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January 2024
Stalking Survivors Speak: What Survivors Want You to Know to Enhance Your Response to Stalking
Publisher(s):This webinar features survivors of stalking who share their experiences to raise awareness about the profound emotional, physical, and financial impacts of stalking and the importance of improving responses from communities and the criminal justice system.
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January 2024
Weekend of Recovery
Publisher(s): Offers therapeutic retreats specifically for male survivors of sexual abuse, creating space for healing and peer connection.
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January 2024
2025 Get It Back Toolkit: Earned Income Tax Credit & Child Tax Credit
Publisher(s):The Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit are important tax benefits that can help provide tax filers a significant income boost. This toolkit includes messaging and materials to help you spread the word about the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit and how to get them.
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November 2023
National IPV Prevention Council Strategic Plan: 2023 - 2026
Publisher(s): This strategic plan is a product of the Naitonal IPV Prevention Council and reflects the Council’s dedication to centering those most impacted by violence and establishing meaningful connections with individuals and communities invested in violence prevention.
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October 2023
Supporting Our Youth with Healthy Intimate Relationships and Consent
Publisher(s):This webinar helps parents and caregivers better understand consent, healthy relationships, and the ways children and adolescents learn about intimacy through technology, social media, and interactions with their peers.
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October 2023
When Men Murder Women: A Review of 25 Years of Female Homicide Victimization in the United States
Publisher(s):A 25-year retrospective report examining trends in female homicide victimization, highlighting the links between intimate partner violence, firearm access, and disparities affecting Black and American Indian/Alaska Native women.
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October 2023
Guide for Emotional Support
Publisher(s):A practical guide that helps domestic violence advocates provide trauma-informed emotional support and develop personalized emotional support plans with survivors. Available in multiple languages, including Spanish, French, Arabic, Urdu, Chinese, Korean, Hindi, and Tagalog.
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August 2023
Impact of Child Sexual Abuse on Adult Male Survivors
Publisher(s):Doug Tinder shares his personal healing journey as a male survivor of childhood sexual abuse, emphasizing the importance of breaking the silence, finding appropriate therapy, connecting with other survivors, and building supportive communities.
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July 2023
First or Fourth, How to Maintain a Healthy Sexual Relationship During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Publisher(s):This webinar explores the emotional, physical, and relational changes that can affect intimacy during pregnancy and the postpartum period while offering practical strategies for maintaining healthy and fulfilling sexual relationships.
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June 2023
Echoes: The Stories of Male Survivors Overcoming Sexual Trauma
Publisher(s):This presentation highlights the experiences of male survivors of sexual trauma and emphasizes the importance of creating safe, supportive spaces that promote healing, empowerment, and community support.
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June 2023
Betrayal Trauma and How Can You Get Help
Publisher(s):Dr. Manning contrasts general stress and trauma, emphasizing that betrayal trauma occurs within a primary attachment relationship (such as a marriage or long-term partnership). Because individuals depend on their primary partner for safety and stability, sexual betrayal shatters fundamental trust, triggering intense emotional distress, hypervigilance, and deep existential confusion.
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April 2023
Pharmacological treatments for compulsive sexual behaviors among offending individuals
Publisher(s):This presentation examines compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD), including its clinical characteristics, links to trauma, addiction, and chemsex, as well as current recommendations for psychotherapy and medication-based treatment.









