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Childhood Trauma, Changing Minds
Publisher(s):This online destination is full of tools and strategies designed to increase awareness and build essential capacity that helps all children and youth – particularly those exposed to violence – not only survive, but thrive.
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Dating Abuse Statistics
Publisher(s): Dating abuse is a big problem, affecting youth in every community across the nation. This page from Love Is Respect outlines key statistics.
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Interactive Guide to Safety Planning
Publisher(s):Safety plans look different for different types of abuse and different people. This interactive feature can help teens and young adults customize their very own safety plan to fit their specific situations.
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Incorporating Racial Equity into Trauma-Informed Care
Publisher(s):This brief offers practical considerations to help health systems and provider practices incorporate a focus on racial equity to enhance trauma-informed care efforts.
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Stress Management: A Deaf Perspective
Publisher(s):This website provides information and relevant resources that highlight the level of stress generated from the mainstreaming of people who are D/deaf or hard of hearing in society.
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Psychological First Aid (PFA) for Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Publisher(s):This manual offers information on homelessness and trauma, the role of shelter providers, as well as implementing the 8 PFA Core Actions in shelter settings.
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Resources for Working with Immigrant Women
Publisher(s):This page contains information and suggestions to make domestic violence services more accessible for immigrant women.
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Video Training: Balancing Safety and Access
Publisher(s): This video addresses the evolution of supervised visitation and exchange services, and the role of courts in balancing the value of parent-child relationships and the need for safety for children and parents who have experienced domestic violence.
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Sexual Assault Response Team Toolkit: Strangulation
Publisher(s): This toolkit provides a comprehensive set of resources about strangulation in the context of sexual assault. It introduces a model protocol for law enforcement, medical professionals, advocates, and prosecutors.
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Safe Sacred Space Training Materials
Publisher(s):The goal of this initiative is to prepare sacred community leaders, including clergy and lay leaders, to respond to domestic violence within the context of their sacred traditions.
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The Victim's Role in Offender Reentry: A Community Response Manual
Publisher(s):Offers practical suggestions regarding how reentry partners can become involved in assisting victims whose offenders are released, or preparing to be released, to the community.
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Walking in Two Worlds: Supporting the Two Spirit and Native LGBTQ Community
Publisher(s): This brochure includes key terms and definitions, highlights the prevalence of violence against Native LGBTQ/Two-Spirit individuals, and offers tips for supporting Native LGBTQ/Two-Spirit survivors of domestic and sexual violence.









