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(1998)
External Website

This 26-session curriculum, created by Paul Kivel and Allan Creighton, address:

  • gender norms,
  • power and control,
  • homophobia,
  • racism,
  • sexism, and
  • other factors that contribute to gender-based violence.

Young men are given tools to create healthy relationships through group discussions, activities, and videos.

The website provides facilitators with tips on how to incorporate into school…

Topic
  • Curriculums
  • Gender Specific
  • Healthy Relationships
WCSAP Webpage

Community Sexual Assault Programs (CSAPs) in Washington State receive their funding through the Office of Crime Victims Advocacy (OCVA). Every four years, each CSAP undergoes a rigorous accreditation process, whereby they are audited by an outside agency to ensure that sexual assault survivors have access to quality services across the state.

OCVA is responsible…

Topic
  • Accreditation
For Advocates
WCSAP Webpage

Please review these organizations' websites and inform yourself about their specific services, to ensure that the referrals you provide to survivors are appropriate. If a survivor you are working with has a legal need that cannot be addressed by these organizations, please contact WCSAP for technical assistance and to connect with other legal service providers and technical assistance providers.

In Washington:

Topic
  • Legal Advocacy
Advocacy Considerations
WCSAP Webpage

What Survivors Face

According to the Washington State Department of Health (2010),

  • 10% of women reported physical, psychological, or sexual abuse by an intimate partner around the time of pregnancy.
  • Nearly 22% of teens (ages 15-19) report experiencing physical, psychological, or sexual abuse around the time of pregnancy.

When a woman has undergone sexual assault, intimate partner violence, or stalking, it may have a profound…

Topic
  • Pregnant & Parenting
(2010)
External Website

Program created by Safe Place in Austin, TX. The youth leadership and school-wide components offer a chance to work across the social-ecological model on the primary prevention of

  • violence,
  • bullying, and
  • harassment.
Topic
  • Curriculums
  • Bystanders
  • Healthy Relationships
(2009)
External Website

The Faith Trust Institute created this healthy relationship and violence prevention curriculum comprised of

  • 6-session curriculum,
  • facilitator’s guide, and
  • DVD clips.

Teens are given skills to combat violence and develop healthy relationships.

Topic
  • Curriculums
  • Culturally Specific
  • Healthy Relationships
Advocacy with Survivors
WCSAP Webpage

One way that we can continue to ensure that our work with survivors continues to build momentum throughout our lifespan is to offer information, resources and support that centers on all the ways survivorship can complicate tending to a survivor’s health or moving through the healthcare system. Annual exams, dentist appointments, abortions, STI testing and childbirth can be triggering and a supportive advocate can make a huge difference.

Advocates can work with survivors to create…

Topic
  • Medical Advocacy
External Website

Planned Parenthood of New England has created cognitively accessible curriculum, which includes:

  • 20 lessons with scripts,
  • handouts,
  • detailed pictures, and
  • teaching tools.

Participants will learn about:

  • different relationships,
  • private versus public,
  • communication,
  • decision making,
  • starting romantic relationships,
  • unhealthy…
Topic
  • Curriculums
  • Disability
  • Healthy Sexuality
WCSAP Webpage

Over the last few years The White House has taken actions to call attention to the scope of campus sexual violence, provide guidance to schools on how to effectively respond when violence has occurred, improve Title IX enforcement, and prevent campus sexual assault.

The White House and partners have used many avenues such as launching a resource website and large-scale public awareness campaigns to start the conversation in communities. Additionally, The White House worked with the…

Topic
  • Campus
  • Schools & Campus
Advocacy Considerations
WCSAP Webpage

Latinx immigrant and refugee survivors have unique advocacy needs. They may have had experiences, such as border crossing or anti-immigrant political rhetoric, that affect their sense of safety and security. It may be more difficult for these survivors to obtain services because of language barriers as well as cultural norms and beliefs. Advocacy efforts must address these barriers to ensure all survivors have access to services. The following information is intended for advocates who work…

Topic
  • Latinx