to ten days), but this flu targets children and young adults. To this will be added the “normal” seasonal flu that usually arrives in November. Linfield has established a flu alert page on the web: http://www.linfield.edu/flu.html and we will be hosting flu shot clinics for students, faculty and staff.
