Module 5: Procedures in Common Advocacy Situations
During this module, you will review procedures for assisting survivors of sexual assault in the most common advocacy situations that participants will encounter. You will also examine drug-facilitated sexual assault.
Time Required: 2 hours, 45 minutes
Lessons
Responding to a Crisis Call Reporting Recent Sexual Assault (15 minutes)
Medical-Evidentiary Exam Accompaniment (1 hour)
Law Enforcement Statement Accompaniment (15 minutes)
Courtroom Accompaniment (35 minutes)
Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault (40 minutes)
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, participants will be able to
Respond appropriately to a caller on a crisis line who is reporting a recent sexual assault.
Identify correct procedures during a medical-evidentiary exam.
Create a list of "do's and taboos" for accompanying victims when they make law enforcement statements and appear in the courtroom.
Differentiate the roles of advocates, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, and other members of the Sexual Assault Response Team.
Identify special procedures and red flags for dealing with drug-facilitated sexual assault.
Important! Read the trainer's materials available at right well before presenting the course to your audience. These materials contain preparation instructions essential to an effective training. (All other module-specific materials and tools also are available at right.)
Create a folder for SAACT on your computer and download all the files you'll need in that folder rather than using the SAACT Web site during the training. Note: Vignettes are closed-captioned; click on the "cc" button in the download version to view captioning.
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