Resilience / Healing Content Topic Results
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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.
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Special Collection
November 2016
Holiday Toolbox
Welcome to our Holiday Toolbox! NRCDV has released information to the field, including Technical Assistance (TA) Guidance documents, as part of our Domestic Violence and the Holidays Series in preparation for the time period beginning the week of Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day (“the holidays”). These were developed to 1) respond to the common misperception that domestic violence increases during the holidays, and 2) provide support during a time that may be stressful for survivors of domestic violence and the programs that serve them.
Special Collection
July 2016
Fostering Resilience, Respect & Healthy Growth in Childhood and Beyond
This Special Collection offers resources that promote strategies for creating environments where children can thrive with a particular focus on enhancing capacity for resilience across the lifespan.
Special Collection
April 2013
Trauma-Informed Domestic Violence Services: Building Program Capacity (Part 2 of 3)
The second of a 3-part collection that also includes Understanding the Framework and Approach (PART 1 of 3) and Developing Collaborations and Increasing Access (PART 3 of 3), PART 2 provides practical tools and resources on building capacity to implement trauma-informed programs.
Special Collection
April 2013
Trauma-Informed Domestic Violence Services: Understanding the Framework and Approach (Part 1 of 3)
The first of a 3-part series that also includes Building Program Capacity (PART 2 of 3) and Developing Collaborations and Increasing Access (PART 3 of 3), PART 1 provides an overview of the framework and research supporting trauma-informed approaches to working with survivors and their children.
Materials
Materials
- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
July 2019
TA Bundle: Creative Programming to Support the Healing Needs of Survivors
Publisher(s): This Technical Assistance (TA) Bundle includes TA Questions (TAQs) featuring creative programming ideas that advocates can adapt or replicate in their agencies to support survivor empowerment and healing. These TAQS are intended to inspire advocates to think outside the box and to build bridges and forge new alliances with non-traditional partners.
Materials
- General Material
- Training Tools
May 2019
Mentoring Youth in the Foster Care System Toolkit
Publisher(s): By focusing on staff and mentor training, skill-building, and expanding social networks, mentoring programs can have a profound impact on the lives of youth who have experienced the foster care system. This toolkit is designed to help staff from mentoring programs that serve youth in foster care mitigate some of the challenges they face.
Materials
- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
April 2019
The Impact of Adultification on Child Survivors of Trauma with an Emphasis on Children of Color
Publisher(s): This webinar addresses the impact adultification has on children who experience trauma with an emphasis on black girls. Through storytelling, participants will learn about from presenter Jacqueline Miller’s story as it unfolds in three dimensions, revealing how to develop a framework for building resilience with youth and communities of color.
Materials
- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
March 2019
How can DV programs use the arts to promote healing and inspire action for social change?
Publisher(s):Taking time to create and play with the arts can be incredibly empowering and can promote healing for survivors. NRCDV's March 2019 TA Question of the Month offers strategies for incorporating the arts in domestic violence programs as a tool for healing and social change.
Materials
- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
December 2018
We exist! As a woman of color, how can I find my place in the domestic violence movement?
Publisher(s):The movement to end domestic violence continues to struggle to address the ways in which it has historically disregarded, dismissed and devalued women of color. In NRCDV's December 2018 TA Question of the Month, Ivonne Ortiz lifts up the history and challenges of women of color in the movement and offers strategies for advocates of color to stay connected and bring their whole selves to the work.
Materials
- General Material
November 2018
Latinx Thriving Families Campaign
Publisher(s): The Latinx Thriving Families Campaign is designed to increase access and improve systems and responses to Latinx abused parents and their children by the integration of a comprehensive anti-oppression and social equity framework.
Materials
- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
July 2018
How can therapeutic horticulture help meet the complex needs of domestic violence survivors and their children?
Publisher(s): Therapeutic horticulture can be implemented in a broad range of settings, including domestic violence shelters, often as an adjunct to core services and programming. NRCDV's July 2018 TA Question of the Month highlights the benefits of establishing voluntary garden and farm programs for shelter/safe house staff, residents, and domestic violence agencies.
Materials
- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
May 2018
How can I mitigate the impact of vicarious trauma to help promote the long-term sustainability of this work?
Publisher(s): In any social justice movement, people are the tools for making change. NRCDV's May 2018 TA Question of the Month offers strategies for mitigating the negative impacts of vicarious trauma and promoting resilience and long-term sustainability in the movement to end gender-based violence.