Module 1: Understanding sexual harassment

What is sexual harassment?

    Harassers and victims

    Intimidation

    Hostile environment

    Definitions of sexual harassment and assault

    Activity: Myths and facts

    Activity: Sexual harassment statements

Laws concerning sexual harassment

    Activity: Unacceptable behaviors

Types of sexual harassment

    Sexual harassment vs. sexual assault

    Verbal and nonverbal harassment

    Activity: Recognizing types of sexual harassment

Recognizing and identifying sexual harassment

    Behaviors that are not sexual harassment

    Behaviors that are sexual harassment

    Activity: Recognizing sexual harassment behaviors

Impact and costs associated with sexual harassment

    Activity: Reactions to sexual harassment   

Module 2: Addressing sexual harassment

What to do if you are the target

What to do when you observe sexual harassment

Activity: Interpreting behavior

What about retaliation

    Retaliation tactics   

Module 3: Responding to sexual harassment

Employee response to sexual harassment

Supervisor response to sexual harassment

Sexual harassment policies

Complaint investigation checklist

Preventing sexual harassment

Activity: Is this sexual harassment?

Activity: Wrap up sexual harassment scenarios

Personal action plan

This course is designed to help employees recognize, address, and respond to sexual harassment. Sexual harassment happens in all kinds of workplaces, as well as in schools and even in the military. Sexual harassment victims can be of any race, gender, age, class, and employment level. Sexual harassment is a sensitive topic as many women, and some men, have experienced it. It can leave people with a variety of feelings including vulnerability, lack of trust, anger, fear, frustration or being shut down.

Upon the successful completion of this course, employees can expect to gain knowledge and understanding in the following areas:

• How to recognize and identify different forms of sexual harassment including important terminology, who can be harassers and victims, impact of intimidation and hostile environments, sexual harassment myths and facts, laws concerning sexual harassment, types of sexual harassment, how to recognize sexual harassment, and the impact and costs associated with sexual harassment
• How to address sexual harassment including the steps you can take if you are a target of sexual harassment or the steps you should take if you think you are observing sexual harassment
• How to respond to sexual harassment including how to respond to sexual harassment, how supervisors should respond to sexual harassment, and why it's important to have sexual harassment policies

The warning signs of workplace harassment may not always be visible, but the need to understand what they are and to be preventive are just as important. By completing the 30 Bird Sexual Harassment Prevention for Employees workshop, you are playing a big part in creating a work environment that is free of sexual harassment.

About the series

Professional skills—such as the ability to manage work schedules and communicate effectively with customers—are personal and interpersonal proficiencies that don’t depend on technical knowledge but are crucial for successful and efficient functioning of any organization. 30 Bird Media is thrilled to announce our brand new line of engaging, relevant, and straight-to-the-point professional development courseware. From the very start we knew it was important not to simply force this new and different content into our existing IT-specific format. Each professional development course comprises an Instructor Guide, a PowerPoint slide deck highlighting important points, and a Student Guide. Taken together, these training tools empower you to teach these concepts effectively in any classroom or workshop setting.

For more information and access to the PowerPoint files, please contact your 30 Bird sales representative or call (888) 330-9071.