C&S Training – Sexual Assault First Aid Sem 2

Sexual Trauma 1st Aid (Sem 2) facilitated by Tom Duff of SASS

ATTENDANCE IS AN AFFILIATION REQUIREMENT FOR ALL CLUBS

This mandatory workshop focuses on empowering students with practical skills and evidence-based knowledge to respond to a disclosure in a trauma-informed ‘best-practice’ manner. 

The skills taught during this session are life skills and applicable to all aspects of life.

• Keep calm, do not react, respond
• SASS overview and support pathways
• Awareness raising of information about sexual harm
• Overview of trauma-informed practice principles
• Active consent
• The neurological impact of trauma
• Socio-cultural drivers of sexual harm
• Responding to disclosures of sexual harm
• Bystander behaviour and basic interventions for trauma symptoms
• Self-care and managing vicarious trauma
• Triaging and referring people to appropriate services

Location: Studio Theatre (above Lazenby’s, next to the Stanley Burbury Theatre) Sandy Bay Campus.

Mode: Blended – Face to Face and Online

This is a SSAF-funded initiative supported by the Tasmanian University Student Association.