OVC has a variety of resources available to help individuals identify and respond to vicarious trauma, including self-paced trainings, webinars, and resources focused on self-care.
Organizations can also request free training and technical assistance (TTA) focused on ways to recognize and respond to negative vicarious trauma on individuals, including:
- Training and Technical Assistance—OVC delivers tailored TTA to meet your organization's needs on various victimizations and crime and victim assistance topics, for example—
- Understanding burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma in victim advocates
- Healthy ways of responding to vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue
- OVC provides trainers for presentations at your event, including plenaries, panels, or victim impact presentations.
If your organization is interested in TTA, go to the "How We Can Help" page. You can also send an email to ovcttac@usdoj.gov to connect with a TTA specialist about requesting free TTA.
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Recordings
The following recordings provide information related to vicarious trauma. Learn about upcoming events.
Addressing Vicarious Trauma for the Individual
Date: August 22, 2018Length: 1 hour
Summary:
In this session, victim service providers discuss what contributes to vicarious trauma and learn how vicarious trauma is related to secondary traumatic stress.
Materials:
- Listen/View Webinar
- View PowerPoint (PDF 380 KB)
- View Handout (PDF 199 KB)
- View Handout (PDF 309)