THIS TRAINING IS ONLY OPEN TO INVITED PARTICIPANTS: This training is limited to staff and faculty of The University of California, Santa Barbara and their surrounding community partners. To attend this training you must be a staff or faculty member at The University of California, Santa Barbara, staff or faculty at another local school that regularly partners with The University of California, Santa Barbara on prevention efforts, or staff of a community-based agency in the city where The University of California, Santa Barbara is located.
Please register before 12 PST Friday August 21st, 2015
The Green Dot Strategy is a new and innovative approach to violence prevention. Green Dot harnesses the power of individual choices to shift social norms, resulting in broad-based culture change. Green Dot is based on a wealth of interdisciplinary research including social change theory, diffusion of innovation, communication, marketing, bystander intervention, and perpetration patterns. Visit our website to learn more about the Green Dot curriculum.
This 4-day training certifies attendees to implement the Green Dot Violence Prevention Strategy on their college campus. Components of the training include:
§ A comprehensive review of the research and theories which inform the Green Dot Strategy.
§ Elements of the Green Dot Strategy and curriculum.
§ Developing an implementation plan.
Attendees experience an interactive and intriguing 4 days of training which inspire renewed hope and a vision for a safer world.
If you are unable to attend the full 4-days of training, you can stil attend the portions for which you are avaliable. If you want to become a certified instructor, you will just ned to make-up any missed content at a future Green Dot training.
