Did You Ask First teaches specific how-to skills for asking for and obtaining consent, respect in relationships, communication, bystander intervention, and preventing sexual assault.   Through this high-energy, interactive program, your students will understand the consequences of high-risk behaviors and gain effective strategies to step back, assess, and walk away if a situation does not feel right. They leave this program motivated to party safely, to look out for one another and keep each other safe. This is your perfect solution to motivate your students and student athletes to make positive choices so they can achieve success in the classroom as well the court, course, and field!

This program can be adapted to fit your institution, student, student-athlete, and team needs.  Dosage options include a 45 to 60-minute master class, ½ day or full day deep dive retreat, or in an online interactive video-based class with exercises and assessments.

How to Access the Program:

Campuses can reach out to Justin Lawrence by email at lawrencej@wbu.edu or by phone at (806) 535-5907

Seeing Eye to Eye and having the Same Sexual Experience addresses the critical issue of sexual violence with sensitivity and inclusive language.  Your students and student athletes will leave with a deeper understanding of the devastating effects of sexual violence. They gain the essential skills to provide support and to engage in bystander intervention. Through this engaging and interactive program your students and student-athletes will learn to embrace respect and leave with the tools for effective communication.

This program can be adapted to fit your institution, student, student-athlete, and team needs.  Dosage options include a 45 to 60-minute master class, ½ day or full day deep dive retreat, or in an online interactive video-based class with exercises and assessments.

How to Access the Program:

Campuses can reach out to Justin Lawrence by email at lawrencej@wbu.edu or by phone at (806) 535-5907

Dating violence encompasses more than simply physical aggression. It also includes psychological, sexual, and emotional harm in a relationship, and it can occur both in person and digitally. This is a common issue among college students and on college campuses across the United States.  Fortunately, there is something you can do. This program engages students how to identify and prevent dating violence. Through this interactive and engaging program students will learn and discuss the causes of dating violence, how they can help a friend in an abusive relationship, how to communicate in a relationship, the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships, common gender stereotypes regarding dating violence, and important dating violence prevention techniques.

This program can be adapted to fit your institution, student, student-athlete, and team needs.  Dosage options include a 45 to 60-minute master class, ½ day or full day deep dive retreat, or in an online interactive video-based class with exercises and assessments.

How to Access the Program:

Campuses can reach out to Justin Lawrence by email at lawrencej@wbu.edu or by phone at (806) 535-5907

Qualitative and quantitative data were captured over a four-year span of time in a non-controlled university environment.  Data came from training sessions with both traditional students and student-athletes from NAIA, Division II, and Division I schools, including Power 5. The students were surveyed immediately after the end of their training session with a response rate greater than 99%. The data came from more than 10,000 surveys collected in over 250 programming settings. The survey results reveal very high satisfaction rates for the effectiveness of the training. Quantitative data showed that 90% of participants perceived the programs as “Very Helpful” and 98% viewed the programs as “Very Helpful” or “Helpful.” In the qualitative data, participant comments were overwhelmingly positive and noted many specific areas in which they gained knowledge. The specific topics that were most commonly mentioned in student responses to an open-ended question were: affirmative and clear consent, coercion, incapacitation, sexual harassment, stalking, sexual exploitation, rape myths, dating and domestic violence, healthy relationships, the importance of reporting, reporting options, and commitment to bystander intervention and engagement.