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PREA Webinars
This is not your typical PREA training. This webinar offers an exciting look into PREA opportunities. Hear how Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Agencies are successfully providing training and education as well as services. Enjoy discussions about dismantling the stigma around providing services to people who are incarcerated. Learn about tools and resources to build your organization's capacity to both train people in your community and expand your services.
Opportunities for Providers & Dismantling Stigma Part 1
Opportunities for Providers & Dismantling Stigma Part 2
Pregnancy Associated Deaths in Virginia: New Report
"Ten Year Trends in Pregnancy-Associated Death in Virginia" is a new report using data from the Virginia Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Surveillance System. The full report can be found here.
Pregnant and Parenting Survivors
The Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (WCSP) provides discipline specific information for advocates working with pregnant and parenting survivors. This resource from the WCSP not only provides practice guidelines and examples, but also specific facts related to reproductive and sexual coercion experienced by many survivors. Additionaly, the WCSP site provides information on the specific needs of survivors during pregnancy and post-delivery.
http://www.wcsap.org/pregnant-and-parenting-survivors
Preventing Compassion Fatigue: Honoring Thyself
”Every day victim advocates struggle with heart wrenching, painful stories that both fuel our passion for our work and keep us up at night. If we focus on serving others without taking care of ourselves, we are at risk of experiencing secondary traumatic stress disorder, better known as compassion fatigue. This webinar will provide valuable tools to identify the warning signs of compassion fatigue, and will help you develop techniques to replenish your spirit in order to properly honor yourself.”
About the presenter: For more than 20 years, Santa Molina-Marshal has been providing client-focused therapy services, in English and Spanish, for individuals, groups, couples and families. She is a licensed/Certified Integral Yoga Teacher, Massage Therapist, Reiki Master and Interfaith Minister.
To access the webinar and other materials, please click here.
Preventing Sexual Violence in Latin@ Communities: A National Needs Assessment
A significant proportion of people living in the United States are of Latin@ origin – about 16%, or 50.5 million, as of 2010 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011). But the few existing studies on sexual violence against Latin@s have shown a lack of culturally relevant services for Latin@ survivors to be a substantial need. One in six Latina women report sexual victimization in their lifetime (Cuevas & Sabina, 2010). Latin@s encounter more barriers to seeking services than non-Latin@s, especially if they are immigrants (Ingram, 2007). Latin@s are also less likely to report rape victimization (Tjaden & Thoennes, 2000).
Therefore, the purpose of this needs assessment was to guage the following:
1. Who are the key groups/organizations engaging in and/or supporting sexual violence prevention and intervention in Latin@ and/or Spanish-speaking communities?
2. What are the resource needs of advocates, counselors, and other professionals in the field engaging in sexual violence prevention and intervention in Latin@ and/or Spanish-speaking communities?
3. What is the cultural competency and Spanish-language capacity of programs and organizations to serve Latin@ and/or Spanish-speaking communities?
4. What is the most effective role of the NSVRC in supporting advocates working with Latin@ and/or Spanish-speaking communities?
