Bystander Intervention

Which of the following is one of the 5 D's of bystander intervention?

Distress

Distract

Destroy

Dare

You should always assess the safety of the situation before intervening.

True

False

You are in a crowded area and a couple seems to be getting into a heated fight. You should:

Wait for someone else to get involved.

Go along with your day, ignore it.

Use one of the 5 Ds to intervene.

Point and laugh.

You overhear someone making humiliating or insulting comments to their partner. What should you NOT do?

Pretend to ask them for directions to distract from the situation.

Walk past them and ignore the situation.

If safe to do so, tell the person making the comments to stop.

Ask the victim if they are okay afterwards.

Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 D's of bystander intervention?

Document

Debrief

Destroy

Delegate

The definition of "distract" is to shift attention from the situation.

True

False

What should you do if you video the incident?

Post it on social media

Give it to the victim to let them decide what to do with it.

Text it to your friends

Nothing. Just leave it in your camera roll.

Which of the following is an example of "delegate"?

Contact a school counselor about the behavior you have witnessed.

Intervene during the incident.

Talk to the victim after the incident has ended.

Walk away.

Your friend's partner has been pressuring them into sex. What should you NOT do?

Refer them to county sexual and dating violence hotlines.

Tell them that they don't have to have sex and their partner should respect that.

Offer to talk to a trusted adult with them.

Tell them that if they love them, they should have sex.

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