Jul
31
Weekly Wrap-Up @ the Sustainability Blog
July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
There’s been a lot of activity over at the Sustainability site this week, in large part due to the release of our 1st project bulletin, Sustainability 101: Long Range Thinking for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program Managers. Thanks to everyone who’s sent me lovely comments about the report. Stay tuned, because our 2nd one, on [...]
Jul
30
Upcoming Trainings
July 30, 2009 | 3 Comments
I know this is a site dedicated to online education and resources, but I just want to take a minute to point out a few talks I’m giving at some of the upcoming fall conferences that might be of interest. The biggie for me is the IAFN Annual Scientific Assembly, October 21-24 in Atlanta. I’m [...]
Jul
29
Screening for Sexual Violence
July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape has a tutorial available for download on screening for sexual violence in the healthcare setting. This is a topic near and dear to my heart, and probably one we don’t talk about enough. You can download both the implementation guide (PDF) and the contents of the CD-ROM on which the [...]
Jul
28
Is It Injury or Neglect?
July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Federal Interagency Workgroup on Child Abuse and Neglect has an archived webinar from August 2008 available for review: Is It Injury or Neglect? Improving Our Knowledge to Better Protect Children. The session discusses “efforts to better define neglect in the context of accidental injury and described models of child death case reviews that will [...]
Jul
27
Two New Courses from Witness Justice
July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Witness Justice has 2 new courses available. The first is Cultural Competency, which “covers how culturally appropriate and effective services can be created and provided by professionals in the domestic violence community and the importance of mastering culturally sensitive attitudes, skills, and behaviors.”
The second course is Working with Undocumented Survivors, which “will address specific issues [...]
Jul
24
10 Things Making My Life Better Right Now
July 24, 2009 | 3 Comments
I don’t have a wrap-up for you this week: I’ve been with the Army in Orlando all week, and these have been long days. Posts have been tough to get to with internet access only happening after roughly 10pm when I’m back in my hotel room. I’ll bring it back next Friday, don’t worry (maybe [...]
Jul
23
Funding Alert
July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment
A new funding alert is available from VAWNet for those of you interested in the money-end of things. You can read it in full here (PDF):
Featured in this edition:
Jul
22
Sexting Podcast
July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Indiana Youth Institute has a podcast on sexting available on their website. I’m on the road with the Army this week and haven’t had a chance to listen to this one yet. But since there’s been a flurry of searches for “sexting” on the site recently, I figured this would be timely. I don’t [...]
Jul
21
Starting a Family Justice Center
July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Gael Strack and Casey Gwinn (Family Justice Center Alliance) will be presenting a webinar August 6th at 9am Pacific on starting a family justice center in your community. Participation is free, but preregistration is required.
Jul
20
Death Investigation: The Basics
July 20, 2009 | 1 Comment
IAFN is hosting a webinar Tuesday, July 28th from 2-3pm ET on the basics of death investigation. Cost for members is $20 ($30 for non-members); 1.0 CEUs will be awarded upon completion. Deputy Coroner Bobbie Jo O’Neal is be the featured presenter.
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