WEBINAR: LEGAL ISSUES FOR CAMPUS COUNSELORS AND THERAPISTS

Friday, June 8th, 2007
1:00 to 2:30 PM Eastern Time

Presented by: Brett A. Sokolow, J.D. and Carolyn Reinach Wolf, Esq.

NCHERM is a leader in providing you with seminars that are relevant, timely and full of useful practice tips. 

Every campus struggles with questions about what counselors should know, what they should disclose to others, and how should they straddle the sometimes divided loyalties between their employment obligations and their professional ethics.  In this webinar, we’ll offer a legal update on pressing issues for campus counselors and therapists, including:

• Confidentiality of Records;
• Clarification of FERPA: fact/fiction;
• Release of information between and among health care providers and HIPAA 
• Administrators and law enforcement;
• Parental notification;
• Duty to warn;
• Documentation of Records;
• Campus Risk Management;
• Security and Safety Concerns: Before and During a Crisis.

Join us for this event and get an update on these crucial issues and more.  Pose your own questions to the presenters throughout the event.

HOW A WEBINAR WORKS:

Webinars are cost-effective because everything you need is already in your office — a telephone and a computer.  Webinars are large-group conference calls where you can follow along online with our PowerPoint.  You can even project the PowerPoint via an LCD projector for group participation by your staff.  Each registrant can call in from one telephone line on campus, so you might arrange to use a phone in a conference room, where your staff and administrators can listen and participate via speakerphone.  You can also purchase additional lines for multiple campus call-in locations for a moderate surcharge.  You will receive a call-in 800 number and a PIN for the day of the event.  Once you join the call, you will be able to hear the presenters and ask questions via phone, while viewing the Power Point online.

INTENDED PARTICIPANTS:

• Campus counselors -- psychologists, therapists, social workers and psychiatrists
• Campus Health Service Providers
• Student Affairs Administrators,
• Judicial Administrators,
• University Legal Counsel,
• Risk Managers,
• Residential Life Administrators,
• Campus Law Enforcement,
• AOD Staff

PRESENTERS:

• Brett. A. Sokolow, J.D.  Brett Sokolow is a higher education attorney.  He is the President of NCHERM and the author of ten books on student affairs law and policy topics.  Mr. Sokolow is the Editor of the Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, the Editor-in-Chief of The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct, and serves eight campuses as outside counsel.  He serves on the Board of Directors of the Council on Law in Higher Education (CLHE), and on the Editorial Advisory Board of CLHE’s Student Affairs Law & Policy Quarterly and the College and University Law Advisor published by the Civic Research Institute.  Mr. Sokolow is Vice-Chair for Education of the Directorate Body of ACPA’s Commission on Judicial Affairs and Legal Issues.  He has served as a consultant on student health and wellness-related issues to over 500 colleges and universities. 

• Carolyn Reinach Wolf, Esq. is Senior Partner, Mental Health Law, Hospital Litigation Practice at Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Greenberg, Formato & Einiger, LLP in Lake Success, NY.  She received her B.A. with Honors, from the University of Maryland, an M.B.A. in Management from Hofstra University, an M.S. in Health Care Administration from the Harvard University School of Public Health, and her J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law.  Ms. Reinach Wolf is affiliated with the Nassau County Bar Association (Vice Chairperson of the Hospital and Health Law Committee), the New York State Bar Association (Mental Health Law Section, Program Chairperson, and Health Law Section), Association for Healthcare Risk Management of New York, Inc. (Board of Directors, President-elect), American Society of Law and Medicine, National Health Lawyers Association, National Association of College and University Attorneys, Metropolitan Health Administrators Association, and Health Care Executives Club (Board Member and guest lecturer).  Ms. Reinach Wolf’s law firm specializes in legal representation and consultation in the fields of mental health, healthcare, risk management, and college and university counseling centers.  Ms. Reinach Wolf also writes and lectures extensively to all levels of mental health and healthcare professionals, laypersons and attorneys specific to mental health and healthcare law.

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WEBINAR: THE STATE OF CAMPUS BYSTANDER INTERVENTION EFFORTS

Thursday, June 21, 2007
1 to 3:00 PM Eastern Time

Presented by:  Brett A. Sokolow, J.D., David Lisak, Ph.D., Victoria Banyard, Ph.D.

WHAT IS BYSTANDER INTERVENTION?

If we accept the premise offered by researchers such as David Lisak and Toni Abbey that a significant number of those who perpetrate sexual violence are repeat offenders (40-60%) of multiple acts of violence, we also have to accept that these individuals are likely to be sociopaths and/or predators.  Prevention efforts on college campuses have historically involved education aimed at those who might perpetrate, but these interventions are not appropriate for repeat sex offenders.  We need educational efforts to reach those 40% to 60% of perpetrators who are one-time offenders, because they may be educable via modalities such as empathy-induction, a better understanding of rules/laws or normative dissonance.  What do we do with the sex offenders?  The path to prevention for them is Bystander Intervention.  We look to their peers and community and ask them to identify those whose behaviors are high-risk.  We ask them not to be bystanders to the acts of aggression and trespass of the sex offenders.  We ask them to intervene.  Many campuses have committed to programmatic efforts at empowering bystanders, and some are starting to show positive results. 

This webinar examines the state of the art in campus bystander intervention efforts, highlighting the research on repeat perpetration and the model program underway at the University of New Hampshire. This webinar is divided into three parts:

1. David Lisak, a forensic psychologist from the University of Massachusetts, Boston will lay the foundation for why bystander intervention efforts are necessary.
2. Victoria Banyard, a psychologist from the University of New Hampshire will provided detailed information on the model program being implemented at UNH and how that model can be replicated at other campuses. 
3. Brett Sokolow, a higher education attorney who works with student groups on bystander intervention will discuss the challenges of motivating bystanders, the impediments to bystander engagement, effective techniques for impelling bystanders to act, and effective means for intervention. 

THE TOPICS

THE NEED FOR BYSTANDER INTERVENTION

• Profiling the one-time offender
• Profiling the repeat offender
• How many times does a repeat offender repeat?
• What types of violence are typical of repeat offenders?
• Can we detect the undetected rapist?
  • Who can identify them?
  • How can they be stopped?

EMPOWERING INTERVENTION

What students need to know:

• Rapists are extremely adept at identifying “likely” victims, and testing prospective victims’ boundaries;
• Rapists plan and premeditate their attacks, using sophisticated strategies to groom their victims for attack, and to isolate them physically;
  
  
  • What do these strategies look like?

• Use “instrumental” not gratuitous violence; they exhibit strong impulse control and use only as much violence as is needed to terrify and coerce their victims into submission;
• Use psychological weapons — power, control, manipulation, and threats — backed up by physical force, and almost never resort to weapons such as knives or guns;
• Use alcohol deliberately to render victims more vulnerable to attack, or completely unconscious.

THE UNH MODEL FOR BYSTANDER INTERVENTION

• The community of responsibility concept
• Inclusive scope
  • Breaking down the “men as perpetrators women as victims” dichotomy
• Two-pronged approach:
  • In-person educational programs
  • Outreach public awareness campaign
• Peer-led efforts
• Single-sex groups
• Booster sessions
• Community-specific scenarios
• A commitment to intervene
• Measured efficacy of model program
  • Persistence of effect

ARE YOU A BYSTANDER OR AN INTERVENER?

• What kind of bystander?
• What kind of intervener?
  • Are interveners ratting our their friends?
  • Do interveners need to be preventers?

HOW DO WE EMPOWER BYSTANDERS?

• What motivates them to act?
• What inhibits them from acting?
  • Fear of reprisal
  • Fear that they are misjudging the situation
  • Fear of entanglement
  • Fear of self-endangerment
  • Fear that it will be not effective
  • Fear that they do not have allies
  • Fear of being politically correct
  • Failing to recognize the common roots of all “…isms”
  • Lack of personal interest or connection to the behavior
  • Failure to identify the behavior as problematic
    • Seeing it as normative
    • Social norms implications for bystander intervention
• How can we help bystanders to overcome inhibitions
• How do you benefit from intervening?
• How does your community benefit from intervention?
• Intervention is an act of leadership, loyalty and relational living
  • Intervention as an act of resistance to peer pressure
• Can we use inspiration and role-modeling to catalyze a culture of intervention?

THE WIDER IMPLICATIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF INTERVENTION MODELS

• Not just sexual violence
• Alcohol and other Drugs
• Intolerance, hate acts and bias
• Other implications for future directions?

HOW A WEBINAR WORKS

Webinars are cost-effective because everything you need is already in your office — a telephone and a computer.  Webinars are large-group conference calls where you can follow along online with our PowerPoint.  You can even project the PowerPoint via an LCD projector for group participation by your staff.  Each registrant can call in from one telephone line on campus, so you might arrange to use a phone in a conference room, where your staff and administrators can listen and participate via speakerphone.  You can also purchase additional lines for multiple campus call-in locations for a moderate surcharge.  You will receive a call-in 800 number and a PIN for the day of the event.  Once you join the call, you will be able to hear the presenters and ask questions via phone, while viewing the Power Point online.

INTENDED PARTICIPANTS:

• Student Affairs Administrators,
• Judicial Administrators, Hearing Officers and Boards
• University Counsels and Risk Managers,
• Residential Life Administrators,
• Campus Law Enforcement
• Health Service Staff,
• Counseling Staff,
• AOD Prevention and Education Specialists
• Health Educators,
• Campus Sexual Assault Response Coordinators

PRESENTERS:

• Brett. A. Sokolow, J.D.  Brett Sokolow is the President of NCHERM and the author of ten books on student affairs law and policy topics.  Mr. Sokolow serves nine campuses as outside counsel and is a consultant to hundreds of others.  He is the Editor of the Report on Campus Safety and Student Development and is Legal Issues Editor of the CLHE Student Affairs Law & Policy Weekly.  He serves on the Board of Directors of the Council on Law in Higher Education (CLHE).He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of the College and University Law Advisor published by the Civic Research Institute.  Mr. Sokolow is Vice-Chair for Education of the Directorate Body of ACPA’s Commission on Judicial Affairs and Legal Issues.  He has provided risk reduction, prevention and bystander-focused programs on over 1,400 college campuses. 
• David Lisak, Ph.D.  David is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston and director of the Men’s Sexual Trauma Research Project. He conducts and supervises research on the causes and consequences of interpersonal violence. In particular, he has studied the motives and characteristics of "undetected" rapists – men who rape but who are never prosecuted. He also studies the long term effects of childhood abuse in adult men, and the relationship between early abuse and the later perpetration of interpersonal violence. His research has been published in leading journals in psychology, trauma and violence, and he is the editor of the journal, Psychology of Men and Masculinity. In addition to his research and teaching, Dr. Lisak is a consultant to judicial and prosecutor education programs across the country, he maintains a private practice specializing in the treatment of men, and serves as an expert witness in death penalty cases in which child abuse issues are raised.
• Victoria L. Banyard, Ph.D.  Vicki is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of New Hampshire with affiliations in Justice Studies and Women’s Studies Programs.  She is also the co-director of Prevention Innovations:  Research and Practices to End Violence Against Women on Campus, a research and development unit in the College of Liberal Arts.  She received her doctorate in clinical psychology with a certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan.  She completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Family Research Lab at UNH and postdoctoral clinical training at The Trauma Center in Boston.  She conducts research on long-term consequences of trauma and interpersonal violence.  She was the principal investigator on an experimental evaluation of the efficacy of a college rape prevention program focused on empowering bystanders.  She has also developed a number of new evaluation tools to be used in understanding the role of bystanders in violence prevention.

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VIDEO CONFERENCE: LEARNING FROM TRAGEDY: DEBRIEFING FROM VIRGINIA TECH AND LOOKING FORWARD
A Framework for Student Mental Health & Violence Prevention

Tuesday, July 10, 2007
1:00 to 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Presented by: Brett A. Sokolow, J.D., and W. Scott Lewis, J.D.

Many of us in higher education are still reeling from the events of April 16th at Virginia Tech.  We know it will be some time before life regains a semblance of normalcy there.  With this event, it is our intent to provide support by making substantial donations to the Hokie Spirit Fund for each college or university registrant for this event.  Please help us help our friends at Virginia Tech.

The media assailed Virginia Tech from its very first accounts.  With distance, we hope that initial criticisms have given way to a general consensus that Virginia Tech responded well in the face of an impossible task.  At least, that is our consensus, and this event is not a debate on crisis response.  On our campuses, our focus is on identifying students who might possibly bring the horrors of Blacksburg to our communities.  What are we to do about them?  How do we identify them?  Can we support them?  Should we expel them?  How can we prevent tragedies like this? 

Inevitably, we in education are compelled to learn from tragedy.  But, hindsight is perfect.  We can see now things Virginia Tech never knew to anticipate.  How could they have known?  Still, there are clues for us about looking forward.  This is not about casting stones at Virginia Tech, for we all may live in glass houses.  Many of us are considering changes, but are they the right ones?  Are we reacting proportionately? 

Where should our efforts, time, resources and money be focused? 

This videoconference aims to give you a perspective that encourages campus responses in three main areas: 

1. Improved mental health services, policies and protocols;
2. Better policies, protocols and training on disruptive student behavior;
3. Elaboration and implementation of behavioral intervention models that enable early identification, support and response to students in need.

This videoconference will address the following subjects as we debrief from Virginia Tech’s tragedy and look forward to the lessons that may help us prevent the next:

Anatomy of a Crisis

• Classroom Disruption
• When Faculty Are Alarmed by a Student’s Conduct/Writings
• Faculty Referrals of Students for Conduct Violations
• Accommodations by Faculty
• Harassment & Stalking -- Identifying Patterns of Behavior
• Harassment by Email, IM, Facebook, etc.
• Low-level Harassment and the First Amendment
• Suicidal Gestures by Students
• Disabilities Protected Under the ADA and Section 504

Reacting to Crisis

• Deny Admission to Students with Mental Health Concerns
• Guns on Campus
• Text Messaging Systems
• Email Alerts
• Timely Warning Requirements Under the Clery Act
• Loudspeakers and Alarms
• Evacuations and Lockdowns
• Criminal Background Checks on All Incoming Students

Preventing a Crisis

• Disruptive Student Policies and Protocol
• Viewing Stalking as the Tip of the Iceberg
• Taking Relationship Violence Seriously
• How Should it Be Investigated
• How Should Campuses Respond
• Mental Health Policies, Procedures and Protocol
• Communication with Local Courts and Medical Facilities
• On-Campus Assessment and Response
• Training for Faculty and Staff on Policy and Protocol
• Liaison Between Campus Police, Counselors, Residential Life Staff and Student Affairs
• Communication and Data Collection
• Behavioral Intervention Team models
• Functionality
• Effectiveness

Join us for this live event, pose your own questions to the presenters, and take part in a national effort to draw strength from our trials and lessons from our sadness.  Materials will be provided to all registrants.

How does a Magna Online Seminar work?
Magna Publications developed this online program so you can participate in a timely, interactive program without having to leave your office. Simplicity and ease-of-use are combined with a user-friendly presentation. No special hardware, downloads, or other technology are required to access this program. All you need is a computer with speakers, Windows Media Player, and a broadband Internet connection.
The 2-hour program includes:

• A video presentation by leading experts in their fields
• PowerPoint slides
• A lively, interactive, real-time question-and-answer session
• Downloadable program handouts
• Ability to review the presentation for the remainder of the day

We look forward to your participation on July 10, 2007. Keep in mind you pay the $249 registration fee only once for one connection. However, if you choose, you can view the broadcast in a conference room and invite as many people as you like to participate, making this an extremely cost-effective training resource.

INTENDED PARTICIPANTS:

• Presidents and Boards of Trustees
• Vice Presidents of Administration, Business and Finance
• Student Affairs Administrators,
• Judicial Administrators,
• University Legal Counsel,
• Risk Managers,
• Residential Life Administrators,
• Campus Law Enforcement,
• Student Activities and Student Development Staff
• Student Government Representatives and Leaders
• Campus Ministry and Clergy
• Facilities Management Staff
• Faculty
• Counseling Services Personnel
• Health Services Staff
• Campus Crisis Response Teams, CISDT, and Behavioral Intervention Teams

PRESENTERS:

• Brett. A. Sokolow, J.D.  Brett Sokolow is the President of NCHERM, a national multidisciplinary consulting firm dedicated to helping colleges and universities manage risk by advancing student health and safety.  He serves nine campuses as outside counsel.  Sokolow is the author of ten books on student affairs law and policy topics.  He is the Editor of the Report on Campus Safety and Student Development.  He serves on the Board of Directors of the Council on Law in Higher Education (CLHE).  He is Legal Issues Editor for and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of CLHE’s Student Affairs Law & Policy Quarterly and the College and University Law Advisor published by the Civic Research Institute.  Mr. Sokolow is Vice-Chair for Education of the Directorate Body of ACPA’s Commission on Judicial Affairs and Legal Issues.  Sokolow was called on for perspective after the Virginia Tech shootings by national media, including KMOV-TV, the Philadelphia Daily News, Insider Higher Ed.com, Fox News Live and National Public Radio.
• W. Scott Lewis, J.D.  Scott is the Asst. Vice Provost for Judicial Affairs and Academic Integrity at the University of South Carolina, as well as the Chair of the Behavioral Intervention Team. He also serves as the director of the National Student Exchange program.   He also serves as clinical faculty for the College of Education and adjunct faculty for the Colleges of Political Science and Business.  He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and his Master of Science degree in Higher Education Administration from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.  He received his Law degree from the University of Houston Law Center in Houston, Texas.  Scott is a mediator, and has consulted in the areas of policy development and review, procedural development and implementation, classroom management and judicial board training for over 10 years. He is associated professionally with NCHERM as an affiliated consultant.

Registration:
All registration for this event will be handled by MAGNA Publications. For more details and to register, please visit MAGNA Publications.

 

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