"It's NOT a Game"
Office of Sexual Health and Violence Prevention
The purpose of the "It's Not a Game" presentation is to increase knowledge, comprehension, and application regarding issues of interpersonal violence, specifically stalking, relationship violence, and sexual assault. Additionally, the presentation will address skills to enhance the development of healthy and balanced relationships, while also providing supportive resources for students who experience interpersonal violence
Learning Outcomes
"It's Not a Game" supports University 101 learning outcomes:
II. Help Students Discover and Connect with The University of South Carolina
a) Identify appropriate campus resources and opportunities that contribute to their educational experience, goals, and campus engagement.
b) Develop and apply skills that contribute to building positive relationships with peers, staff and faculty.
III. Prepare Students for Responsible Lives in a Diverse, Interconnected, and Changing World
a) Examine how their background and experiences impact their values and assumptions and explain the influence these have on their relationships with others.
c) Describe and demonstrate principles of responsible citizenship within and beyond the campus community.
d) Describe processes, strategies, and resources, and explain the implications of their decisions, related to their overall wellness.
As a result of this presentation, students will:
- Be able to recognize characteristics of interpersonal violence and be able to recall resources of where to go for services if they or someone they know experiences interpersonal violence.
- Be able to identify healthy and non-healthy behaviors and discuss how these behaviors influence communication within relationships.
- Reflect personal behaviors and examine intrapersonal development skills (such as: autonomy and self-esteem) to create and maintain healthier relationships.
- Be able to apply communication skills to foster improved interpersonal development such as establishing and maintaining healthy relationships and social responsibility to reduce violence within their peer networks.
Program Description
It's Not a Game is presented by the SHARE Peers: Men and Women Sharing Responsibility to Make a Difference; a group of undergraduate peer leaders. The presentation discusses three important topics related to interpersonal violence, stalking, relationship violence, and sexual assault.
To schedule an It's Not a Game presentation, please call Andrew Moyer in the Office of Sexual Health and Violence Prevention at 777-8248.
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