Workshops & Trainings

Program Request Form

Interested in requesting one of these programs? Complete the online Program Request Form.

For Students

Educational Tabling & Resource Fairs

CARE at SARC incorporates educational content on bystander intervention, consent, cybersafety & stalking, healthy relationships, and mental health & grounding into tabling activities where participants have the opportunity to win prizes. If you would like CARE at SARC to table at an upcoming event or resource fair, email us at careinfo@ucsd.edu.

Workshops

Any program below can be tailored to meet the needs of your specific group or organization. The following workshops and presentations are our most popular offerings:

Cute or Creepy? Practicing Cybersafety (60+ minute workshop)

With today’s technology, staying in touch with people that you care about has never been easier. On the flip side, technology can be used in ‘creepy’ ways, like to track or control someone. In this workshop, participants identify their digital boundaries, learn about how consent applies to online interactions, differentiate ‘cute’ and ‘creepy’ online behaviors, and familiarize themselves with warning signs and resources available for those experiencing stalking/cyberstalking. This workshop can be customized to focus on specific digital platforms or to incorporate population-specific considerations.

Bystander Intervention Techniques Model: IDEAS (60+ minute workshop)

Have you ever witnessed a concerning situation but didn’t know how to intervene? The IDEAS workshop provides you with tangible strategies for intervening while prioritizing your safety. In this workshop, participants will explore barriers to intervention, learn about each IDEAS bystander intervention technique, and apply IDEAS to real-world scenarios. IDEAS workshops can be customized to fit specific settings, see below for more information.

IDEAS in Everyday Life: customized to address scenarios you may run into in your day-to-day life, like using public transit, going to the grocery store, or studying at a coffee shop.
Party IDEAS: customized to address scenarios in party environments, concerts and music festivals.
IDEAS in the Workplace: customized to address scenarios in a professional setting, where you may have to navigate power dynamics.

I ♡ Healthy Relationships (60+ minute workshop)

What does a healthy relationship mean to you, and how can you strive to form and maintain healthy relationships with others? This workshop focuses on developing a working knowledge of healthy relationships and red flags. Participants will explore the key components of a healthy relationship, familiarize themselves with healthy conflict strategies, and explore resources available for individuals impacted by relationship abuse. This workshop can be customized to include elements of boundary setting, media literacy, or healthy relationship considerations within specific communities.

Yes, No, Maybe: Clarifying Consent (60+ minute workshop)

How do you identify consent, and when can you practice consent? In this workshop, participants will gain a robust understanding of consent by exploring the FRIES model of consent and discussing situations in which consent cannot be given. Participants learn how to ask for, listen for, and respect consent through the usage of scenarios and group dialogue on navigating rejection. For groups who have previously participated in a Clarifying Consent workshop, we are able to offer additional education on consent that covers navigating the nuance of consent and practicing consent in established relationships.

Trainings & Presentations

These programs provide participants with knowledge and strategies to support survivors. The trainings and presentations below are typically offered to student staff, student leaders, and class groups.

CARE Services (15+ minute presentation)

Are you interested in learning more about CARE at the Sexual Assault Resource Center? This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of CARE’s prevention education and survivor support services available to the UC San Diego community. See below for more information on the timing needed for this presentation.

15 minutes: if added into an existing meeting.
30 minutes: if scheduled as a standalone presentation, we are able to discuss the services we offer in greater detail.

CARE Services & Supporting Survivors (60+ minute training)

This training provides several simple strategies to show up for survivors in your life. In addition to learning about CARE services, participants will gain knowledge about the process of responding to disclosures of sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking for UC San Diego student employees with reporting responsibilities. For workshops longer than 60 minutes in length, we are able to provide additional skills practice activities.

Custom Program Offerings

We are also able to present on topics customized to a particular group or audience. Past examples include:

Navigating Healthy Relationships: Dating Back Home vs. Dating in the US - explore how healthy relationships differ between your country of origin and the U.S.
Sun God IDEAS - discuss IDEAS bystander intervention techniques and their use in keeping others safe at Sun God Festival
Healthy Interracial Relationships - learn how to navigate difference respectfully, practice boundaries, and maintain your independence in an interracial relationship

To consult about a custom program request, contact CARE at careinfo@ucsd.edu.

For Faculty and Staff

Tabling & Outreach

We are available upon request to table at faculty & staff events. Through tabling we are able to provide additional information about CARE at SARC, supporting survivors, and CARE’s Five Steps of Responding to Disclosures. To schedule a tabling, please email careinfo@ucsd.edu.

Trainings & Presentations

CARE Services (15+ minute presentation)

15 minutes: if added into an existing meeting.
30 minutes: if scheduled as a standalone presentation, we are able to discuss the services we offer in greater detail.

CARE Services & Supporting Survivors (60+ minute training)

This training provides several simple strategies to show up for survivors in your life. In addition to learning about CARE services, participants will gain knowledge about the process of responding to disclosures of sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking for UC San Diego employees with reporting responsibilities. For workshops longer than 60 minutes in length, we are able to provide additional skills practice activities.

How to Support a Student Survivor (2-hour training)

How can UC San Diego staff and faculty best support survivors while fulfilling their reporting responsibilities? This training provides a brief overview of CARE services, the dynamics of interpersonal violence, the reasons survivors choose not to seek support, and CARE’s Five Steps of Responding to Disclosures. Participants then apply this knowledge through case studies and skills-practice scenarios to gain confidence in supporting survivors as responsible employees. Quarterly trainings are offered via UC Learning. If a department or team would prefer an in-service training, we are available upon request.

Empowering Employees to Intervene: Sexual Harassment (2-hour training)

We all have a role to play in creating a workplace free from harassment. In partnership with the Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination (OPHD) this training empowers participants to move from being a bystander to an upstander. Participants will explore barriers to intervention, learn about CARE at SARC’s IDEAS model, and apply the framework to workplace sexual misconduct scenarios.

Trauma-Informed Practice (60+ minute training)

Have you found yourself wanting to deepen your empathy skills to better support others? In this workshop, participants will learn about what it means to be trauma-informed and how they can apply trauma-informed practices in their day-to-day work. For workshops 90-minutes or longer in length, we are able to provide skills practice opportunities. Additionally, this workshop can be tailored to equip participants with trauma-informed practices for specific settings such as service-learning projects and healthcare settings.