Sep
1
Sexual Assault Exams in Deceased Patients
September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment
IAFN‘s 4th webinar of the year will take place September 21st from 2-3pm ET: Sexual Assault Examinations in Deceased Patients. The always fantastic Tara Henry will be teaching this one, so I highly recommend registering. Cost of the session is $40 for members ($50 for non-members, and really, are you still not a member?), which [...]
Aug
31
How SART Teams Discuss Sexual Assault Cases
August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Lots of SART webinars happening right now. Next up: MNCASA’s Sexual Violence Justice Institute and their offering on how SARTs discuss sexual assault cases. The session will take place Wednesday, September 8th from 12-1:30pm CT. Registration is free.
Aug
27
Weekly Wrap-Up & NSAC
August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Next week the National Sexual Assault Conference will be going on in Los Angeles. Sadly, I won’t be there this time (I’ll be with the Navy in Newport), but I’ll be able to catch up on all of the fantastic things happening there, because CALCASA’s going to be tweeting updates in real time (as will [...]
Aug
24
Immigration, Sexual Violence & Current Legal Climate
August 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment
WCSAP is hosting a webinar Monday, August 30th at 11am PT: Immigration, Sexual Assault and the Current Legal Climate. Space is limited for this one, so register ASAP if you’re interested. The featured speaker is Sonia Parras Konrad from ASISTA, a national organization providing immigration technical assistance on representing survivors of crimes of violence.
Aug
20
Weekly Wrap-Up
August 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment
It’s been an amazing week here in DC, as we have just finished up the inaugural offering of our National Institute for the Prosecution of Domestic Violence II, which took our first DV course to an entirely new level. But that has left all of us exhausted and slightly bewildered: we’ll be starting over again [...]
Aug
19
SART Case Review
August 19, 2010 | 3 Comments
Just a reminder: there is a complimentary session from SAFEta Source: SART Case Review. The session will be held next Tuesday, August 24th at 2pm ET. From the site: Presented by Linda Ledray, PhD, RN, FAAN, SANE-A, this webinar will offer education and practical solutions to Sexual Assault Response Teams that are looking for resources [...]
Aug
17
Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault Protocol
August 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment
RTI, in collaboration with the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center is offering a web-based course: An Overview of DFSA SANE/SAFE/SART Protocol 1 (which means, presumably, there will be at least one more?). The live web course is being offered on 4 different occasions over the next 2 months: 8/18 (sorry–just got this) 3-5 pm [...]
Aug
12
Articles of Note: August Edition
August 12, 2010 | 3 Comments
Time once again for Articles of Note. All of these are from the July/August issues and electronic previews. It’s a bit brief this month, but there’s some good stuff, particularly on DFSA. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection [...]
Aug
11
How SARTs Discuss Cases
August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The Oregon Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force is hosting a SART-focused webinar: What Can We Talk About? Considerations for How SART Teams Discuss Sexual Assault Cases. The webinar will be August 17th from 11am-noon, PT. The session will be presented by Laura Williams, MPA, National Technical Assistance Project Director, Sexual Violence Justice Institute (SVJI), [...]
Jul
28
Clinical Guide: Sexual Assault Injury
July 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
In the course of my work, I was asked by a physician from South America for information about lack of genital injury in sexual assault patients. Based on the work I did for him, I ended up with a fairly lengthy bibliography, which I have subsequently turned into the newest clinical guide on sexual assault [...]
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