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Preventing Sexual Abuse on Campus

Preventing Sexual Abuse on Campus. Aaron Lundberg, LMSW Candace Collins, JD. About Praesidium. “To help you protect those in your care from abuse and to help preserve trust in your organization.” Two decades of experience More than 4,000 clients across diverse industries

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Preventing Sexual Abuse on Campus

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  1. Preventing Sexual Abuse on Campus Aaron Lundberg, LMSW Candace Collins, JD

  2. About Praesidium “To help you protect those in your care from abuse and to help preserve trust in your organization.” • Two decades of experience • More than 4,000 clients across diverse industries • Completed thousands of root cause analyses • Developed proprietary abuse risk management model • Offer complete range of risk management solutions • National safety partner with: YMCA of the USA, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, USA Swimming, Church Pension Group, Child Welfare League of America, Conference of Major Superiors of Men and others

  3. What We Believe • Abuse can be prevented • Everyone is responsible for preventing abuse • Abuse prevention requires a commitment to quality • Commitment starts at the top

  4. The Praesidium Safety Equation®

  5. Scope of the Problem • 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys • 10% of school children • 300% increase in child-to-child abuse • 80% of abuse does not get reported • Frequency in higher education unknown • Legislature changes facilitate litigation

  6. Effects of Abuse on Victims • Psychological • Educational • Behavioral • Interpersonal • Sexual

  7. Effects of Abuse on Organizations • Threat to the mission • Awards in the hundreds of millions • Loss of financial resources for services • Decreased productivity and employee morale • Increased employee turnover • Jeopardizes insurability • Reputational damage

  8. Common Claims in Litigation • Negligent Screening • Negligent Training • Negligent Supervision • Negligent Retention

  9. How Offenders Operate on Campus • Types of offenders • Preferential • Situational • Indiscriminate • Conditions necessary to offend • Access • Privacy • Control

  10. Spot Adult Offender Warning Signs • Shows favoritism • Treats minors like equals • Keeps secrets with minors • Ignores policies • Uses inappropriate language • Tells inappropriate jokes • Texts, emails, and uses social media with minors without permission • Finds reasons to spend time alone with minors • Prefers time with minors • Gives gifts to minors without permission • Engages in too much physical contact with minors • Always wants to wrestle/ tickle

  11. Unique Circumstances in Higher Education • Decentralized Policies • Unclear Ownership of Risk • Departmental Autonomy in Program Launch and Risk Management • Diversity of Potential Exposures • Relative Ease of Access

  12. Potential Exposures on Campus Involving Minors • Open access campus • University employee, contractor, or volunteer to minor • Adult student to minor • Registered sex offender (student or employee) to minor • Field practicum, internships • On campus child care • Athletics, camps, clubs, summer programming • Field trips on campus • Tutoring and lessons on campus or in the community • Exchange students • Concerts, performances • University authorized contractual programs and third parties serving minors

  13. The Praesidium Safety Equation®

  14. Praesidium’s Six Step Approach and Continued Work with University of Alaska • Step 1. Assign leadership, embrace the cause. • Step 2. Establish a child safety task force. • Step 3. Identify and assess current exposures. • Step 4. Establish policies for programs involving minors. • Step 5. Provide training with compliance tracking. • Step 6. Implement system for reporting and responding.

  15. For questions and more information: Aaron Lundberg, LMSW Alundberg@PraesidiumInc.com Candace Collins, JD CCollins@PraesidiumInc.com Praesidium, Inc. 800.743.6354 www.PraesidiumInc.com Follow us for the latest updates in sexual abuse prevention! www.facebook.com/praesidiuminc www.twitter.com/praesidiuminc http://www.linkedin.com/company/praesidium-inc.

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