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August 2018
It’s My Prerogative: Consent and Healthy Sexuality for People with Disabilities
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
August 21, 2018 2-3:30 pm ET This webinar will review the need for sexuality education for people with disabilities, issues around consent to sex for people with disabilities, how to talk to people with disabilities about consent, and resources for discussing sexuality with people with disabilities with the ultimate goal of promoting safe and autonomous sexual relationships. Registration closes one week prior to the webinar date for all of our webinars.
Protecting Privacy: A Look at Oregon Law and Practice
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
On behalf of the Oregon State Victim Assistance Academy (SVAA), the National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI) is excited to announce that the Advanced Academy will be a Privacy Summit - Protecting Privacy: A Look at Oregon Law and Practice, to be held at the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) in Salem, Oregon, on August 22-23, 2018. Alicia Aiken, the Executive Director of the Confidentiality Institute, has agreed to facilitate this training opportunity, and we are excited to welcome…
Addressing Vicarious Trauma for the Individual
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
On August 22, 2018, at 2 p.m. e.t., the Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center will present an online Expert Q&A discussion with Barbara Rubel on "Addressing Vicarious Trauma for the Individual." Vicarious trauma (VT) is related to secondary traumatic stress. The victim experiences primary traumatic stress, yet as a victim service provider who uses controlled empathy, you can become secondarily traumatized. By attempting to remain objective, your inner sense of who you are, and your…
Building an Elder Justice Unit in South Dakota
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Please join the EJI webinar on August 23, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. eastern time, to discuss the unique role of Elder Justice Units in prosecuting elder abuse cases. In response to the increase in cases, Elder Justice Units are being developed in state and local prosecution offices. Presenters Michael Sharp, Assistant Attorney General in South Dakota, and Dave Lunzman, Special Assistant Attorney General in South Dakota, will describe the journey to create an Elder Justice Unit in South Dakota, finding…
The Statewide Sexual Assault Law Enforcement and Prosecutor Training Project
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
The Statewide Sexual Assault Law Enforcement and Prosecutor Training Project This training aims to increase the capacity of the Criminal Justice System to effectively and empathically respond to, investigate and prosecute sexual violence crimes. The training’s materials and presentations, delivered through a trauma-informed lens, will focus on improving our understanding and handling of sexual violence crimes and their impact on victims and survivors. This is a cross-training event created for both Law Enforcement and Prosecutors. CEUs will be offered. This…
The Statewide Sexual Assault Law Enforcement and Prosecutor Training Project
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
The Statewide Sexual Assault Law Enforcement and Prosecutor Training Project This training aims to increase the capacity of the Criminal Justice System to effectively and empathically respond to, investigate and prosecute sexual violence crimes. The training’s materials and presentations, delivered through a trauma-informed lens, will focus on improving our understanding and handling of sexual violence crimes and their impact on victims and survivors. This is a cross-training event created for both Law Enforcement and Prosecutors. CEUs will be offered. This…
Helping Victims of Mass Violence & Terrorism: 48 Hours and Beyond
Multi-sesson Online
Regional Victim Assistance Training
This September and October, the Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC) will launch an important two-part webinar series that will highlight significant actions needed to help your community prepare and respond appropriately to assist victims in the first few days after a mass violence tragedy occurs. The first webinar, “Helping Victims of Mass Violence & Terrorism: The First 24 to 48 Hours,” will discuss steps to execute a response plan, including what to expect…
September 2018
Leave No Victim Behind III
Conference
Regional Victim Assistance Training
- Best Practices for Mass Violence Response, Tribal Perspectives and Hate Crimes The California Victim Compensation Board is once again collaborating with Chief Matthew Carmichael of the University of Oregon Police Department on effective partnerships between law enforcement and victim services to assist victims of crime. The conference will take place in the great Pacific Northwest from September 5-7, 2018 at the University of Oregon in Eugene. This year, our conference will be held in a larger venue and will…
Digging Deeper: When Consent is Not Consent
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Please join the EJI webinar on September 6, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. eastern time, as Jane Walsh, Director of At-Risk Protection, Denver District Attorney’s Office, discusses the concept of consent, which underlies a range of actions in criminal and civil law, including gifting money In the context of financial exploitation, prosecutors and law enforcement will regularly be faced with many situations where a victim is aware that money or assets are being transferred to a suspect, and is apparently consenting…
Building Community and Preventing Violence with Latinx Youth
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
PAS (Prevención de Agresión Sexual), is a bicultural and bilingual prevention program that has progressed over the last 8 years through women of color educators and advocates within Proyecto UNICA’s, domestic and sexual violence agency. This webinar will utilize story-telling as a methodology to describe how the PAS program developed culturally specific prevention and anti-oppression curriculum for Latinx youth, ages 12 to 24. In addition to curriculum development, the PAS program has connected youth with art and media practices, institutions…