Wellness Wednesday Sexual Assault Awareness Month Sexual Assault

Wellness Wednesday Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Sexual Assault is… • Sexual assault is defined across a wide range of victimizations, separate from rape or attempted rape. These crimes include attacks or attempted attacks generally involving unwanted sexual contact between a victim and offender. Sexual assault may or may not involve force and includes grabbing or fondling. Source: https: //www. rainn. org/about-rainns-statistics

• Practice Consent and Show Respect for Boundaries Practice Ways to Build Safe Online Spaces • Identify Red Flags that indicate Online Grooming Identify • Create Respectful Online Workspaces and Classrooms Create Support

What is consent? Saying “YES” Consent is NOT: • Being drunk or under the influence of drugs • Not saying anything

Healthy Relationships have boundaries • Emotional Boundaries • Physical Boundaries • Digital Boundaries *Conflict resolution

Online Grooming: How Parents Can Help Kids Identify Red Flags 1 Asking to keep the relationship private 2 Making suggestive or sexual comments 3 Asking the child about their sexual background 4 Sending links to suggestive images, memes or porn 5 Asking the child to only contact them on certain apps

Respectful Online Workspaces • Expectations around respectful communications • Provide a way to report harassment or abuse • Establish norms around appropriate communication

Support Survivors of Online Harassment and Abuse • Speaking out when we see harmful comments • Showing support

I believe you It took a lot of courage to tell me about this.

You are not alone I care about your and am here to listen or help in any way I can

It’s not your fault. You didn’t do anything to deserve this

I’m sorry this happened. This shouldn’t have happened to you.

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Local Resources • Victim Services (Cambria & Somerset County) • 24 Hour Hotline: Cambria County: 814. 288. 4961 Somerset County: 814. 443. 1555 Toll Free: 800. 755. 1983 • Family Services (Blair County) • Call or text our 24 -Hour Victim Services Helpline at 814 -944 -3585. • The Abuse Network (Huntingdon County) • 24 -Hour Hotline - (717) 242 -2444 • Toll-Free in PA - 1 -888 -810 -2444

Resources • Websites: • https: //www. nsvrc. org/saam • https: //www. rainn. org/resources • You. Tube: • Consent: https: //www. youtube. com/watch ? v=f. Go. WLWS 4 -k. U • Survivors Share: https: //www. youtube. com/watch ? v=3 OQQFDk 7 l 3 A