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OVC Trainings
AIDS and Victim Services: A Critical Concern for the ’90s
| Developed by: |
National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) |
| Description: | This 1- or 2-day training addresses the medical, legal, and
psychological aspects of HIV/AIDS and the potential impact on
victim services. Attendees learn the severity of the HIV/AIDS
pandemic as the training raises awareness of HIV and helps
participants recognize and evaluate risk for HIV infection. The
session demonstrates the importance of having adequate
information before making assessments and/or decisions about
services for crime victims with HIV/AIDS. |
| Audience: | Victim service providers and allied professionals |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | Available |
Building Victims’ Programs: A Toolbox for Leaders
| Developed by: |
National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA) |
| Description: | The Toolbox represents 16 separate workbook units that can be
used individually or as part of a total package. Each unit serves
as a building block for program development and can be used to
enhance and strengthen program development skills. Topics covered
include starting a new program, working with Boards of Directors,
planning and budgeting, human resource management, and other
program management activities. |
| Audience: | Victim service providers and advocates, allied professionals |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | In Development |
Communities Responding to Mass Tragedy During the
Trial Process
| Developed by: |
Colorado/Oklahoma Resource Council (CORC) |
| Description: |
The CORC model was used to respond to the needs of Oklahoma City
bombing victims attending the federal trials held in Denver, Colorado.
This model illustrates how communities can mobilize to provide
comprehensive and coordinated services to multiple victims attending
high-profile trials. A training video and companion guidebook titled Journey to Justice: A Community-Based Response to Victims of High
Profile Trials have been tested and are available to help communities
serve the diverse needs of high-profile crime victims and the allied
professionals who serve them. As either the original trial site for a
high-profile case or the trial site designated by a change of venue
order, a community must prepare a coordinated response to such
a trial and the attending victims and professionals. |
| Audience: | Victim service providers, community leaders, media representatives, business leaders, policymakers, members of volunteer organizations,
faith community leaders, state/local government officials, criminal justice planners/ administrators/ practitioners, school officials |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | Available |
Community-Based Crisis Response Initiatives
| Developed by: |
Jefferson Institute |
| Description: | This 1- to 5-day training assists state and local communities in
developing, implementing, and coordinating long-range crisis
response plans and works with state and local agencies to prepare
plans to respond to incidents involving victims of mass violence
and terrorism. Training focuses on trauma response (internal and
external), long-term stress, death and dying, intervention, spiritual
considerations, and media management. The curriculum can be
modified to offer a 1-day overview training or an expanded training
that includes comprehensive interactive sessions. |
| Audience: | Victim advocates, state emergency preparedness staff, state/local
emergency responders |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | In Development |
Cultural Considerations in Assisting Victims of Crime
| Developed by: |
National MultiCultural Institute (NMCI) |
| Description: | This 1-day training instructs victim service providers on factors to
consider when working with crime victims of diverse backgrounds.
Diversity is broadly defined to include racial identity, ethnicity, class, faith, tradition, gender, sexual orientation, and physical and mental
abilities. This training addresses the needs of victims of all crimes. |
| Audience: | Victim service providers, prosecutors, law enforcement officers |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | Scheduled, September 14, 2001, New Orleans, Louisiana |
Death Notification Training: A Seminar for
Law Enforcement Personnel
| Developed by: |
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) |
| Description: | MADD has developed curricula for victim service providers, law
enforcement personnel, medical professionals, and funeral directors
that teach techniques for sensitive death notification. The package
includes speaker notes, overheads, handouts, and training tips. From
the training, participants will gain understanding of the sudden death
experience, practical death notification techniques, and an awareness
of potential hazards to death notifiers. This training may be adapted to
class times of 2 to 6 hours. |
| Audience: | Law enforcement personnel |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | Available |
Death Notification Training: A Seminar for
Medical Professionals
| Developed by: |
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) |
| Description: | MADD has developed curricula for victim service providers, law
enforcement personnel, medical professionals, and funeral directors
that teach techniques for sensitive death notification. The package
includes speaker notes, overheads, handouts, and training tips. From
the training, participants will gain understanding of the sudden death
experience, practical death notification techniques, and an awareness
of potential hazards to death notifiers. This training may be adapted to
class times of 2 to 6 hours. |
| Audience: | Medical professionals, emergency room nurses and staff,
paramedics, practitioners in the health care community |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | Available |
Death Notification Training: A Seminar for
Military Clergy and Funeral Directors
| Developed by: |
Spiritual Dimension in Victim Services |
| Description: | This 2-day training instructs military chaplains and funeral directors
who work with victims of crime on the emotional hazards of death
notification and teaches strategies for compassionate and thorough
death notification. Military clergy also learn how to train members
of religious communities to effectively aid crime victims. Attendees
learn about the experience of the homicide victim’s family during
the first few weeks after notification, listen to survivors share their
experiences, and work through protocols for notification developed
through meetings with thousands of family members of homicide
victims. |
| Audience: | Victim service providers, military personnel |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | Available |
Enhancing the Ability of Victim Advocates To Provide
Direct Services to Elder Abuse Victims
| Developed by: |
American Bar Association (ABA) |
| Description: | This 1 1/2-day training enhances the ability of victim/witness
professionals to provide direct services to victims of elder abuse.
The training is presented in five modules that address the scope and
nature of the domestic elder abuse problem; a basic definition of the
aging process to help improve interactions with elderly victims,
suspects, and witnesses; police investigative protocols and criminal
and noncriminal options for responding to domestic elder abuse,
legislative mandates, and referral opportunities; the social service
networks that operate in most communities; and a review of the
complex legal and ethical principles that often overlap in domestic
elder abuse cases. Concepts such as self-determination, privacy,
confidentiality, informed consent, autonomy, parens patriae, and
police power are reviewed and explored by students. These modules
may be provided alone or in combination with other training programs to meet students’ needs and levels of experience. Optional
activities are provided for trainers to use if emphasis on one particular
topic is needed. |
| Audience: | Prosecutors, law enforcement officers, victim advocates |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | In Development |
Family Violence Intervention Model for Dental Professionals
| Developed by: |
University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry, Program
Against Sexual Violence |
| Description: | This 6-hour training gives dentists and dental staff instruction on
ways to identify indicators of abuse, discusses ethical and legal
responsibilities, and helps dental teams apply the intervention/safety
plan model to their own office settings. By providing information on
creating a safe environment for disclosure, symptoms and patterns of
abuse, appropriate intervention when abuse is suspected, and suitable
referrals for patients, the training equips dental professionals to serve
victims of abuse. |
| Audience: | Dental professionals |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | Scheduled, November 2001, TBD
Scheduled, March 2002, Metropolitan Washington, D.C. |
Hate and Bias Crime Training for Law Enforcement and
Victim Assistance Professionals
| Developed by: |
Education Development Center, Inc. |
| Description: | This 1- to 3-day training familiarizes law enforcement and victim
service personnel with the nature of bias crimes, appropriate actions
to deter and respond to such crimes, and effective ways to maximize
support for and reduce trauma to victims of hate and bias crimes.
Model policies, procedures, and practices are presented. The
curriculum can be modified to offer a 1-day overview training or an
expanded training that includes comprehensive interactive sessions. |
| Audience: | Law enforcement officers, victim service providers |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | Scheduled, May 2001, Metropolitan Washington, D.C.
Scheduled, July 20, 2001, San Bernardino, California |
Homicide Support Project
| Developed by: |
Virginia Mason Medical Center |
| Description: | This 3-day session trains multidisciplinary personnel to provide
consistent, clear assistance to families in the aftermath of homicide
using the Trauma and Separation Distress Therapy Model. The model
distinguishes between issues of grief over the loss of a loved one and
grief related to the trauma of sudden, violent death. |
| Audience: | Criminal/juvenile justice practitioners, mental health personnel,
victim service providers |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | In Development |
Immigration and Cultural Considerations in Assisting
Victims of Sexual and Physical Violence: Assisting Battered
Immigrants Using the Immigration Provisions of the
Violence Against Women Act
| Developed by: |
American Bar Association (ABA) and National Organization for
Women (NOW) Legal Defense and Education Fund |
| Description: | This 1-day training provides information about the Battered
Immigration Provisions of the Violence Against Women Act and
changes to Immigration and Naturalization Service laws that affect
the ability of immigrant victims to seek relief from domestic violence.
Although the training is primarily for immigration, family law, and
domestic violence lawyers, the materials also may be of use to law
enforcement and justice system personnel, victim advocates, and
attorneys in general practice. |
| Audience: | Attorneys and others interested in services to battered
immigrant women |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | Available |
Joint Tribal-Federal Judges Training on Child Sexual Abuse
and Tribal Scholarships Program
| Developed by: |
University of North Dakota |
| Description: | This 2-day, multisession training teaches eligible tribal and federal
court judges and tribal court administrators to improve coordination
among agencies when working with child sexual abuse cases. |
| Audience: | Tribal and federal judges of the Great Lakes region (Michigan,
Minnesota, and Wisconsin), Oklahoma, and southeastern
United States |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | Available |
Juvenile Court Response to Victims of Juvenile Offenders
| Developed by: |
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) |
| Description: | This 2 1/2-day training is designed to improve the juvenile court
response to victims of juvenile offenders by sensitizing juvenile
justice professionals to victims and victim concerns; providing
detailed information on current responses to victims of juvenile
offenders, victim rights, restorative justice, creative dispositions,
and techniques and programs to better serve victims; and
strengthening skills and practices for dealing with victims
of juvenile offenders. |
| Audience: | Juvenile court personnel and probation staff |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | Scheduled, April 18–20, 2001, TBD
Scheduled, October 17–19, 2001, Metropolitan Washington, D.C. |
National Victim Assistance Academy: Foundation Level
| Developed by: |
Victims’ Assistance Legal Organization (VALOR) |
| Description: |
Annually, this 5-day training is conducted simultaneously at
multiple university campus sites that are linked by distance learning
technology. The training outlines the origins and early influences of
the crime victims’ rights movement in the United States, the historical
stages of the victims’ movement, major crime victim advocacy
organizations and the context in which they were founded, critical legislative accomplishments of the victims’ movement over the past
two decades, and issues facing the victims’ movement today.
Emphasizing victimology, victim rights, and victim services, the
course focuses on broad-based academic instruction and uses
interactive learning techniques. Graduate and undergraduate
academic credits are available from the cosponsoring universities,
and a certificate of graduation is available from the U.S. Department
of Justice to all students who successfully complete the Academy
course requirements. Applicants must register for the Academy, and
a registration fee is required. |
| Audience: | Victim service providers, community group members, faith
community members, general public, state/local government
officials, criminal justice personnel |
| Contact: | VALOR, toll free at 1–877–748–6822 or at www.nvaa.org |
| Status: | Scheduled, June 24–29, 2001, at three sites: California State
University–Fresno, California; Medical University of South Carolina,
Charleston, South Carolina; and Washburn University, Topeka,
Kansas |
National Victim Assistance Academy Advanced Topic Series: Leadership in Victim Services
| Developed by: |
Victims’ Assistance Legal Organization (VALOR) |
| Description: |
The National Victim Assistance Academy has developed a new
Advanced Topic Series, continuing the same academic-based,
practitioner-oriented training and education that are the cornerstone
of the foundation-level National Victim Assistance Academy but
focusing in more depth on single topics in 3-day trainings.
Leadership in Victim Services examines and demonstrates critical
areas of competence and awareness for managers, including program
management and evaluation, integrity and leadership, change
management, creative problem solving, and building an environment
of teamwork. Graduate and undergraduate academic credits are
available from California State University–Fresno and Washburn
University. Attendance at the foundation-level Academy is not a
prerequisite. |
| Audience: | Victim service program managers |
| Contact: | VALOR, toll free at 1–877–748–6822 or at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/
ovc/assist/nvaa2001brochure/ brochure2001toc.htm |
| Status: | Scheduled, April 5–7, 2001, Leesburg, Virginia
Scheduled, November 8–10, 2001, TBD |
National Victim Assistance Academy Advanced Topic Series:
The Ultimate Educator: Achieving Maximum Adult
Learning Through Training and Instruction
| Developed by: |
Victims’ Assistance Legal Organization (VALOR) |
| Description: |
Through an interactive, experiential, and process-oriented format, this
3-day intensive training examines the various roles and responsibilities
of an adult trainer and the skills and strategies that can be used by
trainers to maximize the learning process. Topics covered include the
three roles of a trainer, creating the ultimate learning environment,
assessing your personal style, creating a successful lesson plan,
and unraveling the magic behind successful training. The training
culminates in a practicum in which participants will prepare and
deliver their own presentations; individualized and constructive
feedback will be provided by a nationally renowned faculty. |
| Audience: | Public- and private-sector trainers |
| Contact: | VALOR, toll free at 1–877–748–6822 or at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/
ovc/assist/nvaa2001brochure/ brochure2001toc.htm |
| Status: |
Scheduled, October 11–13, 2001, TBD |
Online Health Care Provider Education Project
on Domestic Violence
| Developed by: |
American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) |
| Description: | AMWA, under a grant from OVC, has adapted the curriculum
developed by the Family Violence Prevention Fund and the
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence titled Improving
the Health Care Response to Domestic Violence: A Resource Manual
for Health Care Providers.The adapted curriculum serves as an
interactive educational program for physicians and other health care
practitioners that teaches them to recognize, diagnose, and respond
to a patient who may have been the victim of domestic violence.
The curriculum is available online at the AMWA Web site (www.dvcme.org) and provides comprehensive instruction on
domestic violence and appropriate responses of the health care
system. Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits are available
to participants. |
| Audience: | Physicians and other health care professionals |
| Contact: |
AMWA |
| Status: | Available |
The Professional Development Institute (Formerly, Leadership
and Professionalism Development Institute)
| Developed by: |
Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center |
| Description: | This training consists of five modules, each of which may be
offered individually or as part of a 3-day training. The topics are
Leadership and Management, Strategic Planning, Human Resource
Development and Supervision, Marketing and Public Relations, and
Program Evaluation. This interactive and experiential training is
designed for participants who desire comprehensive information and
skills development to help them strengthen and enhance their
management skills and program services. |
| Audience: | Victim assistance program managers |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | Scheduled, June 19–21, 2001, Panama City, Florida (in conjunction
with the 24th Annual Florida Network of Victim Witness Services
Conference)
Scheduled, August 19–24, 2001, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (in
conjunction with the 27th Annual National Organization for Victim
Assistance Conference) |
Promising Practices and Strategies for Victim
Services in Corrections
| Developed by: |
National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) |
| Description: | This 3-day training instructs adult and juvenile correctional agency
staff in ways to develop and enhance services for victims of crime.
The curriculum includes sessions on Victim Services in Corrections,
Responding to Workplace Violence and Staff Victimization, and Victim
Impact Classes/Panels for Offenders. Together, these components provide a foundation that can help improve the treatment of crime
victims in the postsentencing phases of their cases and encourage
interagency collaboration to improve victims’ rights and services. |
| Audience: | Adult and juvenile institution correctional officers, probation and
parole practitioners, victim service providers |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | Available |
School Demonstration Project To Assist Victims and
Witnesses: Safe Harbors
| Developed by: |
Safe Horizon, Inc. |
| Description: | This 4-day train-the-trainer session is for school personnel who plan
to establish a violence prevention and intervention program in their
schools or within their school districts using the Safe Harbor model.
The Safe Harbor program is designed to help students, faculty, and
families stop violence in their lives. The program consists of five
components: a seven-module curriculum, individual and family
counseling, parent involvement and staff trainings, structured group
activities, and a schoolwide antiviolence campaign. The training
covers the five program components, the Safe Harbor curriculum, the
facilitator’s manual, and the program implementation manual. At the
end of the 4-day training, school personnel will have developed a
program implementation plan and be able to train other school
personnel on the program. Prescreening is required for interested
schools, and pre- and postimplementation technical assistance is
available to support program development. |
| Audience: | Education personnel |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | Available |
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program
Technical Assistance Workshop
| Developed by: |
Sexual Assault Resource Service, Minneapolis Medical
Research Foundation |
| Description: | This 1-day training fosters the replication and ongoing administration
of SANE programs throughout the country. SANEs usually are part of a multidisciplinary Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) that
includes law enforcement personnel, rape crisis advocates, and
prosecutors. This workshop leads groups of practitioners from these
fields through the process of establishing and administering a SANE
program in a community, comprehensively addressing clinical, legal,
and operational issues. For those already operating a SANE program,
it ensures that they have access to the most current information and
standards and provides information about technical assistance
and resources. |
| Audience: | Victim service providers, health care providers, law enforcement
officers, prosecutors |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: | Available |
Train-the-Trainers Seminar: Victim Impact Classes
for Offenders
| Developed by: |
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and the California Youth
Authority (CYA) |
| Description: | This 5-day session combines classroom learning about crime and
victims with personal accounts of victimization and prepares trainers
to train others to implement the Victim Impact Classes/Panels
curriculum. The 40-hour curriculum may be used with both juvenile
and adult offenders who are incarcerated, under supervision, or in
diversion. It also can be used as a prevention program for adults
and juveniles. |
| Audience: | Victim service providers, victim advocates, court and judicial
personnel, allied professionals |
| Contact: | OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: |
Training and Technical Assistance for American Indian Children’s Justice
Act (CJA) Grantees
| Developed by: |
Tribal Law and Policy Institute |
| Description: |
This 1- to 2-day training teaches CJA grantees how to improve the
investigation and prosecution of child abuse and sexual abuse cases.
The curriculum can be modified to offer a 1-day overview training
or an expanded training that includes more comprehensive materials.
Grantees may receive assistance by telephone or through regional trainings
(including cluster conferences) where appropriate. |
| Audience: |
Victim service providers working with American Indians |
| Contact: |
OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: |
Available |
Training and Technical Assistance for Victim Assistance Providers
in Indian Country
| Developed by: |
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Center on Child Abuse
and Neglect |
| Description: |
This training provides comprehensive skill-building training and
technical assistance to tribal grantees of the Victim Assistance in
Indian Country (VAIC) program. It focuses on direct services to crime
victims and provides information on program and funds management for
a variety of postaward activities. |
| Audience: |
VAIC grantees |
| Contact: |
OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: |
In Development |
Training Lawyers To Respond to Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse
| Developed by: |
American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Domestic Violence |
| Description: |
This curriculum integrates basic training on domestic violence and
elder abuse to provide attorneys an indepth understanding of both
issues and improve their representation of clients who have been victimized.
The curriculum contains 3 1-hour modules that can be offered individually
or combined into a half-day training session. The modules are Identifying
Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse, Building a Successful Relationship
With a Client Who is a Victim of Abuse, and Using the Legal System
To Help Victims Transition Into Independence. |
| Audience: |
Attorneys |
| Contact: |
ABA at 202–662–1737 |
| Status: |
Available |
Traumatic Grief: The Synergism of Trauma and Grief
| Developed by: |
Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia (AVP) |
| Description: |
This 2 1/2-day multidisciplinary training is designed to foster
consistency in services for covictims of homicide, give practitioners
the skills to recognize the needs of covictims, and provide more effective
assistance. |
| Audience: |
Victim service providers, law enforcement professionals, prosecutors,
homicide-based victim advocates |
| Contact: |
OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: |
Available |
Upon the Back of a Turtle: A Cross-Cultural Training Curriculum for
Federal Criminal Justice Personnel
| Developed by: |
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center |
| Description: |
This curriculum helps Federal Government personnel understand the
diversity within Indian communities and improve their abilities to
provide culturally appropriate services to American Indian clients.
The materials assist federal criminal justice personnel in responding
appropriately to American Indian victims of crime and their families
and providing culturally sensitive services. The curriculum is organized
in training modules that can be presented either separately or as
a series of workshops. |
| Audience: |
Federal Government personnel only |
| Contact: |
OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: |
Scheduled, June 29, 2001, Buffalo, New York |
Victim-Sensitive Victim-Offender Mediation and Dialogue
| Developed by: |
University of Minnesota, Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking |
| Description: |
This 1- to 3-day training seminar provides information on ways to
improve the quality of services provided to victims by victim-offender
mediation programs that offer victims the opportunity to become actively
involved in the process of holding their offenders accountable. This
training is part of a continuing effort to develop training and technical
assistance for the provision of victim-sensitive victim-offender mediation
and dialogue. The curriculum can be modified to offer a 1-day overview
training or an expanded training that includes comprehensive interactive
sessions through a series of training and train-the-trainer seminars,
monographs, a training videotape, and training and technical assistance
in two state departments of corrections. |
| Audience: |
Victim service providers, criminal justice practitioners |
| Contact: |
OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: |
Available |
Victim Services 2000: A Community Collaboration Model To Improve Victim
Services
| Developed by: |
Denver Victim Services 2000 (VS 2000) Demonstration Project |
| Description: |
Based on the experience gained in implementing this multiyear demonstration
project, Denver VS 2000 is developing a compendium of training modules
to help communities improve the range, quality, and accessibility
of services for crime victims. Special emphasis will be given to reaching
previously unserved or underserved populations. Modules include Planning
for Innovation and Change, The Community Needs Assessment Process,
Using Technology To Enable Collaboration, Community Advocates: A Model
for Reaching Unserved and Underserved Populations, and Developing
a Culturally Competent Staff. Technology training includes free software. |
| Audience: |
Members of victim advocate coalitions, government officials, victim
service providers, allied professionals |
| Contact: |
OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: |
In Development |
Victim Services Response to Victims of Gang Violence
| Developed by: |
Safe Horizon, Inc. |
| Description: |
This 3-day training session improves the responses of victim service
providers, law enforcement officers, school and hospital personnel,
funeral directors, and youth service workers to victims of gang violence.
Training will be provided to two jurisdictions selected as demonstration
sites. |
| Audience: |
Victim service providers, juvenile and criminal justice personnel,
hospital personnel, funeral directors, law enforcement personnel,
school personnel, youth services workers, allied professionals |
| Contact: |
OVC TTAC at 1–800–627–6872 |
| Status: |
In Development |
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