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Advocacy

Existe Ayuda (Help Exists) Toolkit

added 07/01/2011
Office of Justice Programs

The Existe Ayuda Toolkit provides Spanish-language tools and resources to help improve the cultural competence of service providers and the accessibility of services for Spanish-speaking victims of sexual violence. The materials provided—glossaries, PowerPoint presentations, and other tools—will help facilitate the work of bilingual/bicultural staff, especially those who are just beginning Spanish-language programs.

Preventing Sexual Violence: An Educational Toolkit for Health Care Professionals

added 04/03/2010

"This online toolkit designed for use by health care providers is organized around four video case vignettes: Preschool, School Age, Younger Adolescent, and Older Adolescent. Each vignette is accompanied by supporting tools grouped into 4 categories: Clinical, Parent/Patient, Community Resources/Advocacy, Practice Management."

Promising Practices in Serving Crime Victims With Disabilities Toolkit

added 09/18/2009

This toolkit is a guide and resource for organizations seeking to improve their skills and response to crime victims with disabilities. It is designed to benefit a wide range of entities and explore a variety of issues, but its primary use is for identifying and addressing the issues and obstacles that people with disabilities encounter in the aftermath of abuse or victimization.


Bullying

Measuring Bullying Victimization, Perpetration, and Bystander Experiences: A Compendium of Assessment Tools (pdf)

added 12/16/2011
Merle E. Hamburger,Kathleen C. Basile, & Alana M. Vivolo

This resource provides researchers, specialists, and educators with tools to measure a range of bullying experiences: bully perpetration, bully victimization, bully-victim experiences, and bystander experiences. An example of a provided tool is the "Perception of Teasing Scale" (POTS).


Class/Race/Ethnicity

Toolkit for Integrating Domestic Violence Activities into Programming in Europe and Asia (pdf)

added 10/28/2009

"A manual designed to address violence against women, and specifically domestic violence, as a global human rights violation. Additionally, it explores the connections between domestic violence and human trafficking and analyzes different programming models for addressing the needs of survivors in (United States Agency for International Development) USAID programs. The toolkit is intended for USAID workers, donor organizations, and local organizations working to combat violence against women in countries where USAID operates."


Disability

Promising Practices in Serving Crime Victims With Disabilities Toolkit

added 09/18/2009

This toolkit is a guide and resource for organizations seeking to improve their skills and response to crime victims with disabilities. It is designed to benefit a wide range of entities and explore a variety of issues, but its primary use is for identifying and addressing the issues and obstacles that people with disabilities encounter in the aftermath of abuse or victimization.


Health/Medical profession

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings (pdf)

added 04/14/2010
UNFPA, Save the Children USA

"This Toolkit is intended to guide humanitarian program managers and health care providers to ensure that sexual and reproductive health interventions put into place both during and after a crisis are responsive to the unique needs of adolescents."

Preventing Sexual Violence: An Educational Toolkit for Health Care Professionals

added 04/03/2010

"This online toolkit designed for use by health care providers is organized around four video case vignettes: Preschool, School Age, Younger Adolescent, and Older Adolescent. Each vignette is accompanied by supporting tools grouped into 4 categories: Clinical, Parent/Patient, Community Resources/Advocacy, Practice Management."


Immigrant/Immigration

Existe Ayuda (Help Exists) Toolkit

added 07/01/2011
Office of Justice Programs

The Existe Ayuda Toolkit provides Spanish-language tools and resources to help improve the cultural competence of service providers and the accessibility of services for Spanish-speaking victims of sexual violence. The materials provided—glossaries, PowerPoint presentations, and other tools—will help facilitate the work of bilingual/bicultural staff, especially those who are just beginning Spanish-language programs.


Intervention

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings (pdf)

added 04/14/2010
UNFPA, Save the Children USA

"This Toolkit is intended to guide humanitarian program managers and health care providers to ensure that sexual and reproductive health interventions put into place both during and after a crisis are responsive to the unique needs of adolescents."

Promising Practices in Serving Crime Victims With Disabilities Toolkit

added 09/18/2009

This toolkit is a guide and resource for organizations seeking to improve their skills and response to crime victims with disabilities. It is designed to benefit a wide range of entities and explore a variety of issues, but its primary use is for identifying and addressing the issues and obstacles that people with disabilities encounter in the aftermath of abuse or victimization.


Legal/Policy

Promising Practices in Serving Crime Victims With Disabilities Toolkit

added 09/18/2009

This toolkit is a guide and resource for organizations seeking to improve their skills and response to crime victims with disabilities. It is designed to benefit a wide range of entities and explore a variety of issues, but its primary use is for identifying and addressing the issues and obstacles that people with disabilities encounter in the aftermath of abuse or victimization.


Manuals/Guides/Reports

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings (pdf)

added 04/14/2010
UNFPA, Save the Children USA

"This Toolkit is intended to guide humanitarian program managers and health care providers to ensure that sexual and reproductive health interventions put into place both during and after a crisis are responsive to the unique needs of adolescents."

Community Action Kit: Helping Preteens and Teens Build Healthy Relationships (pdf)

added 10/26/2010

"This kit is intended to provide a convenient collection of some existing resources. We’ve put this kit together to give caring adults ideas about how to help young people choose good relationships. The kit contains a broad overview of existing information and gives ideas of where to go for more information."

Promising Practices in Serving Crime Victims With Disabilities Toolkit

added 09/18/2009

This toolkit is a guide and resource for organizations seeking to improve their skills and response to crime victims with disabilities. It is designed to benefit a wide range of entities and explore a variety of issues, but its primary use is for identifying and addressing the issues and obstacles that people with disabilities encounter in the aftermath of abuse or victimization.

Toolkit for Integrating Domestic Violence Activities into Programming in Europe and Asia (pdf)

added 10/28/2009

"A manual designed to address violence against women, and specifically domestic violence, as a global human rights violation. Additionally, it explores the connections between domestic violence and human trafficking and analyzes different programming models for addressing the needs of survivors in (United States Agency for International Development) USAID programs. The toolkit is intended for USAID workers, donor organizations, and local organizations working to combat violence against women in countries where USAID operates."


Mental health

Coping with Violence and Traumatic Events

added 01/07/2013
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

This resource provides links for students, parents, teachers, and responders/health providers to help in the aftermath of a crisis. This resource was created by SAMSHA following the tragedy in Sandy Hook, CT when many parents, families and communities were seeking help to cope with the aftermath of that violent incident.


Multimedia

Preventing Sexual Violence: An Educational Toolkit for Health Care Professionals

added 04/03/2010

"This online toolkit designed for use by health care providers is organized around four video case vignettes: Preschool, School Age, Younger Adolescent, and Older Adolescent. Each vignette is accompanied by supporting tools grouped into 4 categories: Clinical, Parent/Patient, Community Resources/Advocacy, Practice Management."


Other

Coping with Violence and Traumatic Events

added 01/07/2013
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

This resource provides links for students, parents, teachers, and responders/health providers to help in the aftermath of a crisis. This resource was created by SAMSHA following the tragedy in Sandy Hook, CT when many parents, families and communities were seeking help to cope with the aftermath of that violent incident.


Parenting

Coping with Violence and Traumatic Events

added 01/07/2013
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

This resource provides links for students, parents, teachers, and responders/health providers to help in the aftermath of a crisis. This resource was created by SAMSHA following the tragedy in Sandy Hook, CT when many parents, families and communities were seeking help to cope with the aftermath of that violent incident.


Prevention

Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action

added 07/21/2006

Best Practices looks at the effectiveness of specific violence prevention practices in four key areas: parents and families; home visiting; social and conflict resolution skills; and mentoring. These programs are drawn from real-world experiences of professionals and advocates who have successfully worked to prevent violence among children and adolescents. As a CDC publication, the sourcebook also documents the science behind each best practice and offers a comprehensive directory of resources for more information about programs that have used these practices.

This publication is out of print and only available electronically. Copia en Espanol en .pdf

Preventing Sexual Violence: An Educational Toolkit for Health Care Professionals

added 04/03/2010

"This online toolkit designed for use by health care providers is organized around four video case vignettes: Preschool, School Age, Younger Adolescent, and Older Adolescent. Each vignette is accompanied by supporting tools grouped into 4 categories: Clinical, Parent/Patient, Community Resources/Advocacy, Practice Management."


Research

Measuring Bullying Victimization, Perpetration, and Bystander Experiences: A Compendium of Assessment Tools (pdf)

added 12/16/2011
Merle E. Hamburger,Kathleen C. Basile, & Alana M. Vivolo

This resource provides researchers, specialists, and educators with tools to measure a range of bullying experiences: bully perpetration, bully victimization, bully-victim experiences, and bystander experiences. An example of a provided tool is the "Perception of Teasing Scale" (POTS).


Risk factors

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings (pdf)

added 04/14/2010
UNFPA, Save the Children USA

"This Toolkit is intended to guide humanitarian program managers and health care providers to ensure that sexual and reproductive health interventions put into place both during and after a crisis are responsive to the unique needs of adolescents."


Sexual violence

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings (pdf)

added 04/14/2010
UNFPA, Save the Children USA

"This Toolkit is intended to guide humanitarian program managers and health care providers to ensure that sexual and reproductive health interventions put into place both during and after a crisis are responsive to the unique needs of adolescents."

Preventing Sexual Violence: An Educational Toolkit for Health Care Professionals

added 04/03/2010

"This online toolkit designed for use by health care providers is organized around four video case vignettes: Preschool, School Age, Younger Adolescent, and Older Adolescent. Each vignette is accompanied by supporting tools grouped into 4 categories: Clinical, Parent/Patient, Community Resources/Advocacy, Practice Management."


Teen dating violence

Community Action Kit: Helping Preteens and Teens Build Healthy Relationships (pdf)

added 10/26/2010

"This kit is intended to provide a convenient collection of some existing resources. We’ve put this kit together to give caring adults ideas about how to help young people choose good relationships. The kit contains a broad overview of existing information and gives ideas of where to go for more information."

Student Council Toolkit on Dating Abuse: Facts and Campaign Ideas for your School (pdf)

added 02/01/2011

This toolkit provides information on how your school can better inform students on healthy dating practices. It gives stats on why student groups should be concerned with dating abuse as well as giving ideas of different events or programs your school can run in order to better educate students.