Trauma Informed Approach Content Topic Results
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January 2020
One-Page Handouts: Sexual Assault and the Brain
These one-page handouts provide concise, practical guidance on common brain-based responses to sexual assault, including reflexive survival behaviors, habit behaviors, and dissociation. They are designed to help investigators, attorneys, judges, advocates, and other professionals quickly apply trauma-informed knowledge in their work with survivors.
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- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
December 2019
TA Bundle: Smiles for the Soul: The Advocate’s Scrapbook of Strength, Wisdom & Wellness
Publisher(s): This Technical Assistance (TA) Bundle includes TA Questions (TAQs), podcasts, and webinars from NRCDV featuring resources and personal stories from advocates and survivors on self-care, resilience and best practices for sustaining our passion and well being.
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September 2019
Serving Male Survivors
Publisher(s):This training focuses on the unique experiences of male sexual assault survivors, particularly the barriers created by the invisibility of male survivors, masculinity stereotypes, and anti-gay prejudice. It emphasizes the importance of inclusive, trauma-informed services that recognize and address these barriers.
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August 2019
The Neurobiology of Sexual Assault: Implications for First Responders
Publisher(s):This webinar explores how the neurobiology of trauma affects sexual assault survivors and explains how this knowledge can help improve responses from law enforcement officers, prosecutors, nurses, and victim advocates.
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August 2019
The "Real World" of Dating Violence in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: A Longitudinal Portrait
Publisher(s):The webinar presents findings from the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study, examining factors that contribute to teen dating violence and the circumstances that may help young people stop these harmful patterns.
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- 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.
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May 2019
Boys and Sexual Abuse: The Untold Stories of Trauma
Offers an overview of the psychological impacts of sexual abuse on boys, drawing attention to the emotional aftermath and the silence that often surrounds their experiences.
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May 2019
Trauma-Informed Care with Refugee and Immigrant Children
Publisher(s):In this lecture, Alegria describes the issues immigrants and refugees face as they arrive in the U.S. and seek to integrate into a new country. Recent immigrants, she says, confront structural barriers to integration. They also must deal with a series of linguistic, cultural, and psychological obstacles that may negatively impact their behavioral health.
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- Training Tools
May 2019
Law Enforcement Response: Approaching Your Work with a Trauma–Informed Lens
Publisher(s): This webinar provides insight into the surprising similarities of victims and police officers that will help connect the complex thought patterns of a victim in trying to survive the moment and in the long term.
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April 2019
20 Ways You Can Help Fight Human Trafficking
Publisher(s):The resource provides 20 practical ways for individuals, communities, schools, businesses, and professionals to help prevent and combat human trafficking and support survivors.
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April 2019
ON THE SPECTRUM: Tell tale Signs of Sexual Abuse with Dr. Lydia Sit
Publisher(s):Discover essential strategies to protect neurodivergent individuals from sexual abuse, by learning the subtle behavioral warning signs, age-appropriate prevention techniques, and trauma-informed support methods tailored specifically for children and adults on the autism spectrum
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April 2019
Vulnerable and Underserved: Victim Advocacy for Incarcerated LGBTI Survivors
Publisher(s):"The webinar will look at strategies for helping one of the most vulnerable groups in detention: people who identify as LGBTI. Featuring an LGBTI survivor of sexual abuse in detention, the webinar will cover high incidence of prior trauma among LGBTI prisoners and barriers they face in accessing LGBTI-sensitive support services. The presenters will highlight the ways that advocates can use the Prison Rape Elimination Act standards as a tool to ensure the safety and dignity of LGBTI prisoners."









