Prevention Accreditation Standards

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Prevention Accreditation Standards

• At-A-Glance

Lydia Guy Prevention Services Director
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Social Change

• CS 7

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Accreditation Standard CS7

• Standard CS7
• PREVENTION SOCIAL CHANGE
• The agency facilitates the process of
  community mobilization to eliminate factors that
  cause or contribute to sexual violence.

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Evidence of Compliance

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• Evidence of leadership by the agency in a
  community development planning process. Projects
  can target specific communities within the
  broader service area (i.e., schools, religious
  sector, summer camps).
• Evidence of participation by at least five
  potential stakeholders, reflective of the
  community's diversity, with the intent to develop
  and implement a community development plan
  focused on eliminating sexual violence.
• Evidence of appropriate training and supervision
  for all direct service volunteers and staff.
• Evidence that supervisors of prevention staff
  have the relevant social change and community
  development experience

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Inherent Assumptions

• Social change is possible
• Social change can happen through a facilitative
  process
• It is appropriate and reasonable for community
  sexual assault programs to initiate social change
  regarding sexual violence

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What is the goal?

• To facilitate communities in developing
  community specific and community initiated
  strategies to prevent/address sexual violence.

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Community Development Process
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Necessary tasks for completion of a successful
community development process

• Assess community readiness
• Determine limitation(s) of prescribed structure
• Engage/recruit stakeholders
• Facilitate a process which
• Supports fundamental change
• Determines current conditions in community
• Describes the desired conditions within the
  community
• Creates an action Plan

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Challenges

• Community Development requires significant
  initial investment of resources and relationship
  building
• It can be difficult to implement effectively
  within highly prescriptive environments
• Community development process can be standardized
  but by definition the outcomes/outputs/activities
  will vary by community
• It is process not a destination

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Information Awareness

• CS 8

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Accreditation Standard CS8

• Standard CS8
• PREVENTION
• INFORMATION/AWARENESS
• The agency must demonstrate efforts to inform
  the community and increase awareness about sexual
  abuse/assault with the goal of increasing the
  community's acceptance of responsibility for
  prevention of sexual abuse/assault within the
  community defined in CS7 and in the broader
  service area.

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Evidence of Compliance

• Evidence that the agency is disseminating
  information about sexual abuse/assault, including
  information on underlying causes of sexual
  violence (i.e. brochures, speakers bureau, PSAs,
  press releases, media kits and community events).
• Evidence that the agency is reaching out to
  diverse populations.
• Evidence of appropriate training and supervision
  for all direct service volunteers and staff. 
• Evidence that supervisors of prevention staff
  have the relevant social change and community
  development experience.

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What is the goal

• To provide information related to sexual
  violence to an individual, a community, a group
  of individuals, professionals, para-professionals
  or any combination of the above that raises their
  awareness of the issue

Increase knowledge
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Inherent Assumptions

• Increased knowledge will
• Provide accurate information
• Regarding dynamics
• Available services
• Combat rape myths
• Increase readiness to act
• Validate survivors experiences
• Increase public accountability
• Break silence

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Typical Activities

• Media Campaigns
• Public Awareness Campaigns
• Flyers
• Brochures
• Tabling
• One-time presentations
• Media interviews
• Speakers Bureaus

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Typical Activities continued

• Health Fairs
• Speak outs
• Vigils
• News Releases
• Articles
• Traditional Outreach

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Challenges/Limitations

• Increased knowledge does not necessarily mean
  change in behavior
• Sound bites/limitation in complexity of analysis
• Heart vs. Head Approaches

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Skill Building

• CS 9

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Accreditation Standard CS9

• Standard CS9
• PREVENTION BUILDING SKILLS
• The agency must provide programs and
  presentations focused on building skills of
  individuals and developing strategies to prevent
  sexual abuse/assault within the community defined
  in CS7 and the broader service area.

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Evidence of Compliance

• Evidence of programs/activities that build
  leadership, enhance decision-making, build
  relationship skills, and enhance positive
  self-concept (i.e. physical defense training,
  assertiveness training, personal-safety
  awareness, educational support groups, community
  organizing, social change theory, community
  development process or classroom presentations)
• Evidence of technical assistance being provided
  focused on skill-building to prevent sexual
  abuse/assault.
• Evidence that the agency is reaching out to
  diverse populations.
• Evidence of appropriate training and supervision
  for all direct service volunteers and staff.
• Evidence that supervisors of prevention staff
  have the relevant social change and community
  development experience.

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What is a skill?

• skill     P   Pronunciation Key  (sk l)n.
• Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is
  acquired or developed through training or
  experience. See Synonyms at ability

Demonstrable
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What isnt a skill

• Information
• Knowledge
• Familiarity
• Awareness
• Understanding
• Data

INFORMATION AWARENESS
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What is the goal

• To increase the capacity of individuals,
  communities, groups of individuals,
  professionals, para-professionals or any
  combination of the above by enhancing their
  existing skill set in addressing issues of sexual
  violence

Capacity The power to learn or retain knowledge
mental ability. Innate potential for growth,
development, or accomplishment faculty.
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Inherent Assumptions

• Skill building is a logical progression from
  information and awareness
• People, communities, professionals etc lack the
  necessary/appropriate skills to address sexual
  violence effectively
• Skills exist that are considered the standard of
  practice or best practice for sexual violence
  service delivery provision
• Better skills will improve outcomes

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Typical Activities

• Skill building curricula
• Classroom presentation focused on the acquiring
  of skills
• Safety trainings
• Skill building in professionals,
  para-professionals
• Train the trainer activities
• Cross-training
• Technical assistance
• Coaching
• Self defense training

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Challenges/Limitations

• Skills must be reinforced by repetition
• Use it or lose it
• Having a skill ensure its utilization.
• How do we determine the right skill set?
• Effective execution of skills.

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All together now
CS7
CS8

• CS9

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Readiness
Behavior CS7
Skills CS9
Knowledge CS8
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Questions?

• Contact
• Lydia Guy
• Prevention Services Director
• 360 754 7583
• lydia_at_wcsap.org