Erin Basler, MEd

I am a Swiss army professional who loves collaborative, project-based work.
Advocate and professional skills trainer experienced in auditing, educating, and increasing access across: intellectual disability services, sexuality education, violence prevention, trauma care and healing, and student services. Dedicated to universal design, equity, justice, with specialized expertise at the intersection of disability, education, and sexual citizenship.
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Skills

  • Accessibility monitoring and service gap analysis
  • Curriculum and Training development
  • Access remediation planning
  • Grant writing and management
  • Policy & procedural development
  • Organizational capacity building (systemic and workforce-based)
  • Needs Assessments
  • Program & strategic planning
Technical Skills
Social media management, content planning and development, graphic design using Canva and Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier
Specialized Training
  • Intimate Violence Advocacy (2016)
  • MA Intimate Partner Abuse Education Program (2018)
  • Restorative Practice in Campus Environments (2021)
  • Systems Thinking (2021)

Speaking, Teaching, and Consulting

Wondering, “Why does that name sound familiar?” Here are some places we may have crossed paths.
Disability Education & Access
MA DDS Office of Learning & Development: Sexuality Educator Network (2008 - forever)
Human sexuality, relationships, and social skills: A training of trainers | 2011, 2014-onward
At various times, updated, facilitated, guest lectured, provided specialized information, and developed resources for the 8-week training of trainers and its 40-hours of prerequisite training focused on developing core capacities of specialized sexuality educators.
MAICEI Summer Convening (2018)
Summer 2018, MA Inclusive College Enrollment Initiative, Boston, MA
Prepared the summary report for the summer convening, which gathered stakeholders across education access, disability services, sexuality education, and intimate violence prevention to better understand the intersectional needs of transition age youth enrolled in the program. As the report writer, my duties included:
  • Consult in planning and development of the convening
  • Collaborate with table facilitators to collect themes and individual notes
  • Collate and analyze the materials and notes collected during training to identify themes, learning needs, service gaps, and promising practice ideas
  • Collect resources and develop appendices to share with attendees and other stakeholders
PPLM Convening (2018)
OVW Disability Grantee Trainings (2016 - 2020)
Eugenics
This is a topic I visit in most of my educational content across topics.
Mensa Annual Gathering (2017)
Eugenics: Improving the Human Race, or Scientific Validation for Racism?
JUL 2017
An overview of eugenics history in the U.S., including modern-day and near future Eugenics Influenced Practices, a framework for recognizing eugenical roots in policy, medicine, and social norms.
Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit (2016)
Sexuality Education
Sexuality Conferences
Online Learning
Elevate U (2016-2018)
Intersectionality for Human Service Providers (webinar)
Jumpstart your Career in Sexuality (webinar)
Consent & Relationships Education @ Harvard Affiliates (recorded presentations, 2020-2021)

Work History

MetroWest Center for Independent Living

Framingham, Massachusetts (2022 onward)
Youth Services Manager

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (2019-2021)
Education & Community Engagement Specialist
NOV 2019 - present, Office of Sexual Assault Prevention & Response
  • Develop and implement prevention education programs, community outreach materials, social media content, and public-facing messages around issues of sexual harassment, relationship violence, community harm, stalking, and trauma for the Harvard community.
  • Represent the office in cross-unit collaborations to increase programming for students, staff, faculty, and alumni.
  • Provide advocacy and service navigation around accommodations and supportive measures related to trauma.
Projects & Working Groups
  • HUHS DEI Committee (2020-2021)
  • Trauma Working Group (2021)
  • Student group support (2019-2021)

New Hope, Inc.

Attleboro, Massachusetts (2016-2020)
Project Director/Disability Outreach Coordinator
FEB 2017 - DEC 2020
  • Managed $500k access development grant under the Training and Services to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities Grant Program from the Office of Violence Against Women (2016 Cohort).
  • Contributed to local, regional, state-wide, and national initiatives examining issues of sexual and domestic violence (SDV) as they impact people with cognitive disabilities.
  • Coordinated in-house accommodations requests and initial contact & explanations of services as the agency liaison to The MA Disabled Persons Protection Commission's Sexual Assault Response Unit.
  • Increased staff and organizational capacity in working with survivors with disabilities through assessment, cross-agency collaboration, direct training, policy development, and strategic planning.
Community Engagement Specialist
AUG 2016 - FEB 2017
  • Partnered with community organizations and education communities, K-12 through adult learners, to increase awareness of issues in SDV, prevention efforts, and trauma informed care.
  • Planned, designed, and implemented domestic & sexual violence to maintain compliance with MA Department of Health standards for 20J & 20K designated counselors corresponding with the 2017 RFR.
Projects & Working Groups
  • JDI Prevention Education Working Group (2016-2019)
  • DPPC Regional Sexual Assault Liaisons Meetings (2017-2020)

SHIP

(Previously The Center For Sexual Pleasure & Health)
Providence, Rhode Island (2014 - 2019)
Education Coordinator
Designed, produced, and implemented online sexuality education series with dual professional and personal tracks and the AVN & XBIZ Award winning Sexual Health Certification series for Eldorado, Inc — a 16-lesson webinar series designed to provide adult retail associates with critical information about sexual wellbeing and needs from a pleasure lens.
Brand Manager
Launched rebrand of the Study Sex College Tour, a traveling sex education workshop program aimed at college students including marketing, lesson development, and brand identity cohesion.
Intern & Volunteer Manager
Recruited and supervised seasonal cohorts of up to 10 interns including training, assigning work duties, and providing developmental feedback.
Projects & Working Groups
  • ElevateU, Professional Education course (2015-2017)
  • Teen Health Network Planning Committee (2019)
  • Study Sex College Tour (2015-2022)
  • National Sexual Wellness Retail Website content development (2016)
  • Pleasure-focused accessibility and use-case consultant (2014-2022)

Mass Department of Development Services

Educational Intern
Office of Learning and Development, Springfield, MA 
Updated and delivered human rights and sexuality-related professional development trainings under supervision of Pat Carney. Training topics included overviews of human rights and care work, utilizing teachable moments, considerations around touch & professional boundaries, being a "trusted person who can help" as a support worker, and training of trainers in sexuality, relationships, and social skills education.
Care Worker
MA DDS, 2006 - 2011 | Baroco, Inc, 2011-2013
Acted as companion, facilitator, and assistant for adults with a range of disabilities, primarily with cognitive constraints, living in group homes. Supervised shift staff. The experience gathered in this role, which allowed intimate professional connections to develop, provided the me the opportunity share in life with those I supported and was instrumental in shaping my career.
Projects & Working Groups
  • Sexuality Educator Network (2008-2020)
  • Human Rights Advocate (2007-2010)
  • DSWII (shift management) Supervision Group (2009-2011)
  • Pioneer Valley Homes Bowling League Coordinator (2009)

Education

Master of Education

Human Sexuality, 2014 from Widener University, Chester, PA

Bachelor of Art

Human Services Advocacy, 2011 from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
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