Engagement & Collaboration Content Topic Results
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Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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January 2012
Court Guide to Effective Collaboration on Elder Abuse
Publisher(s):National Center for State Courts (NCSC), Center for Elders and the Courts (CEC), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
This guide provides an overview of court participation in multidisciplinary collaboration to more effectively address elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. It suggests ways that multidisciplinary partnerships can assist courts in effectively respond to individual cases and in improving systemic community responses to elder abuse.
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- General Material
January 2012
The Basics: What Every Reporter Needs to Know about IPV
Publisher(s): This is a tipsheet for reporters to help them report sensitively and accurately on issues involving intimate partner violence.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
January 2012
A Parent's Guide to Facebook
Publisher(s):This guide was designed to teach parents how to help their teens strengthen their privacy and safety on Facebook. It discusses managing reputation, risks, privacy, and reporting problems.
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- General Material
January 2012
The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Women’s Condom Negotiation Efficacy
Publisher(s): This study explores how the experience of intimate partner violence impacts a woman’s confidence in her ability to negotiate condom use with a sexual partner (i.e., condom use self-efficacy).
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- General Material
January 2012
Hanging Out or Hooking Up?
Publisher(s):This safety card challenges teens to consider how their significant other treats them, identifying dynamics of healthy relationships and signs that may indicate abuse. Tips are provided to those wanting to support a friend who may be facing relationship abuse, and the card is written in gender-neutral terms. (Available in English and Spanish)
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- General Material
January 2012
Clergy Communications and Clergy as Mandatory Reporters
Publisher(s):National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse (NCPCA), National District Attorneys Association (NDAA)
This report gives a state-by-state accounting of when clergy are mandated reporters of child maltreatment.
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- General Material
January 2012
Handbook for National Action Plans on Violence Against Women
Publisher(s):This handbook outlines the international and regional legal and policy framework which mandates States to adopt and implement National Action Plans to address VAW, including a model framework for adoption.
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- General Material
January 2012
Outreach to Underserved Teen Victims of Crime: Chart a Course for Expanding Victim Services to Youth
Publisher(s):This guidebook provides an overview of the challenges faced in conducting outreach to under served teen victims of crime and highlights examples of the various projects and resources developed and implemented in local communities in the Under served Teen Victims Initiative.
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- General Material
January 2012
Mobilising Men in Practice: Challenging sexual and gender-based violence in institutional settings
Publisher(s):This guidebook presents tools, stories, and lessons learned in mobilizing men to challenge sexism, rape culture, and violence in institutional settings.
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- General Material
January 2012
Abusive International Marriages: Hmong Advocates Organizing in Wisconsin
Publisher(s):Hmong women working in domestic violence programs organized a series of meetings to understand the trends and issues in international marriages and to explore possible actions to address abusive international marriages. Their documentation of the problem and its impact, analysis, survivors’ stories, and strategies are captured in Abusive International Marriages: Hmong Advocates Organizing in Wisconsin.
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- General Material
January 2012
Youth Council Toolkit: Materials to Help You Form Your Own Youth Council
Publisher(s):Emerging evidence shows that youth engagement is an effective strategy for the prevention of teen dating abuse. The Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence compiled this toolkit to provide organizations interested in convening youth councils with sample forms, agendas, materials and advice about lessons learned from their experience working with youth.
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- General Material
January 2012
Creating Trauma-Informed Services Tipsheet Series
Publisher(s):These tipsheets provide practical advice on creating trauma-informed services at domestic violence programs and working with survivors who are experiencing trauma symptoms and/or mental health conditions.









