In our Sexual Harassment Awareness training workshops your employees will learn and apply the important skills of handling sexual harassment issues and complaints. This hands on workshop thoroughly addresses the elements of how to prevent unacceptable behavior. The workshop includes a detailed overview of what sexual harassment is, explains legal definitions, discusses sexual harassment prevention, and shows how to handle sexual harassment complaints and maintain a positive work environment.

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Sexual Harassment Training Workshop: Sexual Harassment Prevention in Schools

Sexual harassment in the workplace is a well-covered topic in the media, movies and television, but what about sexual harassment in schools? Harassment in our schools is a serious, pervasive problem that can only be solved by education and discipline. No student should have to fear harassment and have it get in the way of learning and social development. While it is mainly girls who are victimized by harassment in schools, boys also are harassed. School administrators, teachers, parents and other adults who work around teens have a responsibility to prevent harassment.

When sexual behavior in the workplace is continued and unwanted, it is called hostile workplace harassment. Harassment is schools is very similar. At work the victim has a difficult time completely his/her job because of the behaviors. At school, students have same problem completely their school work. In both cases, the behaviors become sexual harassment when they are repeated, unwelcome and unwanted.

Sexual harassment against girls in schools includes behaviors such as whistling, catcalls, graffiti, body comments, sexual gossip, repeating asking for dates, pressure for sex, pinching, spanking and other touching. Boys endure comments about their sexuality and other name-calling and actions such as the removal of pants or shorts in public.

All of these behaviors are unacceptable and this needs to be conveyed to students. Administrators should write a sexual harassment policy and it should be posted and shared with all parents and students. There should be no "gray area" about what is considered harassment at school. Every type of acceptable behavior should be list so that there is no confusion or defense in the case of disciplinary action against a student.

This education should begin in grade school. These behaviors begin with children before middle school and accelerate all the way into high school. If prevention and education is begun in the early grades, it can greatly reduce its prevalence as children get older. Having parents sign the harassment policy is a great tool and will start a dialogue between parents and students. If parents are sharing acceptable behaviors with their children it will immediately reduce the problem.

Sexual harassment in schools is a problem that can no longer be ignored. The right to learn in a harassment-free environment is the right of every student. Education, awareness and policy will assist with its reduction, but it will take a concerted effort from everyone involved with educating and raising children to make prevention possible.

Source: Charlie King link