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Violence Intervention & Prevention (VIP) Training
THE GOAL …
To create a critical mass of individuals willing and able to do their small part to end violence at TCNJ.
THE HEART …
VIP training is a community level approach to violence prevention that harnesses the power of peer influence to create culture change. VIP training targets all community members as potential bystanders, and seeks to engage them through awareness, education, and skills-practice in proactive behaviors that establish intolerance of violence as the norm. Additionally, VIP training prepares participants to intervene in situations that are high-risk for power-based personal violence - resulting in the ultimate reduction of violence. Dr. Dorothy Edwards, creator of the Green Dot at the University of Kentucky, trained OAVI Staff in the spring of 2009 in anticipation of the TCNJ launch at the onset of the 2009-2010 academic year.
THE BRAINS …
Ending violence is too urgent to just "make it up as we go along" or "do what we've always done." In order to maximize the likelihood of success, VIP training is based on bodies of research that inform every aspect of our prevention model. Check out the "Green Dot Research" page for detailed information.
