PAUSE-itive Bystanders
Have you ever been concerned about or seen a situation where you wanted to help, but didn’t know how? Here are some tips on how someone can be a PAUSEitive bystander and help prevent an unsafe situation from happening! First off, what does the PAUSE in PAUSEitive bystander stand for? And what do they do? PAUSE is a bystander intervention program and it stands for Prevention Awareness Uniting Students with Empowerment! The PAUSE program teaches students the importance of intervening when someone might be in need of help by recognizing potentially harmful situations. PAUSE teaches the necessary skills and knowledge to communicate with others ways to remove a person from a dangerous situation. So here are three steps to follow a plan of action! 1. SEE Observing the behavior/ incident before you can help 2. THINK Is this violence? Is it safe to do something? What technique can I use? 3. ACT Carry out an intervention technique from the 3 D’s known ...