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Self Care / Vicarious Trauma Content Topic Results

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  • NRCDV Publications
July 2019

TA Bundle: Creative Programming to Support the Healing Needs of Survivors

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This Technical Assistance (TA) Bundle includes TA Questions (TAQs) featuring creative programming ideas that advocates can adapt or replicate in their agencies to support survivor empowerment and healing. These TAQS are intended to inspire advocates to think outside the box and to build bridges and forge new alliances with non-traditional partners.
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  • General Material
  • NRCDV Publications
  • Training Tools
December 2018

WEBINAR: ACE-DV Speakers Initiative Series: Navigating Challenges in Storytelling with Audiences

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In this panel discussion, representatives of the ACE-DV Leadership Forum strategize together about common audience-generated challenges when sharing our stories in public spaces.
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  • General Material
  • NRCDV Publications
May 2018

How can I mitigate the impact of vicarious trauma to help promote the long-term sustainability of this work?

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In any social justice movement, people are the tools for making change. NRCDV's May 2018 TA Question of the Month offers strategies for mitigating the negative impacts of vicarious trauma and promoting resilience and long-term sustainability in the movement to end gender-based violence.
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  • General Material
April 2017

Vicarious Trauma Toolkit

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The VTT includes tools and resources tailored specifically to these fields that provide the knowledge and skills necessary for organizations to address the vicarious trauma needs of their staff.
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  • General Material
  • NRCDV Publications
  • Training Tools
October 2016

WEBINAR: Keeping Your Cup Full: Self-Care is Essential to Trauma Informed Advocacy

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This webinar offers strategies for dealing with daily work related stress, increases awareness of the issue of vicarious trauma, and provides ideas in order to gain organizational support to help sustain and support those working with survivors of trauma
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  • General Material
  • NRCDV Publications
September 2016

Why is healing from collective trauma critical for our social justice efforts?

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In NRCDV's October 2016 TA Question of the month, Patty Branco examines the importance of committing to individual and collective healing from trauma.
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  • General Material
  • NRCDV Publications
  • Training Tools
July 2016

WEBINAR: Preventing Compassion Fatigue: Honoring Thyself

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This webinar provided valuable tools to identify the warning signs of compassion fatigue, and techniques for advocates to replenish the spirit.
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  • General Material
  • NRCDV Publications
June 2016

How can victim advocates find balance when caring for themselves and supporting victims of gender-based violence?

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In NRCDV's July 2016 TA Question of the month, Ivonne Ortiz discusses the compassion fatigue and offers self-care strategies for advocates.
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  • General Material
July 2014

The Importance of Understanding Trauma-Informed Care and Self-Care for Victim Service Providers

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This document provides recommendations on recognizing and understanding the impact of trauma on survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
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  • General Material
January 2012

Self-Care and Trauma Work

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This document provides a brief overview of vicarious trauma and how to take care of yourself when working to address sexual violence.
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  • General Material
August 2011

Tips for Enhancing Emotional Safety

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This document is part of the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, & Mental Health’s Creating Trauma-Informed Services Tipsheet Series and explains how domestic violence advocates can increase peoples’ emotional safety while they are participating in programming.
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  • Training Tools
  • General Material
January 2011

Secondary Traumatic Stress: A Fact Sheet for Child-Serving Professionals

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This fact sheet provides a concise overview of secondary traumatic stress and its potential impact on child-serving professionals. It also outlines options for assessment, prevention, and interventions relevant to secondary stress, and describes the elements necessary for transforming child-serving organizations and agencies into systems that also support worker resiliency.