Author Archives: wearescope

SCOPE is proud to announce that Brian Van Brunt, Ed.D., President, has joined the Editorial Board of the timely and important new peer-reviewed journal, Violence and Gender. The quarterly, open, in print and online journal will make its debut in late 2013 … Continue reading →

ATIXA/SCOPE offer their comments to the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee for the Violence Against Women and Campus SaVE Acts.

SCOPE 2013 ANNUAL CONFERENCE October 1st – 3rd, 2013 The Rosen Plaza Hotel Orlando, FL Save the Date! Mark your calendars for the 3rd Annual SCOPE National Conference. The 2013 Concurrent Session Call for Programs is now open! The Call for Programs … Continue reading →

http://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content/SMA12-4669/SMA12-4669.pdf The toolkit is intended to help high schools, school districts and their allies design and implement strategies to prevent suicide and promote mental health among their students. Intended outcomes include: assess ability to prevent and respond to suicide; understand … Continue reading →

2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action (Office of the U.S. Surgeon General and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention) http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/national-strategy-suicide-prevention/overview.pdf The National Strategy for Suicide Prevention serves as a call to action meant to … Continue reading →

Student accounts of experiencing sexual assault on college campuses including at Amherst and Southern Methodist University coupled with national conversations related to Title IX have generated a great amount of dialogue.  At this critical point in the media discourse, LB … Continue reading →

The Role of Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Prevention Programs (Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education) http://www.cas.edu/getpdf.cfm?PDF=4BC0C492-DE80-F35D-5EFD35A5111CECFF The Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) developed standards and guidelines for Sexual Assault and Relationship … Continue reading →

The Perfect Shade of Change: Resources for Sexual Violence Preventionists (National Sexual Violence Resource Center) http://nsvrc.org/publications/nsvrc-publications-information-packets/perfect-shade-change-resources-sexual-violence Effective programming principles include: comprehensiveness; varied teaching methods; sufficient dosage; theory driven; emphasis on positive relationships; appropriate timing; sociocultural relevance; outcome evaluation; well-trained staff. … Continue reading →

OJJDP (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) Development Grants to Colleges Yield Improvement in Underage Drinking Enforcement http://www.udetc.org/documents/College_onepager.pdf Colleges and universities bear the brunt of the effects of heavy episodic drinking. In 2008, The OJJDP funded an Enforcing Underage … Continue reading →

SCOPE Advisory Board member, Brett Sokolow, was on CNN with Soledad O’Brien this morning at 7:10 am and will be on AC360 at 8pm to discuss the role of campus behavioral teams in shootings such as the recent one in … Continue reading →