CIRMA Workshop: Hazing: Impact & Consequences; March 10, 2010

Workshop:

Hazing: Impact & Consequences

March 10, 2010
Waterford, CT
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM, Registration 8:30 AM

This seminar is open to CIRMA members only

SUMMARY

This workshop examines the myths and realities of hazing. Participants will learn the role of hazing within groups, how it can turn dangerous, and ways to prevent it.

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Hazing: Imapct & Consequences is one of the many practical workshops CIRMA provides to its members. For more information about this and other CIRMA workshops, please email us at cirmaworkshop@ccm-ct.org.

"CIRMA workshops provide important training and education on the wide range of risks faced by schools today."

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Hazing is sometimes excused as a harmless way to integrate new members of a group and increase solidarity. Hazing can turn violent, even deadly, when the group's dynamics spin out of control and blind aggression takes over.

Past hazing is not a good indicator that future activites will remain harmless. Otherwise innocuous initiation rites have warped into physical, psychological, or sexual assaults when the once-victimized participants feel the need for "pay-back."

Connecticut state law prohibits hazing. The presence of hazing activities within an organization exposes it to liability claims, whether or not the leadership had any knowledge of the hazing incident. Consent of the victim can't be used as a defense in a civil suit.

A decade of academic research reveals the problem is bigger than many suspected and may be worsening. Hazing has been documented in the workplace, fire departments, police departments, school athletic teams, bands, theater groups, clubs, and cheerleading squads; it is often surrounded by silence or tacit acceptance. When hazardous hazing occurs, everyone in the group, including the perpetrators, may be traumatized.

This new CIRMA workshop investigates hazing, its impact and consequences in schools and in municipal workplaces, and ways leaders can stop it.

Topics include:

Connecticut statutes on hazing; its definition and legal consequences.
Social and group dynamics surrounding hazing.
Consequences to participants, group, and the organization.
How to tell if an activity is actually hazing.
Ways to prevent hazing.

AUDIENCE This workshop is designed for:

Board of Education/School District members
School administrative staff, teaching staff
Municipal managers and supervisors
Police and Fire Department supervisors

SPEAKERS Mark Wantroba
Senior Risk Management Consultant
CIRMA Risk Management Services

Mark serves as a Senior Risk Control Consultant for CIRMA’s Risk Management Services. He has over 20 years experience working in the commercial insurance industry providing risk management and safety and health services. Mark holds a B.S. in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from Southern Connecticut State University. He also completed his M.S. in Exercise Physiology (Biomechanics) from the same institution. Mark is a Certified Safety Professional and holds the Associate in Risk Management and Associate in Loss Control Management designations. He has been a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers since 1989. WHERE WATERFORD TOWN HALL
15 Rope Ferry Road
Waterford, CT 06385
860-444-5832 COST per attendee This seminar is open to CIRMA members only and is free of charge.

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For more information, please call Martin Connelly at 203-946-3743 or email cirmaworkshop@ccm-ct.org.

DIRECTIONS

From the EAST (Groton Area):
Take I-95 to Exit 81, Cross Road. At the end of the off ramp, take a left onto Parkway North. Go to the light and take a left onto Cross Road and travel for 1 mile to the next light. At that light, take a left onto Boston Post Road - Route 1. Travel for two miles to the next light; you will pass the Waterford Post Office on your right and at the next light, there will be Silva's Package Store on the right hand corner. Turn right at the light onto Avery Lane. Go to the first traffic light (the corner of Avery Lane and Rope Ferry Road - Route 156). Take a left onto Rope Ferry Road - Route 156. The Town Hall is on the left side of the road.

From the WEST (New Haven Area):
Take I-95 North to Exit 75. At the end of the exit, there is a stop sign but continue straight on Boston Post Road- Route 1 North. Continue on Route 1 for just under 4 miles. Near the end of the 4 miles you will pass the Waterford Post Office on your right. At the next traffic light, you will see Silva's Package Store on the right hand corner. Take a right at this light onto Avery Lane. Go to the first traffic light (the corner of Avery Lane and Rope Ferry Road - Route 156). Take a left onto Rope Ferry Road- Route 156. The Town Hall is on the left side of the road.

From the NORTH (Hartford Area):
Take Route 2 East to Exit 19 (Route 11 South, near Colchester). Continue on Route 11 until it ends. At the end of the exit, turn left and follow signs to Route 85 South. Turn right onto Route 85 and continue on Rte. 85 for 8 - 8.5 miles until you come to I-395; continue on Rte 85 and go .9 of a mile more to the second traffic light after I-395. (You will pass the Oakdell Motel on your left.) Take a right onto Cross Road at this light and travel for approximately 2.2 miles. You will pass Hoyt's Cinemas on the left and travel over I-95. At the 2.2 mile mark, you will come to a light at the intersection of Cross Road and Route 1 - Boston Post Road. Take a left onto Rte. 1 and travel for another 2 miles. Near the end of the 2 miles you will pass the Waterford Post Office on your right. At the next traffic light, you will see Silva's Package Store on the right hand corner. Take a right at this light onto Avery Lane. Go to the first traffic light (the corner of Avery Lane and Rope Ferry Road - Route 156). Take a left onto Rope Ferry Road - Route 156. The Town Hall is on the left side of the road.

From the NORTH (Norwich Area):
Take Route 395 South to Exit 77 which is used for the Crystal Mall though the signs simply say "Shopping Mall." At the end of the exit there is a traffic light. Take a left onto Route 85 South and continue for approximately .9 of a mile. You will pass the Oakdell Motel on your left. At the next intersection there is a traffic light. Take a right onto Cross Road at this light and travel for approximately 2.2 miles. You will pass Hoyt's Cinemas on the left and travel over I-95. At the 2.2 mile mark, you will come to a light at the intersection of Cross Road and Route 1- Boston Post Road. Take a left onto Rte. 1 and travel for another 2 miles. Near the end of the 2 miles you will pass the Waterford Post Office on your right. At the next traffic light, you will see Silva's Package Store on the right hand corner. Take a right at this light onto Avery Lane. Go to the first traffic light (the corner of Avery Lane and Rope Ferry Road- Route 156). Take a left onto Rope Ferry Road - Route 156. The Town Hall is on the left side of the road.

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Phone: (203) 498-3000
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