How You Can Intervene Safely: When it comes to intervening safely, remember the four Ds – direct, distract, delegate, delay. Call out negative behaviour, tell the person to stop or ask the victim if they are OK.
What is the bystander intervention process?
Bystander Intervention is recognizing a potentially harmful situation or interaction and choosing to respond in a way that could positively influence the outcome.
How do you perform a bystander intervention?
- Direct: Intervene directly. By intervening in the moment, bystanders may give the concerned person a chance to get to a safe place or leave a situation (View a video example here)
- Distract: Distract either party.
- Delegate: Bring in someone else to help.
- Delay: Check in later.
What are the 5 steps of bystander intervention?
- Notice the event.
- Interpret the situation as a problem.
- Assume personal responsibility.
- Know how to help.
- Step up!
What are the three steps to bystander intervention?
- The 3 "D"s of Bystander Invention.
- Direct: Call it like you see it. ...
- Distract: Draw away or divert attention. ...
- Delegate: Appoint someone else to help intervene.
What would you do bystander intervention?
Step in and say or do something to stop the situation. For example, if someone is trying to take an intoxicated student to a room, you can directly intervene by taking the person aside and saying, “Hey man, she looks drunk.
What is the bystander act?
Bystanders should ACT (Assist. Call for help. Tell someone) as soon as possible after identifying that someone may be in a potentially dangerous or harmful situation.