Feb
28
Some Weekend Inspiration
February 28, 2009 | 1 Comment
I’m a big fan of ideas. I love hearing about the creative ways people view the world; I love hearing about people’s successes (and failures, from which I learn quite a bit). I keep a notebook with my own ideas, many of which have meade their way into the world in one fashion or another. [...]
Feb
27
Child Trauma Academy Spring Series
February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Child Trauma Academy in Houston, TX is now accepting registrations for their Spring Clinical Teaching Series. The series offers 10 online sessions on a variety of topics related to working with high-risk children using the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics. All courses take place on Fridays from 11:30-1pm, Central Time.
Feb
27
Lateral Violence
February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The American Nurses Association is offering 1.91 CEUs for their online course, Lateral Violence: Nurse Against Nurse. Cost is $20 ($15 if you’re an ANA member) and is in traditional article-posttest format. CEUs are available for this course only through the end of 2009.
Feb
26
Trauma-Informed Ethics
February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Trauma-Informed Ethics: Promoting Hope and Embracing Healing, is an online forum hosted by Witness Justice for domestic violence service providers. “This forum is designed as an interactive tool for discussion and learning amongst a virtual community on how ethical standards can be used to integrate a trauma-informed approach across systems. Areas for discussion include the [...]
Feb
26
Working with Victims of Stalking
February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Lewis and Clark Law School (NCVLI), has an archived podcast (from Jan 2007) on working with victims of stalking. Although it is geared toward advocates, it looks specifically at safety planning and threat assessments, both of which can be useful skills for forensic healthcare professionals, as well. The speaker, Sandy Bromley, from the National Center [...]
Feb
26
Family Justice Center Webinar
February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Family Justice Center Alliance is hosting a webinar March 5th, 9am Pacific Time: An Informational Webinar Featuring the Family Violence Project (FVP) of Waterloo Region. FVP is the only center of its kind in Canada; the webinar will highlight their development, implementation, challenges and successes.
Feb
25
Adolescent Injury and Violence
February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) has a slide presentation on injury and violence in schools, available for use by the public. It addresses intentional and unintentional injury; suicide/violent deaths; and prevention and response strategies. The stats are a bit old, so it would probably be beneficial to update them if you [...]
Feb
25
"Very Young Girls"
February 25, 2009 | 3 Comments
Have you seen Very Young Girls on Showtime? If you haven’t it’s still possible to see it On Demand through March 3rd and it’s well worth your time. We don’t often think about trafficking victims as being young American teens and pre-teens, but as this documentary clearly shows, the problem is rampant right here in [...]
Feb
24
Emergency Preparedness
February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment
AHRQ hosted Lessons Learned from the Field of Emergency Preparedness, last November. You can listen to a webcast of the session and view PowerPoint slides in their archives at no cost. According to the site, presenters shared key insight on customizing tools in order to address the distinct needs of their communities. Emergency preparedness planners [...]
Feb
24
Help Fellow FHO Readers
February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Help out your fellow readers, please. If you’ve participated in something you learned of on this site that was either really useful OR a colossal waste of time, do us all a favor and post your review in the post’s comment section. It’s particularly helpful for items which have an associated fee.
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