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In this interactive and engaging training, advocates and prevention staff will gain a more holistic understanding of joyful sexuality and its relevance to our work in the movement to end sexual and domestic violence. Participants will be introduced to the six components of sexuality: sensuality, intimacy, sexual orientation and gender identity, sexual and reproductive health, … ›
This training is open to advocates, reproductive health providers, and clinic staff. Through this training, participants will become familiar with the dynamics of sexual and reproductive coercion and learn the value of taking a trauma-informed, universal education approach to interactions with clients and patients. Participants will increase their comfort and general understanding of reproductive health … ›
Primary prevention strategies are designed to promote healthy behaviors and communities by shifting attitudes, behaviors, and norms that support and perpetuate the root causes of violence. This interactive training offers an introduction to the public health approach to primary prevention and will delve into key concepts underlying this work, including risk and protective factors, resilience, … ›
Join us to hear from others regarding all things outreach, community engagement, and get ideas from other agencies to take back and put in practice at your agency. Also, please make sure to put our last Outreach Otters for 2023 on your calendar! November 3, 2023 Please register for this event at the link below! … ›
This invitation is open to advocates, preventionists, and other partners serving survivors and/or supporting community education on healthy relationships. Our time together will be spent learning from each other and from speakers, discussion on statewide issues, resources, etc. The following sessions will be virtual from 10:00 - 12:00pm: September 14 (Northern Region), December 7 (statewide … ›
DO YOU: Building Youth Resilience Through Creative Expression is a primary prevention strategy to address teen dating violence, sexual harassment, and bullying by promoting positive youth development and healthy relationships. This training is designed for adult facilitators and teen mentors (who are peer facilitators) interested in implementing DO YOU in their communities. This is an … ›
This invitation is open to advocates, preventionists, and other partners serving survivors and/or supporting community education on healthy relationships. Our time together will be spent learning from each other and from speakers, discussion on statewide issues, resources, etc. The following sessions will be virtual from 10:00 - 12:00pm: December 7 (statewide session) The following sessions … ›
A trauma-informed legal practice helps to reduce re-traumatization and recognize the role trauma plays in the lawyer-client relationship. Integrating trauma-informed practices provides lawyers with the opportunity to increase connections to their clients and improve advocacy and outcomes. Training lawyers to be trauma informed in their approach will lead to improved services for survivors. Attendees will … ›
We know that intimate partner violence (IPV) is far more likely to become lethal when abusers have access to guns. We also know that protecting victims from homicide isn’t as simple as just prohibiting access to lethal means. True prevention requires work within our communities and systems to identify the root causes of violence and … ›
You may register for one training or both. Please note that the Basic Sexual Violence Training does contain material from the Basic Domestic Violence Training session so it is recommended to take both but you don’t have to. Please dress comfortably as these are long trainings. We will break for lunch and attendees will be … ›
Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Agencies
