December 2007
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4-6 pm:
Registration
6-7 pm:
Welcome
7-9 pm:
Introductory
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8:30 am - 5 pm:
Basic Skills and Knowledge for Victim Service Providers
6-9 pm:
Wednesday Evening Special Event
$400
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4-6 pm:
Registration
6-7 pm:
Welcome
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8:30 am - 5 pm:
Compasion Fatigue
$200
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8:30 am - 5 pm:
Substance Use and Vitimization
6-9 pm:
Wednesday Evening Special Event
$200
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8:30 am - 5 pm:
• Elder Abuse
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• Ethics
$100
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4-6 pm:
Registration
6-7 pm:
Welcome
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8:30 am - 5 pm:
Leadership Institute - Professional Development, Strategic Planning and
Leadership in Victim Services
6-9 pm:
Wednesday Evening Special Event
$500
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Track 1: Foundation-level Training
Track 2: Specialized Training
Track 3: Leadership Institute
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Track 1: Foundation-level Training |
4 days |
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This is an intensive 4-day training designed for individuals with less than 3 years of experience in the field of victim services. Prior to attending this training, participants are expected to complete pre-Academy readings and assignments (average completion time is 5 hours), some of which will be available online. Upon completing Track 1, participants will have gained knowledge and skills to better serve victims and survivors of crime. Topics include: |
- History of the victim services field.
- Basic victims’ rights and the justice system.
- Impact of crime on victims.
- Communicating with victims and survivors.
- Providing direct services to victims and survivors.
- Collaborating for victims’ rights and services.
- Cultural and spiritual competence.
- Ethics in victim services.
- Developing resilience.
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Track 2: Specialized Training |
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This track comprises four trainings on critical and timely topics that have direct impact on providers work.
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| Compassion Fatigue |
2 days |
| Victim services providers are often deeply affected by the work they do. The work often inspires and enriches us; it may also leave us dispirited and depleted. Participants will explore self-care techniques, learn how to recognize symptoms of compassion fatigue, and develop strategies to ensure balance and self-care for themselves and those they supervise. The workshop also provides an overview of the definitions and symptoms of burnout, vicarious trauma, and secondary Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Topics include: |
- The prevalence and symptoms of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.
- The impact of traumatic stress and fear on victim service professionals.
- How to develop healthy coping strategies and build resiliency.
- How to develop an agency self-care plan and a personal self-care plan.
- Creating and sustaining a healthy work environment.
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| Ethics in Victim Services |
1 day |
| No issue is more complex—or important—than the ethical considerations surrounding providing services to victims of crime. This 1-day training explores common ethical conflicts and ways victim service providers can apply ethical standards and a decision-making process to help resolve these conflicts. Topics include: |
- Values and responses to victims.
- Ethics and ethical standards.
- Making ethical decisions.
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| Identifying and Responding to Elder Abuse |
1 day |
| As the field of victim services witnesses a shift toward an increasingly large aging population in the U.S., victim service providers are often called upon to identify and respond to elder abuse. To help broaden the scope of understanding and service response to this emerging issue, this 1-day training provides information and skills to more effectively provide services to victims of elder abuse. Topics include:
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- Elder abuse and victim services.
- Understanding elder abuse.
- Identifying elder abuse.
- Responding to elder abuse.
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| Substance Use and Victimization |
2 days |
| Research shows that substance use is related to victimization in terms of offender behavior, risk of victimization, and coping response to victimization. In this training, participants will learn how to better serve their clients who have been victimized or who are substance users. The training addresses key victims’ issues, the primary dynamics of substance use, and recent advances in substance use research and treatment, particularly in terms of pre- and post-victimization. Participants will learn how to develop and launch collaborative efforts between the victim services and substance use communities to better serve members of both groups. Topics include: |
- Motivators for substance use and criminal behavior.
- The relationship between substance use and victimization, with a focus on violent crime.
- Substance use by the perpetrator and substance use by the crime victim.
- Substance use as a reaction to victimization.
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| Track 3: Leadership Institute |
5 days |
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| The new Leadership Institute is designed for victim services administrators and leaders who wish to enhance their skills and abilities to manage and sustain their programs. Includes 3 major topics relevant to both new and seasoned leaders: |
Professional Development
What skills will enhance your leadership and management capabilities? You will learn theoretical concepts, as well as practical guidelines, for human resource development, and program evaluation. Topics include: |
- Four primary value orientations of employees: Their interdependence in fostering a harmonious workplace and improving performance.
- How change in an organization can affect behavior within it.
- Program evaluation: How to carry it out realistically and practically.
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Leadership in Victim Services
What is your role of influence, change, and improvement? Using case studies and examples, participants will explore the qualities, attitudes, styles, and strategies of effective leaders in victim services. Topics include: |
- The source of leadership qualities and common myths about leadership.
- How past experiences contribute to the ongoing and dynamic process of becoming a leader.
- Core leadership strategies for victim assistance and justice organizations.
- The challenges to ethical leadership.
- Approaching problems as opportunities.
- Using cooperative communication skills.
- Developing a checklist for successful collaboration.
- Factors affecting change, including threats and resistance to change, and how to use these as a driving force to promote and advocate for victims' rights and enhanced services.
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Strategic Planning in Victim Services
Where is your program going and how will you get there? Strategic planning is critical to establish and maintain direction and support for organizations and programs. Participants will learn how to enhance their performance in managing services, resources, and staff, and how to apply steps and guidelines to begin effective strategic planning. Topics include: |
- The five basic steps of strategic planning.
- Common pitfalls of strategic planning and how to avoid them.
- How to articulate an organization's values, mission, and vision.
- Setting goals and developing objectives.
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