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November 2017
Personal Safety and De-Escalation
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Topics will include laying a foundation for safety, using internal and external safety strategies to assess a dangerous situation, various strategies for preventing and ending attacks and discussion about escape option and exploration of de-escalation. Discussion is designed to help people identify their risks, evaluate their strengths, and to explore their options for dealing with the threat of violence. Emphasis is placed on options, not rigid safety rules. No physical self-defense skills will be taught in this workshop. Learning objectives.…
Introduction to Childhood Domestic Violence
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Do you know what happens to a child living in a violent home? Learn unique, new tools for positive transformations.
Ethical Considerations for Safeguarding Victim Privacy in a Digital World
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Victims of gender-based violence often disclose intimate details of their private lives and their victimization to multiple professionals over the course of a case. Furthermore, a victim’s cell phone, computer, or social media accounts may contain relevant evidence, that raises additional privacy concerns. Prosecutors have an obligation to provide the defense with all evidence in the government’s possession or control that is material to a defendant’s guilt or punishment. How can we fulfill that obligation, while at the same time…
Oregon Advanced State Victim Assistance Academy
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Statewide Restitution Summit -- The Advanced Academy offered November 27-28, 2017 offers 1.5 days of focused training on victims’ right to restitution under Oregon law. Each year, the Advanced Academy offers training on a different topic or topics focusing on specific crimes or specific victim populations, advanced skills, or topics relating to sustainability sustainable advocacy, or capacity building for programs and advocates. Topics are selected based on feedback from advocates statewide. Target Audience Everyone is welcome at this year’s Advanced…
Housing First and Rapid Re-Housing for Survivors
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Presenters: Kris Billhardt, National Alliance for Safe Housing (NASH) and Linda Olsen, Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV) The webinar examines how new approaches employed by a growing number of victim services programs can support safe and stable housing for survivors and explore how modifications to the Rapid Re-housing model can boost its effectiveness with survivors.
Introducing the Trauma-Informed Practice (TIP) Scales for DV Programs
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Over the past 15 years, domestic violence (DV) and sexual assault (SA) programs have worked tirelessly to bring a trauma-informed approach to their work. This, in turn, has generated a need for tools that programs can use to assess the effectiveness of their efforts. In this webinar, we will describe the development of a new tool to assess trauma-informed practice that DV and SA programs can use to evaluate and improve their work. The Trauma Informed Practice (TIP) Scales measure…
Evaluation: How to Meaningfully Measure Impact
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Every program designed to serve people needs evaluation that is meaningful and engaging. Exceptional evaluation not only proves the value of the program to stakeholders, but also improves the program effect among those it is intended to serve. It can be powerful and formative for any organization--an act of true leadership. Too often, however, evaluation fails to give us a crisp and clear picture of impact. It is frequently burdensome, perfunctory, or unwieldy--a chore to perform, not an exciting and…
Understanding Sexual Assault and Victimization
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Building the Foundation for Civil Legal Advocacy-- The Victim Rights Law Center invites you to participate in Understanding Sexual Assault and Victimization: Building the Foundation for Civil Legal Advocacy, a free, online course that consists of an interactive, web-based training module; a series of short, self-directed assignments; and a live, instructor-led webinar on Thursday, November 30th, from 10 –11:30 AM Pacific (1–2:30 PM Eastern). The course will establish the basic differences between non-intimate partner sexual assault and domestic violence, address the dynamics of victimization and perpetration, and…
December 2017
Lean for the Nonprofit
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Is your organization experiencing funding cutbacks? Is there an increased demand for your organization's services and products? The former Toyota Production Management System, now called Lean, is an answer to these challenges. This training will show how the customer-centric Lean methodology can take costly waste out of your workflows and improve the delivery speed and quality of your services. After this training, you will understand: What Lean is...and is not Where it "came from"... (And why it is not going away!)…
Intro to Crime Victim Compensation for Child Abuse Intervention Centers
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
This training session is designed specifically for individuals working in Oregon child abuse intervention centers / child advocacy centers. Learn more about Oregon’s Crime Victims’ Compensation Program (CVCP). The CVCP works to ease financial burden suffered by hundreds of Oregonians each year. This training includes information about program eligibility and benefits, the application process and how payments are handled. Participants will be introduced to the CVCP Client Portal, where they will create an account and practice submitting an application electronically…