Personal Safety in Cross-Cultural Transition (Peace Corps): Unit three: Volunteer workshop on handling difficult situations and peer counseling: Part three: (introduction...)

Personal Safety in Cross-Cultural Transition (Peace Corps)

Information

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Unit one: General personal safety

Session I: Pre-departure design on rape and personal safety

Session II: In-country design on general personal safety

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Attachment A: Sample situations for step 7.b

Unit two: Rape and personal safety

Session I: Pre-departure design on rape and personal safety

Session II: In-country design on rape and personal safety

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Attachment A: Developing a critical incident for session II, step 3b.

Attachment B: Sample situations for step 9.b

Attachment C: Case study on AMY

Attachment D: Role play: Supporting a rape victim

Peace corps manual section: Sexual assault

Unit three: Volunteer workshop on handling difficult situations and peer counseling

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Part one

Part two

Part three

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Attachment A: Sample situations for step 9.b

Attachment B: Workshop evaluation form

Handouts for pre-departure design on general personal safety: Unit one

Session I

Handout 1: Critical incident

Handout 2: Volunteers' advice to new volunteers

Session II

Handout 1: Volunteers' advice to new volunteers

Handout 2: Critical incident: Possible sexual overtures by Host Country supervisor to female PCV

Handout 3: Critical incident: Social/sexual pressure encountered by a male PCV relating to his community acceptance and identity

Handout 4: Assertiveness rights

Handouts for pre-departure design on rape and personal safety: Unit two

Session I

Handout 1: Critical incident

Handout 2: Myths and realities of rape

Session II

Handout 1: Volunteers' advice to new volunteers

Handout 2: Critical incident: Social/sexual pressure encountered by a male PCV relating to his community acceptance and identity

Handout 3: Critical Incident: Possible sexual overtures by host country supervisor to female PCV

Handout 4: Common reactions to rape

Handout 5: Assertiveness rights

Handouts for volunteer workshop on handling difficult situations and peer counseling: Unit three

Handout 1: Volunteers' advice to new volunteers

Handout 2: Critical incident: possible sexual overtures by host country supervisor to female PCV

Handout 3: Critical incident: Social/sexual pressure encountered by a male PVC relating to his community acceptance and identity

Handout 4: Assertiveness rights

Handout 5: Case study on AMY

Handout 6: Jack

Handout 7: Common reactions to assault

Handout 8: The awareness wheel

Handout 9: Behavior checklist non-verbal attending behavior

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Introduction
1a. Explain that many Volunteers want an opportunity to pass on their knowledge to incoming Volunteers. The next hour will help them do just that. It will be a time to learnt how they can pass information on to new Volunteers.	[5 min]
1b. Mention that there are many possibilities. Some countries develop handbooks on safety advice, cultural training sessions involving Volunteers, slide shows on Volunteer lifestyles in the country, etc.
Volunteer Activities
2a. Ask them to list areas in which they would like to develop more information for new Volunteers, e.g., safety information for new Volunteers.	[5 min]
2b. After they have listed the areas of interest, ask them to divide into groups according to their personal interests.
In these groups they will be discussing: - the type of information, activity or skill they want to pass on; - how they want to develop this material; and - individual responsibilities for following through on the tasks.	[45 min]
2c. When they have completed the group work, have each group give a brief summary of what they will be doing and how.
Conclusion	[5 min]
1a. Recap the day, briefly mentioning the topics and activities.
Post again the goals and check with participants to make sure they were met. If they were not, ask why. Ask how they could follow up.
1b. Distribute evaluation forms and ask participants to provide suggestions for future such workshops.