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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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Ending Violence
Publisher(s):This is a dating abuse prevention program with an interactive DVD curriculum to help educators engage teens on issues of dating abuse, healthy relationships, and legal rights and responsibilities.
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Broken Trust: Elders, Family, and Finances
Publisher(s):A study on elder financial abuse prevention.
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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Publisher(s):Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
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Gender and Disaster Sourcebook
Publisher(s):The Gender and Disaster Sourcebook is a one-stop, user-friendly electronic guide to information on gender and disaster.
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Issues Specific to Women (Fact Sheets)
Publisher(s):Women report exposure to many different types of traumatic events, and are especially likely to experience sexual assault in childhood, adulthood, or both. Sexual assault is a type of trauma that often leads to the onset of PTSD for both women and men. Given greater exposure to this type of trauma, women are particularly at risk for PTSD. These fact sheets have information that is specific to women veterans and trauma.
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Intersection of Domestic Violence and Disaster Curricula
Publisher(s):Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), National Domestic Violence Hotline, Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence (FCADV), New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NYSCADV), New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence (NJCEDV)
These curricula are geared toward professional staff working in the fields of domestic violence and/or disaster response to ensure trauma-informed best practice for disaster management in the context of domestic violence.
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How much do you know about healthy friendships? Quiz
Publisher(s):This quiz explores healthy practices and behaviors for friendships among young people.
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MOSAIC Threat Assessment Systems
MOSAIC is a risk assessment tool that helps the assessor weigh the present situation in light of expert opinion and research, and instantly compare the present situation to past cases where the outcomes are known.
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Introduction to Positive Youth Development
Publisher(s): This web based training provides introduction to concepts and theories of positive youth development and how to put them into practice.
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Hiring an Interpreter
Publisher(s):This page provides guidance for those seeking interpreter services, including access to a searchable database of interpreter service agencies.
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The Facts on Guns and Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):This brief fact sheet provides statistics related to the lethal combination of guns and domestic violence - injuring and killing women every day in the United States.