Culturally Specific

Who Engage in Nonsuicidal Self-Harm
PDF
June, 2013

Like suicidality, talking about self-harm directly with young people who have been engaged in this coping mechanism can be hard. However, because such a vital part of our work as advocates is to discuss coping strategies and help survivors discover what mechanisms work best for them, discussions that involve self-injury, self-medication, eating disorders, engaging in risky sex, and other self-harming behaviors are integral.

Advocates are often the only people in a survivor’s life…

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  • Child Sexual Abuse
Examining the Empowerment Model and Ageism to Serve Youth Better
Webinar
December, 2015

Working with young people who have been sexually assaulted can often be a daunting task for advocates and volunteers. Often, sexual assault advocates are tasked with "specializing" in so many areas of victimization, that it becomes overwhelming. How can one use the expertise that they already have to their benefit when working with young people? What barriers stand in the way of serving youth in a relevant and empowering way? In this webinar, participants will get an overview of what makes…

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  • Child Sexual Abuse
  • Supervision
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The 30-hour Advocate Core training is designed to help new sexual assault advocates provide responsive and effective advocacy to survivors of sexual assault. This training meets the requirements as outlined by the Office of Crime Victims Advocacy. This training has been designed to increase both the knowledge and skill base for training participants and emphasizes a…

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Advocate Core es un entrenamiento para nuevos intercesores de 30 horas, que cumple con los requisitos descritos por OCVA. Está diseñado para nuevos intercesores que estarán trabajando con sobrevivientes de abuso sexual, para aumentar el conocimiento y dar las herramientas necesarias como intercesor.

Este entrenamiento será facilitado en español, y tendrá un enfoque de las necesidades y múltiples barreras que enfrentan sobrevivientes de abuso sexual en la comunidad inmigrante,…

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WCSAP is very pleased to present to you the most recent edition of the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs Advocate Core Instructor’s Training Manual (2016). The revised edition is an easy to read format that contains:

  • Introduction and Instructor’s Overview
  • Storyboard and Checklist
  • Storyboard that shows what lessons correspond with WCSAP online modules
  • Day One: Philosophical Foundations
  • Day Two: Dynamics and…
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