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Domestic Violence: A Competency-Based Training Manual for Community Mental Health Staff
Publisher(s):Aside from setting screening guidelines, this manual discusses barriers faced by women in rural communities when attempting to protect themselves from domestic violence and presents guidelines for coordinating community response to domestic violence.
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Latinas and Sexual Violence
Publisher(s):This fact sheet addresses cultural and linguistic considerations for improving outreach into Latin@ communities with a special focus on Latinas. It promotes greater awareness of the barriers to services that Latina victims face and tools for removing those barriers.
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Healthy Relationships Protect Teens: A Parent’s Handbook
Publisher(s): Pre-teens and young teens who learn to develop healthy relationship skills are more likely to have healthy relationships throughout their lives. As a parent, you should provide reliable and accurate information to your 11-to-14-year-old about healthy relationships: what a healthy relationship feels like, looks like, and sounds like.
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Early Childhood Development - Your Options - How Do I Know If My Child Is Transgender?
Publisher(s):Addresses the questions: What Is transgender? Can a Child Be Transgender? What Makes a Child Transgender? Why Canít My Child Be ""Normal""? How Should I Respond? How Can I know If Itís a Phase? Where Do I Get Help, Support, and More Information?"
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Dynamics of Sexual Assault and the Implications for Immigrant Women
Publisher(s):This chapter provides a general overview of sexual assault and its impact on immigrant victims. It also addresses the intersection of sexual assault, immigration, and cultural issues.
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A Parent's Handbook: How to Talk to Your Children About Developing Healthy Relationships
Publisher(s):Designed for parents of pre-teens, this booklet was developed as a tool to help parents lay the foundation for healthy decision-making patterns and relationships. Includes tips for "starting the dialogue," interactive quiz, and additional resources.
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Helping Families Deal With the Stress of Relocation After a Disaster
Publisher(s):This handout provides information to help families deal with relocation stress after a disaster.
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Family Violence Nursing Curriculum
Publisher(s):While nurses must be able to respond skillfully to victims of all types of violence, responding to victims of family violence requires sensitivity rooted in understanding how it differs from other types of violence. The content of this curriculum, which grew out of the 1999 American Association of Colleges of Nursing competencies, was developed in response to those findings to provide Minnesota nursing faculty essential curricular information to develop student competence in preventing, assessing, and responding to family violence across the lifespan.
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HeadsUpGuys
HeadsUpGuys is an online, anonymous resource specifically designed for men, and their families, to prevent the continued erosion of men’s mental health and deaths by suicide. It offers tips and articles that arm men with the tools they need to fight depression, as well as recovery stories from men who have faced depression, and an international therapist directory to connect men with local mental health professionals.
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Help A Friend
Publisher(s):This information sheet provides tips to young people to help their peers who experience relationship violence.
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Practical Issues: Preparing and Prosecuting Elder Sexual Assault Cases
Publisher(s):This booklet explores obstacles to prosecution of elder sexual abuse cases and offers practical solutions for professionals involved in these cases.
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Shelter Support Project
Publisher(s):The Shelter Support Project is a supportive resource for people making day-to-day decisions about the management and operation of domestic violence shelter programs. Shelter management resources including articles and model protocols are provided.