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Sexual Violence in Later Life: Strategies for Healthcare Providers

One of my main co-conspirators collaborators, Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, is the featured speaker in an upcoming webinar hosted by NSVRC,  Sexual Violence in Later Life: Strategies for Healthcare Providers. The session will be held twice: 11 and 12 June, 2-3:30pm ET. Please note–the audience will be limited to 30 participants for each session so register ASAP. Details after the jump:

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Child Abuse Sexual Assault

Genital Dermatologic Conditions in Children

Well, as of this posting I am [hopefully] making my way back to DC. Turns out a fantastic day of training with the Kansas Coalition is offset by multiple cancelled flights, so getting home is somewhat trickier than planned. No matter–these things happen, and there’s great dinner conversation (and wine) to ease the pain of thwarted travel plans. Seeing as this was the last week of the busy spring training calendar, I return home to once again pay more attention to the projects on my calendar. This includes the work on the Tribal Forensic Healthcare project, which has a great peds webinar coming up next month:

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DV/IPV Sexual Assault

Trauma-Informed Care and Military-Related IPV Survivors

I’m teaching today in Wichita–another advanced testimony workshop. It’s the last training of the busy spring season. After this I come off the road a bit. I get to slow down and enjoy the fact that my kid is in DC for the summer (as of Saturday–happy birthday to me!) I take only one significant travel job each month during summers, so while I will have plenty to occupy my time (as if), I will be doing it from the comfort of my tiny DC dollhouse by and large.

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When Women Refuse (#YesAllWomen)

I’m still trying to wrap my brain around the unbelievable violence from this weekend (again). The online response to the California shooting was swift and fierce. If you have not read the huge number of tweets under #YesAllWomen, I encourage you to check them out (if you want a summary of some of the most powerful, look no further than Time’s). But to really begin to fathom just how often women face violence  (or the threat of violence) simply for exercising their right to say no to men check out the new Tumblr, When Women Refuse. It’s a good reminder that the patients for whom we care are just a fraction of the victims of gender violence out there.

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Happy Memorial Day Weekend

I am on a plane heading home after a delightful day with the Tucson SANE team, so there won’t be a regular post today. And I’ll be taking the day off Monday– really looking forward to the long weekend. We’ll be visiting Arlington on Monday to pay our respects before hosting friends and family for a BBQ. Whatever you’re doing this weekend, I hope you will take a minute to reflect on the meaning of the holiday as you go about the business of your day. Enjoy your weekend, whatever your plans. I’ll see you back here Tuesday.

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Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe

I’m teaching all day today, so there’s not a lot of time for a lengthy post. But I came across this new TED talk and realized I hadn’t posted one in a while, so for your viewing pleasure, a really thought-provoking talk on leadership:

 

“Leadership is a choice. It is not a rank.” Awesome.

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Sexual Assault

Untested Rape Kits: the Issue, the Impact, and the Response

The DNA Resource Center at NCVC is hosting a webinar, Untested Rape Kits: the Issue, the Impact and the Response. The session will be held June 10th from 1-2:30pm ET. Details after the jump:

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Articles of Note: May 2014

Man, am I tardy on this. Finally–once again here’s this (and last) month’s Articles of Note, a look at what has caught my eye from the recently published, peer-reviewed literature. There’s a lot of good stuff in this round up, so I would encourage you to peruse the abstracts. Keep in mind this isn’t a comprehensive list, just the things that interested me. Click through for the link:

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DV/IPV Elder Abuse/Neglect Sexual Assault

Since Last We Spoke 5/19/14

Great seeing so many of you last week in Kansas City. This week I’m off to do a testimony workshop in Tucson, but not before spending a couple days in DC working on policy and response issues. Our great friends got married in NYC this past weekend, so I didn’t do a whole lot of reading, what with all the eating and merry-making. That being said there were a few things I was able to peruse while making my way home–here’s what’s caught my eye since last we spoke:

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Sexual Assault

Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Exams and VAWA 2005: Payment Practices, Successes, and Directions for the Future

IAFN and NSVRC are hosting a webinar June 10th from 2-3:30pm ET, Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Exams and VAWA 2005: Payment, Practices, Successes and Directions for the Future. The session will focus on research conducted by Urban Institute on exam payment. Interested in the topic? Check out this related article over at Vox that should stir up some discussion for sure.

{The Urban Institute’s full report can be found here. (PDF)}

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Digital Girls

Apologies for the absence yesterday–I am battling a migraine that is getting the best of me and it was just not a good day. But I am trying to muscle through it (as I post from ORD on my way to MCI), and this webinar is worthy of notice. SAMHSA has been hosting a Girls Matter webinar series and the next offering in the series is one called Digital Girls: Confession, Connection and Disconnection.It will be held May 20th from 3-4:30 pm ET.  Rachel Simmons is one of the featured speakers (perhaps you’ve read Odd Girl Out?). It should be a good session, particularly for those of you who work with adolescents frequently. Details after the jump:

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Child Abuse DV/IPV Sexual Assault

Since Last We Spoke 5/12/14

I’m getting ready to head to Kansas City for the Forensic Investigations Conference–if you’re going to be there please come by and say hello. It was a pretty lovely weekend in our household, but by Sunday I was putting all of my people on planes, so last night I spent the evening dividing my time between perusing my Twitter feed and binge watching The Newsroom (damn you, HBO To Go!). Here’s what caught my eye since last we spoke:

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Me and You

Perhaps I am just feeling a bit raw because this morning we put my spouse’s best friend on a plane for her 2nd deployment, this time to Afghanistan, but as hard as I tried, I couldn’t come up with a worthy forensic post. So, instead, I think I’ll celebrate the fact that it’s Mother’s Day weekend, and we are lucky enough to have the girl child in town with us. This clip caught my eye and I thought it was perfection (oh, how I love StoryCorps). For all of you moms, stepmoms, grandmoms, and other maternal figures out there, as well as everyone who may be thinking about their own moms, here’s a bit of weekend loveliness. Enjoy.

 

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Holistic Safety Planning Using an Alternative Risk Assessment Framework

Sorry for the late notice, but this is an intriguing one: BWJP is hosting a webinar next week, Holistic Safety Planning Using an Alternate Risk Assessment Framework. It will be held May 13th from 2-3:30pm ET. Dr. Sherry Hamby is the featured speaker and will be presenting her research as a part of the session. Certainly discussions of a new safety planning tool for IPV patients is relevant for many of us working in the field, so if you can attend, it should be pretty interesting.

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Sexual Assault

Emergency Contraception After Rape

I had this article bookmarked to post when I returned, and coincidentally, my friend Linda Reimer just sent it out to the IAFN community today, so glad we’re all on the same page today. Medscape published an article last week, Emergency Contraception After Rape. It’s available for free, but registration for the site is required (also free). A good one to print and share with members of your team.

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Sexual Assault

Happy Nurses Week 2014

In my haste to get my life back to normal, I almost forgot it’s Nurses Week, so a happy one to all of my nursing colleagues out there. This week marks a year since three women (and the child of one of the women) escaped from the home of Ariel Castro in Cleveland after a decade in captivity, and the local Fox affiliate interviewed the nurses involved in their care at MetroHealth that night when they were brought in.

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Sexual Assault

Since Last We Spoke: Sexual Assault on College Campuses

Who schedules the start of a brand new off-site project with a steep learning curve the day after she returns from vacation? This girl. So no prolonged post today. Just want to make sure you’ve seen some of the latest on campus sexual assault, including the White House Task Force report published last week, the associated resources at the NotAlone.gov site, and the substantial NY Times article in this Sunday’s paper, Fight Against Sexual Assault Holds Colleges to Account. Google campus sexual assault and you’ll find plenty that’s been written in the past week (including this Slate article, bookmarked for my metro ride tomorrow), but this is what I’ve been working my way through since last we spoke…still catching up post-Argentina.

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Vacation Archive: Program Management

I’m on vacation this week, so I’ve dipped into the archives for favorite posts. Today’s offering: a guest post by one of my most valued colleagues and frequent collaborators, Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, a 10 Things list on Program Management…