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How to Use Victims/Survivors Voices in Meaningful Ways
Guest Post by SVJI Intern: Nikki Hanto Last week we looked at strategies to effectively incorporate victims’/survivors’ voices on a Sexual Assault Response Team. We will now look at how to best work with victims/survivors in this capacity and other principles for the team to consider. It is important to… Read More
Sexual Health Promotion and Sexual Violence Prevention
Happy Halloween, y’all! Today’s a day that people all over purposefully engage in situations that make them a little bit uncomfortable, anyone who’s worn a wig as part of a Halloween costume understands this intimately. People may even put themselves intentionally into scary settings today. So, in that… Read More
What do Sexual Assault Cases Look Like in Our Community? The Case File Review Workbook for Sexual Assault Response Teams
This training is for rural SARTs interested in beginning an evaluation process through case file review. ACCESS ASL interpretation and auto-captioning will be available. Please let us know how we can make this call accessible to you when you register. PRESENTERS Miranda Gonzalez Miranda Gonzalez (she/her) began her… Read More
Building Cultures of Care: A Guide for Sexual Assault Services Programs
This guide provides information to support sexual assault services programs in strengthening their organizational and individual responses to survivors of sexual violence through the use of a trauma-informed approach. View guide. … Read More
International Association of Forensic Nurses
The Resource Helpline provides technical assistance (TA) to support the demonstration sites selected by Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) in establishing and/or maintaining victim-centered, trauma-informed, and evidence-based telehealth sexual assault forensic examinations. Phone number: 833-835-8353 Email: telesafe@forensicnurses.org View website. Read More
Statewide Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Testing and Cold Case Sexual Assault Investigative Guidelines
These guidelines are designed to provide law enforcement with information regarding sexual assault kit processing and cold case sexual assault investigation, increase clarity regarding recent state legislative changes and their legal obligations, and provide information on collaborative, trauma-informed, and victim/survivor-centered practices to aide sexual assault investigations. Read More
Adult and Adolescent Sexual Assault Patients in the Emergency Care Setting
Patients seeking carein the emergency setting after sexual assault are an at-risk, vulnerable population. It is imperative that they have access to and receive patient-centered and trauma-informed care that addresses their medicolegal and psychosocial needs (Plichta, Clements, & Houseman, 2007). Patient-centered care is respectful of and responsive to individual patient… Read More
What Do Sexual Assault Cases Look Like in Our Community? A Sexual Assault Response Team’s Workbook for Case File Review
The task of ensuring safety, justice, and healing as it relates to sexual violence is daunting. A team’s success rests on its ability to build on a sexual assault response team’s (SART’s) success in responding to victims/survivors through a case review process with an eye toward continual improvement. This workbook… Read More
Safe Harbor Protocol Guidelines
In 2014, the Safe Harbor law went into full effect, marking a significant shift in how the State of Minnesota addresses the sexual exploitation of youth. Under the law, originally enacted in 2011, youth under the age of 18 subjected to exploitation are directed to support and services rather than… Read More
Five Core Principles for Working with Sexually Exploited or Trafficked Youth
Working with trafficked or sexually exploited youth is a rewarding endeavor, but it can also be challenging. It is important to think about the values and assumptions we bring to this work and consider how we can formulate our approach to better support youth victims/survivors. To ensure that our efforts… Read More