Training & Technical Assistance
Below is a sampling of significant training and technical assistance initiatives.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE (IACP)
COLLECTIVE HEALING INITIATIVE
Designed to help police agencies and the communities they serve address the needs of those affected by acts of violence and other divisive events that may result in or exacerbate existing community-police tension or discord. Specific communities served: Oakland, CA; Rapid City, SD; Minneapolis, MN; Houston, TX
VICARIOUS TRAUMA RESPONSE INITIATIVE
Provides dedicated resources, training and technical assistance to communities seeking to build interdisciplinary, cross-agency collaborations to assess and address the impact of vicarious trauma on their respective staff.
ADVOCATE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT PROJECT (AESP)
A vicarious trauma curriculum designed to address and reduce the secondary traumatic stress for victim advocates, social workers, case managers and other first responders.
Vicarious Trauma Toolkit
The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit (VTT) is a free, online toolkit of evidence-informed and best practice research and resources for first responder organizations.
“Katherine Manners and Lisa Tieszen were integral at all stages—creation, dissemination, training/technical assistance—of the Vicarious Trauma Toolkit (VTT) project. Their expertise on vicarious trauma and its impact on advocates and others who work with traumatized populations consistently informed the close to 500 evidence-informed tools selected, including new tools created by them and the rest of our team. They each worked closely with organizations seeking to become vicarious trauma-informed. Since the release of the VTT website in April, 2017, they have been all over the country conducting training workshops and spreading the word about this resource.”
—Dr. Beth E. Molnar, Principal Investigator, Vicarious Trauma Toolkit Project
State Victim Assistance Academy (SVAA) Resource Center
Training and technical assistance consultants for a federally-funded national resource center serving state victim assistance academies. (In collaboration with ORI Consulting)
Narrative Medicine Series
A unique professional development series blends reading, writing and discussion as a means for medical professionals to reflect on exposure to patient trauma.
Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS)
Trauma-informed and supportive services to the Department of Youth Services (DYS) employees and supervisors.
Office for Victims of Crime, Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC)
Webinars and on-site trainings to victim services, law enforcement, government and statewide consortiums.