Shared by SAPARS:
Listen Up! Active Listening as Advocacy
In this 30-minute course, advocates will engage in interactive scenarios and discussions to understand the significance of active listening and learn how to use it to better connect with and support survivors of sexual violence. In addition, the course provides extra handouts with scenarios and exercises for practicing active listening skills. Related handouts:
Resource Sharing Project Sexual Violence Advocates' Academy
Courses, articles, content, links, PDFs, and videos (some of which are also a part of the Foundations of Advocacy training) designed to enhance advocacy skills.
Advocate Privilege
Why privilege matters, where it lives in Maine statute, exceptions to privilege, what to do if you're subpoenaed, and "sticky situations." (MECASA 2023)
Boundaries
Managing Challenging Helpline Calls
Shared by SAPARS:
Setting Boundaries on the Helpline
Participants discuss strategies for assessing and creating policies for limiting time on the phone with repeat callers, responding to abusive callers, and common situations where boundary settings is needed. Examples are provided. (MECASA 2020)
Systems Advocacy Skills
Court Accompaniment
Experts from MECASA, Rape Response Services, and Pine Tree Legal Assistance discuss court accompaniment with survivors of sexual violence. They talk about filing PFAs, helping survivors prepare for court, supporting people on the day of the court appointment, and forming strong relationships with community partners. (MECASA, 2023)
Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative
The Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative (SADI), the first large-scale project of its kind, was created to enhance sexual assault outreach, services, and community partnerships in dual/multi-service programs. Six sites nationwide engaged in a four-year process of assessment, planning, and implementation of new and enhanced services and organizational capacity building. Various materials, including the Foundations of Advocacy manual, were developed based on the lessons learned across project sites.
Although SADI's focus was on dual/multi-service programs, the materials and recommendations that resulted are widely accepted as some of the best and most promising practices of sexual violence advocacy and are utilized in dual and single-service organizations alike.
Listen Up! Active Listening as Advocacy
In this 30-minute course, advocates will engage in interactive scenarios and discussions to understand the significance of active listening and learn how to use it to better connect with and support survivors of sexual violence. In addition, the course provides extra handouts with scenarios and exercises for practicing active listening skills. Related handouts:
- Scenarios for Active Listening Handout
- Role Plays for Active Listening Reflection Handout
- Active Listening Terms Handout
Resource Sharing Project Sexual Violence Advocates' Academy
Courses, articles, content, links, PDFs, and videos (some of which are also a part of the Foundations of Advocacy training) designed to enhance advocacy skills.
Advocate Privilege
Why privilege matters, where it lives in Maine statute, exceptions to privilege, what to do if you're subpoenaed, and "sticky situations." (MECASA 2023)
Boundaries
Managing Challenging Helpline Calls
Shared by SAPARS:
Setting Boundaries on the Helpline
Participants discuss strategies for assessing and creating policies for limiting time on the phone with repeat callers, responding to abusive callers, and common situations where boundary settings is needed. Examples are provided. (MECASA 2020)
Systems Advocacy Skills
Court Accompaniment
Experts from MECASA, Rape Response Services, and Pine Tree Legal Assistance discuss court accompaniment with survivors of sexual violence. They talk about filing PFAs, helping survivors prepare for court, supporting people on the day of the court appointment, and forming strong relationships with community partners. (MECASA, 2023)
Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative
The Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative (SADI), the first large-scale project of its kind, was created to enhance sexual assault outreach, services, and community partnerships in dual/multi-service programs. Six sites nationwide engaged in a four-year process of assessment, planning, and implementation of new and enhanced services and organizational capacity building. Various materials, including the Foundations of Advocacy manual, were developed based on the lessons learned across project sites.
Although SADI's focus was on dual/multi-service programs, the materials and recommendations that resulted are widely accepted as some of the best and most promising practices of sexual violence advocacy and are utilized in dual and single-service organizations alike.
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