A heartfelt thank you to all the veterans out there, and a special shout out to the Army JAGs with whom I am fortunate enough to work and call friends.
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“Advanced” Consent
There’s an interesting case in Canada right now that I am watching, as many of you probably are. It addresses the issue of advanced consent (their term, not mine). The crux of the matter hinges on a critical question: Can you consent to sex when you “allow” yourself to be strangled until you’re unconscious?
Happy Forensic Nurses Week, everyone. Hopefully you are coming up with some creative ways of honoring colleagues (or, you know, yourself–always good, too). Today, I am pleased to share a new webinar series presented by NCVC’s Stalking Resource Center: Stalking in the Workplace. The series will provide 3 webinars on the subject, all free of charge. The 1st in the series begins next week.
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Forensic Nurses Week is 11/8-12
Next week is Forensic Nurses Week. It is, without question, a fantastic opportunity to celebrate your team or reach out to the media for a bit of publicity about all the good work you and your colleagues do. If you need some assistance with a press release or other activities, IAFN has made it extremely easy.
TAASA is hosting a webinar on November 9th from 10-11:30 am CT: Sexual Violence and People with Disabilities. The session will be repeated November 30th, from 1-2:30 pm CT. Michelle Schwartz from SafePlace in Austin, TX will be the featured speaker. Unfortunately, they don’t give us much information on what the session agenda will be, so I’m assuming it’s going to be a general overview. You can register for the session here.
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The Line
Women’s eNews and NSVRC are co-hosting a live viewing of Nancy Schwartzman’s film, The Line, in NYC next week. The viewing will be held November 10th from 6-8pm at the Women’s eNews HQ (6 Barclay St., 6th Floor). In addition to the live viewing, which will feature several speakers, alongside the film’s director, Women’s eNews is live streaming the entire event, including the film. The event (either live or streaming) is free of charge. To RSVP for the live event, send an email to events@womensenews.org.
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Domestic Violence and the Military
The Family Justice Center Alliance is sponsoring a free webinar, Tuesday, November 11th at 9am PT: Domestic Violence and the Military. Deborah Tucker, Executive Director of the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, will be the featured speaker.
Allow me to first say, what a fantastic week in Pittsburgh. Definitely one of the best Assemblies yet. And for all of you new readers just making our acquaintance here at FHO, welcome to our wonky little site. I was thrilled to see so many new subscribers pop up in the last 5 days. BTW, if you haven’t been getting your daily emails, please remember you have to click on the link Feedburner sends you after you sign up in order to activate the subscription. If you didn’t see the link in your inbox, check your spam filter.
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Mothers Behind Bars
The National Women’s Law Center and the Rebecca Project for Human Rights are co-presenting a webinar November 8th, Mothers Behind Bars. The session will begin at 1pm ET and is free of charge. The session will focus on the recently released report of the same name, a state by state report card and federal analysis of the treatment of pregnant and parenting women in prison, and its effects on their children.
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Digital Stories
First, apologies for the radio silence this week. It turns out when I left DC Sunday night, my laptop didn’t. So we were just reunited late last night (big sigh of relief).
We’re all in Pittsburgh this week at the IAFN Annual Scientific Assembly, and last night, the audience was shown a short film on a digital storytelling project completed this year. It was completed as a way to share practice experiences, and look at the way our patient encounters shape us, and are shaped by our personal experiences.
JWI’s National Alliance to End Domestic Abuse has a new webinar coming up November 4th from 12-1 pm ET. Lt. Mark Wynn, always a fantastic speaker, will be talking about domestic violence intervention and investigation. Preregistration is required.
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IAFN
Next week is the IAFN Annual Scientific Assembly. I always look forward to this week, as do many of you. I’d love to get a chance to meet those of you who will be there. If you’re going to be in Pittsburgh, please make a point of coming up and saying hello. Even better (shy readers), leave a comment letting me know you’re going, so I can look for *you*. My friends from GW Medical will also be there, FYI.
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We have a winner…
Congratulations, Debra Bailey! You are our latest winner. Please contact me so we can arrange to have your book sent to you.
Health and Human Services is offering a live webcast November 2nd at noon ET: The Impact of Trauma on Women and Girls Across the Lifespan. It’s being billed as “what every health and social service provider needs to know about the importance of providing trauma-informed services to women and girls across the lifespan”. Click here to register for this free event.
Time once again for Articles of Note. All of these are from the September/October/November issues and electronic previews. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. Links lead to PubMed abstracts; from there you can choose what’s worth a.) paying for; b.) a pilgrimage to your nearest medical library; or c.) downloading via the full-text access you possibly have at your disposal. For those of you wanting the word doc, drop me a note.
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Blog Reads
I was skimming through the responses to our latest giveaway post, and there were a couple themes that appeared several times. One was more on human trafficking, so I thought I’d take a moment to mention the Human Trafficking Project blog, which is a great resource on the topic.
Don’t forget, there’s still time to enter our latest giveaway. Just leave a Comment here to be eligible for the drawing.
Amigas Latinas, in conjunction with Casa de Esperanza and NRCDV, is hosting a webinar October 26th from 2-3:30pm CT, Examining the Prevalence of Domestic Violence Among LBTQQ Latinas in Chicago: A National Model. The webinar is free, but advanced registration is required.
Don’t forget, there’s still time to enter our latest giveaway. Just leave a Comment here to be eligible for the drawing.
If you were hoping to get your hands on the resources and handouts from NSAC in September, you’re in luck. CALCASA has just posted them and they are available for download. What’s more, they also have a couple videos available, which I would recommend checking out. Next year in Baltimore!
Don’t forget, there’s still time to enter our latest giveaway. Just leave a Comment here to be eligible for the drawing.
The Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention Steering Committee is sponsoring a webcast October 27th from 1-2:30 ET: Keeping the Momentum Going–a Webcast Follow-Up to the Federal Bullying Prevention Summit. You can read more about the Summit, which took place in August, here. To register for this webcast, please visit the following link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register827891504 by Monday, October 25, 2010. Space is limited, so register early.
As promised, I have already updated this grid, for those of you who were waiting for it.