Research & Statistics Content Topic Results
The results displayed below have been grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections - containing our most highly valued resources - then by individual related materials. Refine your search by category, types, author and/or publisher using the options provided. Sort by date published, date added, or alphabetically. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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.
Materials
Materials
- General Material
MMIW Toolkit for Families and Communities
Publisher(s): The MMIW Toolkit for Understanding and Responding to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women for Families and Communities from the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center is designed to assist families, communities, and advocacy organizations in understanding and responding to a case of a missing or murdered Native woman.
Materials
- Training Tools
- General Material
Instigate! An Online Toolkit for Community Mobilization
Publisher(s):Provides tips, tools and exercises to guide the development of a Community Action Team in your neighborhood, city, faith-based group, school or place of employment. Designed primarily for use by domestic violence and public health organizations.
Materials
- General Material
- Training Tools
ARC Reflections Training Program
Publisher(s):This resource, ARC Reflections, was developed by the Casey Foundation which is a nine-session program that child welfare agencies can use to train foster parents to better care for children who have had traumatic experiences
Materials
- General Material
Bill of Rights for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
Publisher(s):Bills of Rights for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children have been proposed and enacted in a number of states. This resource provides principles, language, and guidance for developing such a document. State-specific legislation is included.
Materials
- General Material
Psychological First Aid for Families 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.
Materials
- General Material
Creating a Trauma-Informed Workplace: A Toolkit to Support Planning and Implementation
Publisher(s):This toolkit offers a structure to support organizations as they build a trauma-informed and resilience-building culture within their organization.
Materials
- General Material
- Training Tools
Growing and Developing Healthy Relationships Curriculum
Publisher(s):Developed in Australia, this curriculum provides learning activities that aim to provide students with opportunities to develop the knowledge, understandings, skills and values related to the Growing and Developing Healthy Relationship topics. Topics include: staying safe, growing bodies, respectful relationships, emotional wellbeing, health literacy, and diversity.
Materials
- General Material
The Student's Guide to Health: How Kids and Teens Can Keep Their Bodies Healthy
Publisher(s):This page contains facts about the human body and a number of resources that help youth learn more about health. Includes information about: functions of the body, practicing good hygiene, making healthy food choices, getting fit and healthy, alcohol and drugs, staying safe, and good mental health.
Materials
- General Material
What You Should Know About Violence and Harassment Against LGBT Individuals
Publisher(s):This factsheet contains information on violence and harassment against LGBT individuals. Topics covered include LGBT youth violence and harassment, likelihood of experiencing violence and harassment for transgender people, LGBT couples and intimate partner violence, health impacts, and intersectionality of race and LGBT identity.
Materials
- General Material
- Training Tools
Consent Campaign Guidebook
Publisher(s):This guidebook is a tool for middle and high school educators and students focused on core concepts of consent.
Materials
- General Material
- Training Tools
Is Your "T" Written in Disappearing Ink? A Checklist for Transgender Inclusion
Publisher(s):This checklist is a first step for agencies to use while evaluating whether their polices and practices are inclusive to transgender people.
Materials
- General Material
Predatory Lending: The New Face of Economic Injustice
Publisher(s):The document describes the discriminatory practices of predatory lending and their impact on African Americans and Latinos in particular. Analysis is offered as to the effects of predatory lending on the already disproportionate wealth gap between African Americans and whites and Latinos and whites. Mortgage lending, auto lending, and payday lending are all concisely reviewed.
Advocates may find this document helpful as a primer and tool for prioritizing and acting on issues that affect affordable housing.