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Situational Awareness &
Upstander Intervention

What is situational
awareness?

Practicing situational awareness involves using all your senses and your body to assess your surroundings for potential threats and to develop a plan of action to keep yourself and others safe. These survival skills enable anyone to assess and navigate their environment. It involves understanding both internal and external factors and how to respond to threatening situations effectively.
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Survival Responses & Tools

An overview

Reflect on your go-to response when facing escalating scenarios.

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Window of tolerance: A tool for understanding how you recognize and respond to stress levels. Hyperarousal or flight response, anxiety or anger, overwhelm or stress. Comfort zone, cool or collected, asleep or awake.
Window of Tolerance

understanding how you recognize & respond to your surroundings

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Activation Points and Anchor Points Diagram. Graphic includes an open window, a pillow with eyes closed, and icons suggesting relaxation or exhaustion.
Activations & Anchors 

how, when, & why you move through your window of tolerance

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Anchoring Yourself

hat makes you feel grounded, safe, comfortable, or grounds you back into your Window of Tolerance?
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A community Care Tool

Holistic Check-In

Developed by Across Frontlines for human rights defenders, community safety teams, and frontline activists to employ when providing care after an action.

It’s one way to support someone to self regulate based on consent, community care and honoring their agency & autonomy.
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Physically?

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Emotionally?

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Energetically?

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Support needed?

OODA Loop

The OODA Loop:

sift through information and events 

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OODA Loop: A Tool for Strategic Decision-Making. 1. Observe (being present & taking in information about yourself & your environment) 2. Orient (Establishing what is normal for your situation in order to notice any changes) 3. Decide (understanding what you want out of your situation & what you need to make that happen) 4. Action (moving through your situation based on your observations, orientation, goals, & decisions)
The OODA Loop:

responding to conflict when we are outside of our comfort zone

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For example:

identifying two exit routes

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De-Escalation Tips

Clara, a de-escalation tool for navigating verbal conflict and identifying needs.Check-In, Listen, Affrm, Respond, Add

CLARA

A de-escalation tool for navigating verbal conflict & identifying needs.

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Find de-escalation trainers & trainings near you

Equip yourself with the de-escalation and community safety skills to navigate conflict
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