Recognizing and Responding to Harm: What I’ve Learned Working with Students Accused of Harm

Includes a Live Web Event on 05/19/2026 at 1:30 PM (EDT)

Description

This session will focus on students who have been accused of sexual violence, domestic violence, or stalking. The presenter will share observations from the past five years of working with accused students and how these insights have shaped her approach to response. She will discuss evidence-based strategies shown to reduce harmful behaviors in treatment and intervention settings and explore how these approaches can be adapted to campus response contexts. Participants will engage with short case examples to practice applying these strategies and reflect on how to adapt and strengthen their own skills in supporting students who have, or may have, caused harm.

Learning Outcomes

Recognize how sexual violence, domestic violence, and stalking show up distinctly and why those differences matter for campus response.
Identify evidence-based strategies from treatment and intervention settings that can be adapted for responding to students who have caused harm.
Practice applying these strategies through case examples to strengthen their own skills in supporting students who have or may have caused harm.

Kyla Martin, M.S.

Confidential Resource Advisor, Office of Prevention and Education

Northeastern University

Kyla V. Martin, M.S. (she/her) serves as the Confidential Resource Advisor in the Office of Prevention and Education at Northeastern University. She provides services for students accused of sexual violence. With over a decade of experience in sexual violence prevention and response across 15 institutions, Kyla has also supported initiatives at Louisiana State University, Tufts University, Wheaton College, and Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. She holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Macalester College, an M.S. in College Student Development and Counseling from Northeastern University, and a graduate certificate in Restorative Practices from the International Institute for Restorative Practices.

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