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January 2007
The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds
Publisher(s):Report describes the healthy aspects of free and unstructured play, noting that it is essential for helping children reach important social, emotional, and cognitive developmental milestones as well as helping them manage stress and become resilient.
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- General Material
January 2007
Domestic Violence in the Workplace
Publisher(s): This article by a nursing student describes a study of intimate partner violence that either occurred in the workplace or that directly impacted the victim’s work.
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January 2007
Ozha Wahbegganis: Exploring Supervised Visitation and Exchange Services in Native American Communities
Publisher(s):This resource explores ways to serve families who have experienced intimate partner violence and where children are visiting or being exchanged between the abused and abusive parent, with a specific focus on cultural considerations relating to Native Americans.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
January 2007
Enhancing the Management of Adult and Juvenile Sex Offenders: A Handbook for Policymakers and Practitioners
Publisher(s):Originally developed for jurisdictions awarded grants through the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, this handbook has been adapted to describe a planning and implementation process that is applicable to all jurisdictions, regardless of size, available resources, or expertise level of those involved in the process.
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- General Material
January 2007
ABA Standards of Practice for Lawyers Representing Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking in Civil Protection Order Cases
Publisher(s):This document offers guidelines as 'a reference tool' for legal service providers representing victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking in civil protection cases. The standards of practice cover a wide range of abuses, including elder abuse.
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- General Material
January 2007
Domestic Violence Counts 2006: A 24-hour census of domestic violence shelters and services across the United States.
Publisher(s):After developing and piloting the survey tool in May 2006, NNEDV conducted its first national Census on November 2, 2006. The results are highlighted in this report.
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January 2007
WHO Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Researching, Documenting and Monitoring Sexual Violence in Emergencies
Publisher(s):This document follows on a 2006 expert consultation on ethical, safety and methodological issues in researching, monitoring and documenting sexual violence in emergencies. The document addresses the unique set of challenges when collecting and using information about sexual violence and provides much needed guidance in the area of ethical and safety guidelines specific to collection of information about sexual violence in emergencies.
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January 2007
Deaf Power and Control Triangle
Publisher(s):This triangle provides a visual illustration with examples of the unique tactics abusers may use to gain and maintain power and control over a victim who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
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- General Material
January 2007
Exploring Dimensions of Masculinity and Violence
Publisher(s):This report presents the findings and recommendations for education to explore masculinity and its relationship to violence and gender based violence.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
January 2007
Teen Action Toolkit: Building a Youth-led Response to Teen Victimization
Publisher(s):This toolkit provides guidance to implement the Teen Action Partnership (TAP) for Teen Victims program, encouraging youth leaders to change their communities' response to teenage victims of crime, while building the resilience of the youth participants.
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- General Material
January 2007
I Speak Cards
Publisher(s):These are two-sided bilingual cards with printed information about Language Access Rights, as well as a statement that requests an interpreter.
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- General Material
January 2007
Representing Victims of Police-Perpetrated Domestic Violence
This document discusses some challenges in representing a victim of domestic violence whose batterer is a police officer.