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Advocate’s Guide to Talking to Parents/Guardians About Healthy Relationships and Sexual Violence Prevention for Children and Youth
Learning healthy relationship skills is a vital part of sexual violence prevention and sex education, all of which are most impactful when taught together. Parents/guardians…
Healthy Relationships Activity Book
Stopping sexual violence and other forms of harm can feel like a complicated and overwhelming task. Education is an important form of sexual violence prevention.
What Can We Talk About? Common Rules & Regulations
It is important for all members of a sexual assault response team (SART) to understand one another’s different professional and ethical obligations before the team…
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Confidential Communications with Health Insurance Carriers: Guide for Advocates and Providers
If someone is insured as a dependent on another’s health insurance policy—for example a partner or parent’s—health insurance carriers may send the policyholder information about…
A National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations
Sexual violence continues to plague our Nation and destroy lives. All members of society are vulnerable to this crime, regardless of race, age, gender, ability,…
Minor Consent for Medical and Mental Health Treatment
This fact sheet addresses two main issues: When may a sexual assault advocate or medical professional provide services to a minor without consent from the…
Mandated Reporting of Maltreatment of Vulnerable Adults: What is Required?
In Minnesota, sexual assault advocates and domestic abuse advocates are NOT mandated reporters of maltreatment of vulnerable adults. See Minn. Stat. §626.557 and other statutes…
Mandated Reporting of Sexual or Physical Abuse or Neglect of a Child
In Minnesota, sexual assault advocates are mandated to report the abuse or neglect of a child by “certain persons” in caregiving roles to the child.
Minnesota Model Policies for Forensic Compliance
This document is designed to assist Minnesota jurisdictions with the creation and implementation of written policies on forensic compliance topics. We hope this document can…
National Best Practices for Sexual Assault Kits: A Multidisciplinary Approach
The SAFER Working Group was developed to address the SAFER (Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting) Act of 2013, which recommends, in part, the development of…
Evaluation and Management of the Sexually Assaulted or Sexually Abused Patient
This handbook was first produced by the American College of Emergency Physicians in 1999. This project was an enormous undertaking at the time and was…
Serving Trans and Non-Binary Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Despite the fact that people who identify as transgender or non-binary experience violence and harassment in every aspect of life at astoundingly high rates (NCTE, 2016),…
Sexual Victimization in Indian Country: Barriers and Resources for Native Women Seeking Help
Even in the 21st century, victim blaming is alive and well in Indian country. Just last year, an Indian Health Service (IHS) physician published a…