Feb

1

Free Online Violence Prevention Course

February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment

The CDC has a free, online violence prevention course available at their VetoViolence site: Principles of Prevention. It includes 1.7 hours of continuing educations for nurses; 1.75 for physicians.

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Jan

25

Rights and Experiences of LGBTQ Survivors of Domestic Violence

January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment

The Northwest Network is offering a webinar on February 14th, Engaging the Legal System: Rights and Experiences of LGBTQ Survivors of Domestic Violence. It’ll be held from 12-1:30 pm PT, and you can register here. I’m really looking forward to this one, since we know that patient concerns about the realities of the legal process [...]

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Jan

6

Revisions to the UCR Definition of Rape

January 6, 2012 | 1 Comment

I just received this notice, but I’ll be on a plane when it’s scheduled (on Monday the 9th). Perhaps some of you would like to attend: Friends: The Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced the adoption of a revised definition of rape in the Uniform Crime Report.

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Dec

28

Forensic Compliance Update

December 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment

SAFEta and EVAW are hosting a joint webinar, Forensic Compliance: Where Do We Stand in 2012? The session will actually be offered twice–February 7th and February 16th, at 2pm ET. Kim Day and Kim Lonsway, from the above organizations, respectively, will be the presenters. Get registered, because you know this one is worth your time. And, of [...]

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Dec

27

Screening for Domestic Violence

December 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Hope everyone has had a lovely holiday, thus far. I’m back in the office for the week (and actually at home for 2 entire weeks before the travel crazy begins anew), slogging through the emails and voicemails. Plenty of interesting stuff showed up in my inbox last week while I was on vacation, so I [...]

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Dec

7

Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence in Native Country

December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment

The Family Justice Center Alliance is hosting a webinar on Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence in Native Country. The webinar will be December 13th from 1-2:30 pm ET. You can register for the session here.

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Nov

3

Understanding Domestic Violence and Disability

November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Vera Institute of Justice is offering a webinar this month, Understanding Domestic Violence and Disability. The session will be held November 29th from 3-4:30pm ET. It appears to be the 1st in a series of webinars on working with victims with disabilities.

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Oct

27

CDC’s Response to Injury

October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment

The CDC is hosting a webinar Friday, November 4th at 2pm ET, The CDC’s Response to Injury: Update for Partners from the Division of Injury Response. The session will focus on traumatic brain injury, terrorism and disaster response. Register for the session here.

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Oct

10

Healthy Relationship Twitter Town Hall

October 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment

I love this: Wednesday, October 19th, at 3pm ET NRCDV and VAWnet are hosting a healthy relationship Twitter Town Hall (PDF). Many of us will be in Montreal for the Scientific Assembly, but it would be great to see IAFN members take part in this event. Not sure how this even works? More info after the [...]

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Sep

28

Honor Our Voices

September 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment

The folks at MINCAVA have a new online learning module, Honor Our Voices: Children’s Perspectives of Domestic Violence. I haven’t had a chance to go through it yet, but it’s looks fascinating. You can read a full description about the new learning tool after the jump.

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