Green Dot For High School

Green Dot

Green Dot is an evidence-based primary prevention program designed to teach participants safe ways to intervene in situations of bullying, dating violence, and sexual harassment and assault.

The program includes two components: the Overview Speech and the Bystander Training.

The Overview Speech is a 45-minute high-level training delivered to all students in a school.

The Bystander Training is a 5-hour intensive training with identified Popular Opinion Leaders (POLs), i.e. students who are admired and respected by their peers. To reach optimal effectiveness, 15% of the student body must complete the Bystander Training.

Learning Objectives

After attending a Green Dot training, participants will be able to:

Recognize red dots (a potentially harmful situation)

Understand importance of intervening

Know any barriers they may have to intervening

Identify creative ways to intervene, even with their barriers

Set new school norms: violence is not okay and everyone is expected to do their part

HOW WE KNOW IT WORKS

We know Green Dot works because of the extensive evaluation of the program – most of which has happened in Kentucky high schools and colleges

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Reduction in perpetration of sexual assault

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Reduction in perpetration of dating violence

Data from a 5-year RCT evaluation research study of Green Dot in Kentucky high schools “Coker, A. L.; Bush, H. M.; Cook-Craig, P. G.; DeGue, S, A.; Clear, E. R.; Brancato, C. J.; Fisher, B. S.; and Recktenwald, E. A. (2017). RCT Testing Bystander Effectiveness to Reduce Violence. American Journal of Preventative Medicine 52(5): 566–578.

What’s Your Green Dot?

Green Dots are simple actions you can take in your everyday life. Some examples are:

Directly intervening when you see a red dot situation by telling the person/people causing harm to stop or by checking in on the person experiencing the harm.

Getting someone else involved in addressing a red dot situation, like a friend, teacher, or other trusted adult.

Distracting from a red dot situation by asking someone about homework you have or asking to borrow someone’s phone.

Having a conversation with your friends about why you think Green Dot is important. Posting about Green Dot on your social media.

Bringing a Green Dot training to your club, sports team, or youth group.