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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Aug 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Sex Abus. 2024 Jul 30;34(5-6):682–696. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2024.2385468

Table 2.

Learning Objectives for Summit Attendees

Learning objectives for students who attend this summit • Define and recognize consent, as it relates to sexual and other interpersonal interactions.
• Identify their boundaries and how to be comfortable in maintaining them.
• Ask for consent in a way that is not coercive.
• Identify a situation that may escalate to sexual assault, how to be an active bystander, non-confrontational ways to intervene (BAEstander!)
• Empathize with and better respond to survivors of sexual violence.
• Access resources for themselves or friends who have been impacted by sexual violence (national and local)
• Contribute to changing the culture of their school/community with better practices around consent, bystander intervention, and general rape culture.
• Understand how “rape culture” and gender roles impact consent
Learning objectives for adults/mentors who attend this summit • Define and help students recognize consent, as it relates to sexual and other interpersonal interactions.
• Empathize with survivors of sexual violence
• Access local and national resources for themselves, friends, or students/youth, who have been impacted by sexual violence.
• Help students apply communication skills that build understanding of their needs in relationships and that express their boundaries.
• Understand how “rape culture” and gender roles impact consent.
• Communicate more comfortably and directly with youth about sex, sexuality, and consent (or help them get to the people whom they are more comfortable with)