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January 2011
A Passport to Safety
Publisher(s): This publication is designed to facilitate the efforts of states, tribes, and territories to implement the Full Faith & Credit Provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which require that a protection order obtained in one state be enforced in another state.
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- General Material
January 2011
WCSAP Manager’s Viewpoint: Disaster Resilience: Emergency Planning and Recovery for Sexual Assault Programs
Publisher(s):This document offers information to assist sexual assault programs with emergency preparedness and recovery planning. It includes the perspectives of experienced program managers and an expert on gender-based violence in disasters, as well as planning tools and resources.
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- General Material
January 2011
Consumer Rights Screening Tool for Domestic Violence Advocates and Lawyers
Publisher(s):This tool is meant to be used by attorneys and advocates working with domestic violence survivors to help them determine if a client might be facing consumer law issues that would necessitate referral to a consumer rights attorney or advocate.
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- General Material
January 2011
Golden Voices: Support Groups for Older Abused Women
Publisher(s):This manual is designed to help professionals start a support group for older survivors of domestic abuse.
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- General Material
January 2011
DELTA and DELTA PREP: Building Capacity for Primary Prevention of IPV
Publisher(s):This 2-pager describes the CDC funded DELTA and DELTA PREP projects that support state/territory domestic violence coalitions as they
1) build organizational readiness; 2) enhance their state and community-level abilities to prevent IPV; and 3) build evidence for effective primary prevention practices, programs, and policies.
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- Training Tools
- General Material
January 2011
Conversation Guide Series
Publisher(s):The Conversation Guide Series is designed to provide guidance to domestic violence programs working to build their own capacity to provide accessible, culturally relevant, and trauma-informed services.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
January 2011
Traumatic Brain Injury As a Result of Domestic Violence: Information, Screening and Model Practices: Trainer's Manual
Publisher(s):This toolkit for trainers and advocates, provides key information, exercises and resources. The materials facilitate ways to better equip domestic violence program staff to recognize, understand and respond more effectively to the specific needs of those living with TBI as a result of domestic violence.
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- General Material
December 2010
The Politics of Memory: Part II. The Voice of the Oppressed
This video highlights the historical roots of the mental health consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement in the fight for women’s rights.
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- General Material
June 2010
Victim Confidentiality Considerations For Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Programs When Responding to Rare or Emergency Situations
Publisher(s):This article provides guidelines for thinking about confidentiality in emergencies and creating policies to address victim safety.
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- General Material
June 2010
Positive Changes Following Adversity
Publisher(s):This issue focuses on positive change following adversity or the concept of posttraumatic growth. It provides a summary and analysis of research in this burgeoning area that brings together research from the trauma and positive psychology fields, offering another way to look at traumatic experiences focusing on the positive changes and growth that can ensue.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
April 2010
Making Distinctions Between Different Types of Intimate Partner Violence: A Preliminary Guide
Publisher(s):National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC), National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This paper summarizes discussions held at an invitational conference designed to bring together key scholars and practitioners from the healthy marriage and domestic violence fields to address a complex issue-different types of intimate partner violence and their implications for practice.
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- Training Tools
- General Material
March 2010
The Sanctuary Model: A Restorative Approach for Human Service Organizations
Publisher(s):This article describes Dr. Sandra Bloom’s Sanctuary Model as an operating system that helps human services organizations function in a humane, democratic, and socially responsible manner.