Dr. Bassett-Cameron's training helped our Student Affairs Masters students determine the ways we face vicarious trauma in our daily work and the higher education environment as well as how this trauma affects us through compassion satisfaction, fatigue, and burnout.
The workshop was engaging and informative and allowed us to identify much-needed strategies and resources for self-care to combat these common issues.
Brigette Kinkade
MEd College Student Affairs Administration
University of Georgia
Vicarious Trauma Workshops
The purpose of the workshop is to provide professionals with basic information and skills to effectively identify and process vicarious trauma. This research sought to better understand any vicarious trauma that Title IX agents experience.
The participants’ experiences were best measured in their open-ended story telling as well as in the data from the indicators of vicarious trauma and Constructivist Self-Development Theory.
While more research is needed to better understand what elements impact vicarious trauma in Title IX lived experience, my research starts the much-needed conversation. Participants will be able to identify ways in which they can better manage their personal experiences with the indicators of vicarious trauma.
The workshop is interactive, ranges from 1-3 hours and provides a guidebook.
Although this workshop was originally designed for Title IX Agents*, I offer various adaptations of my Vicarious Trauma Workshop suitable for:
Student Affairs & Higher Education Professionals
K-12 Educators
Social Workers/Counselors, Law Enforcement, Medical Field Professionals, and other Helping Professions
One-on-One Professional Sessions
Covid-19 Workshops
Since the COVID-19 Pandemic, the focus and need for understanding your vicarious trauma has dramatically increased. For that reason, many of my trainings have focused on coping strategies and providing personal assessment tools on how to measure the impact of secondary trauma. All trainings have been conducted virtually.
"I had the opportunity to attend the webinar, 'Understanding Your Vicarious Trauma: During COVID-19 and Beyond' by Dr. Jill Bassett and it was definitely MORE than what I expected. Working in Higher Ed, we understand, loosely, what vicarious trauma is but her talk really put into perspective what vicarious trauma is 'not' and also covering critical tools and how to apply them in our day-to-day interactions with our students and colleagues. I took away so many great tools! Including very cool information on sensory care and different books and online resources! This talk was 100% worth the time. I actually wish it was longer! A must for Higher Ed. Professionals who work in the areas of Title IX, Residential Life and any involvement on a Care Team at your institution. Thank you, Dr. Jill, for sharing your critical research!"
Kenna Grant, MS, HHC
*Title IX encompasses sexual misconduct violations, which include all forms of sexual harassment, sexual violence (verbal, physical, and sexual assault), sexual discrimination, domestic violence (intimate partner violence), dating violence, and stalking. Additionally, Vicarious Trauma can be experienced by any situation that produces trauma such as crisis situations, health-related incidents or deaths, life hardship, and/or natural disasters.
These workshops provide peer institutions/professionals with new and creative ways to educate on topics of Title IX and compliance. I provide the institution with activities, resources, and team building techniques that are reported to increase morale and work performance.
These workshops are available for in-person or virtual workshops, as well as one-on-one sessions.
Professional Training Workshops
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Fact Finding
Weighing Evidence
Student Conduct Interviewing
Educational Sanctions
Student Development Theory
Ethical Student Conduct Reasoning Framework
Implicit Bias Exercise Assessment for Conduct
Quantitative vs Qualitative Reasoning/Questioning
Student Conduct/Title IX Hearing Boards
How To: Select, Train, and Retain Faculty