Advocacy
National Center for Victims of Crime Educational Videos on YouTube
The center's award winning educational videos are now available for preview on youtube. Topics include teen victims of crime and communities responding to stalking.
Preventing Sexual Violence: An Educational Toolkit for Health Care Professionals
"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."
"With digital communication a central part of teens’ lives, the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) launched a new national public service advertising (PSA) campaign to help teens recognize digital dating abuse and take steps to prevent it. It is designed to start a conversation among teens about how controlling behavior and harassment from a boyfriend or girlfriend, online or via cell phone, can turn into abuse."
Bullying
MTV's A Thin Line campaign was developed to empower you to identify, respond to, and stop the spread of digital abuse in your life and amongst your peers. The campaign is built on the understanding that there's a "thin line" between what may begin as a harmless joke and something that could end up having a serious impact on you or someone else. We know no generation has ever had to deal with this, so we want to partner with you to help figure it out. On-air, online and on your cell, we hope to spark a conversation and deliver information that helps you draw your own digital line
ItGetsBetter.com is a place where young people who are gay, lesbian, bi, or trans can see with their own eyes how love and happiness can be a reality in their future. It’s a place where LGBT adults can share the stories of their lives, and straight allies can add their names in solidarity and help spread our message of hope.
Noted writer and media pundit Dan Savage founded the It Gets Better Project in September 2010 as a unique way for supporters everywhere to tell LGBT Youth that — it gets better.
New Day film makers shoot fearless, relentlessly independent documentaries. They win awards, play in major film festivals and have wide influence through US and international broadcast. Search through titles to find films related to violence prevention including:
"Let's Get Real" which gives young people the chance to speak up in their own words about the real issues behind bullying
and
"Power and Control", a comprehensive and timely examination of the shocking persistence of domestic violence in our society.
Remember to check back for new releases and to view the Free Film of the Day.
Class/Race/Ethnicity
New Day film makers shoot fearless, relentlessly independent documentaries. They win awards, play in major film festivals and have wide influence through US and international broadcast. Search through titles to find films related to violence prevention including:
"Let's Get Real" which gives young people the chance to speak up in their own words about the real issues behind bullying
and
"Power and Control", a comprehensive and timely examination of the shocking persistence of domestic violence in our society.
Remember to check back for new releases and to view the Free Film of the Day.
Consequences
Youth Violence Prevention Summit (archived video presentations and powerpoint slides)
The summit brought together panelists composed of justice, mental health, education, child development, and law enforcement professionals to discuss ways to identify threats of violence in schools and communities, strategies to reduce violence, and legislative initiatives to empower communities. Speakers emphasized evidence-based programs to reduce violence.
Health/Medical profession
American Medical Association Violence Prevention Information
Link to section of AMA website that includes information on Preparing your Practice to Address Family Violence, AMA violence-related reports and policies, Youth Violence Prevention Training and Outreach Guide, and other violence and abuse resources.
Preventing Sexual Violence: An Educational Toolkit for Health Care Professionals
"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."
Internet safety/Technology
MTV's A Thin Line campaign was developed to empower you to identify, respond to, and stop the spread of digital abuse in your life and amongst your peers. The campaign is built on the understanding that there's a "thin line" between what may begin as a harmless joke and something that could end up having a serious impact on you or someone else. We know no generation has ever had to deal with this, so we want to partner with you to help figure it out. On-air, online and on your cell, we hope to spark a conversation and deliver information that helps you draw your own digital line
"With digital communication a central part of teens’ lives, the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) launched a new national public service advertising (PSA) campaign to help teens recognize digital dating abuse and take steps to prevent it. It is designed to start a conversation among teens about how controlling behavior and harassment from a boyfriend or girlfriend, online or via cell phone, can turn into abuse."
Intervention
Youth Violence Prevention Summit (archived video presentations and powerpoint slides)
The summit brought together panelists composed of justice, mental health, education, child development, and law enforcement professionals to discuss ways to identify threats of violence in schools and communities, strategies to reduce violence, and legislative initiatives to empower communities. Speakers emphasized evidence-based programs to reduce violence.
LGBTQ
ItGetsBetter.com is a place where young people who are gay, lesbian, bi, or trans can see with their own eyes how love and happiness can be a reality in their future. It’s a place where LGBT adults can share the stories of their lives, and straight allies can add their names in solidarity and help spread our message of hope.
Noted writer and media pundit Dan Savage founded the It Gets Better Project in September 2010 as a unique way for supporters everywhere to tell LGBT Youth that — it gets better.
New Day film makers shoot fearless, relentlessly independent documentaries. They win awards, play in major film festivals and have wide influence through US and international broadcast. Search through titles to find films related to violence prevention including:
"Let's Get Real" which gives young people the chance to speak up in their own words about the real issues behind bullying
and
"Power and Control", a comprehensive and timely examination of the shocking persistence of domestic violence in our society.
Remember to check back for new releases and to view the Free Film of the Day.
Multimedia
Dating Matters: Understanding Teen Dating Violence Prevention
This 60-minute, interactive training is designed to help educators, youth-serving organizations, and others working with teens understand the risk factors and warning signs associated with teen dating violence. Also highlights the importance of promoting healthy relationships.
Intermedia, Inc Violence Prevention Videos
This group publishes and distributes videos throughout the United States and Canada. They specialize in a variety of social issues including rape/assault awareness, domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual harassment. Their goal is to provide educators with quality, relevant educational materials to help them address social and workplace issues.
Interview with Arlene Weisz and Beverly Black
"In this interview with Arlene Weisz and Beverly Black, authors of Programs to Reduce Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Assault: Perspectives on What Works (2009), Prevention Connection's David Lee explores the research behind the book and the prevention programming basics that the book describes."
"In this interview with David A. Wolfe, Ph.D., ABPP, Prevention Connection's David Lee explores the research and work behind Dr. Wolfe's recent article, A School-Based Program to Prevent Adolescent Dating Violence: A Cluster Randomized Trial. The article was to determine whether an interactive curriculum that integrates dating violence prevention with lessons on healthy relationships, sexual health, and substance use reduces physical dating violence (PDV)."
National Center for Victims of Crime Educational Videos on YouTube
The center's award winning educational videos are now available for preview on youtube. Topics include teen victims of crime and communities responding to stalking.
Preventing Sexual Violence: An Educational Toolkit for Health Care Professionals
"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."
Respect WORKS!: A Comprehensive Teen Dating Violence Prevention Model Podcast
In this podcast, Prevent Connect‘s David Lee interviews Marjorie Gilberg from Break the Cycle and Sue Thomas from Hazelden Foundation. They discuss “Respect WORKS!,” the new four-part comprehensive model for teen dating violence prevention.
Four elements:
-Teen Dating Violence policies with Model School Policy Toolkit
-Educate youth with the curriculum Safe Dates
-Reinforce the learning with the DVD [Ending Violence]
-Activate youth leadership with Speak. Act. Change
"With digital communication a central part of teens’ lives, the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) launched a new national public service advertising (PSA) campaign to help teens recognize digital dating abuse and take steps to prevent it. It is designed to start a conversation among teens about how controlling behavior and harassment from a boyfriend or girlfriend, online or via cell phone, can turn into abuse."
Other
New Day film makers shoot fearless, relentlessly independent documentaries. They win awards, play in major film festivals and have wide influence through US and international broadcast. Search through titles to find films related to violence prevention including:
"Let's Get Real" which gives young people the chance to speak up in their own words about the real issues behind bullying
and
"Power and Control", a comprehensive and timely examination of the shocking persistence of domestic violence in our society.
Remember to check back for new releases and to view the Free Film of the Day.
Prevention
MTV's A Thin Line campaign was developed to empower you to identify, respond to, and stop the spread of digital abuse in your life and amongst your peers. The campaign is built on the understanding that there's a "thin line" between what may begin as a harmless joke and something that could end up having a serious impact on you or someone else. We know no generation has ever had to deal with this, so we want to partner with you to help figure it out. On-air, online and on your cell, we hope to spark a conversation and deliver information that helps you draw your own digital line
This company provides dvd's, bookmarks, pamphlets, and other resources teaching youth about preventing violence and conflict resolution.
Dating Matters: Understanding Teen Dating Violence Prevention
This 60-minute, interactive training is designed to help educators, youth-serving organizations, and others working with teens understand the risk factors and warning signs associated with teen dating violence. Also highlights the importance of promoting healthy relationships.
Deana's Fund: Acting to Prevent Violence
This organization develops and produces comprehensive educational theater programs on relationship violence for grades K-12, colleges, workplaces, and communities.
Engagingmen.net: A Gender Justice Information Networ
ENGAGINGMEN.NET is an information network for people around the world who are interested in engaging boys and men in gender justice, supporting women's empowerment, ending violence against women and the spread of HIV/AIDS, promoting responsible fatherhood, healthy relationships, and more.
"In this interview with David A. Wolfe, Ph.D., ABPP, Prevention Connection's David Lee explores the research and work behind Dr. Wolfe's recent article, A School-Based Program to Prevent Adolescent Dating Violence: A Cluster Randomized Trial. The article was to determine whether an interactive curriculum that integrates dating violence prevention with lessons on healthy relationships, sexual health, and substance use reduces physical dating violence (PDV)."
Preventing Sexual Violence: An Educational Toolkit for Health Care Professionals
"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."
"With digital communication a central part of teens’ lives, the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) launched a new national public service advertising (PSA) campaign to help teens recognize digital dating abuse and take steps to prevent it. It is designed to start a conversation among teens about how controlling behavior and harassment from a boyfriend or girlfriend, online or via cell phone, can turn into abuse."
Youth Violence Prevention Summit (archived video presentations and powerpoint slides)
The summit brought together panelists composed of justice, mental health, education, child development, and law enforcement professionals to discuss ways to identify threats of violence in schools and communities, strategies to reduce violence, and legislative initiatives to empower communities. Speakers emphasized evidence-based programs to reduce violence.
Restorative justice
Restorative Justice, Human Rights, and the Law
This is a 48-minute video produced by Heartspeak Productions with the Community Justice Initiatives Association from the Fraser region of British Columbia. The film discusses Canadian law and constitution and human rights as a fundamental basis of law. The film examines the effectiveness of punishment and deterrence, as well as alternatives including restorative justice and diversion. It argues that restorative justice can fulfill the human rights obligations embedded in Canadian law and also be more effective. While this film focuses on the Canadian system, there are many ideas that will be relevant to law and criminal justice in other countries.
Risk factors
Among other things, NEARI Press provides programming and resources for highly at-risk children and youth and the professionals who work with them. In their archived webinars they have four titles worth checking out:
Introduction to Best Practices for Working with Sexually Abusive Youth with Steven Bengis
Changing Face of Pornography and It's Impact on Treatment with Cordelia Anderson and David Prescott
Successful Foundations: Promoting Safety, Family Empowerment, Health and Well Being after Sexual Harm by Youth with Joann Schladale
Best Practice on the Front Lines: What Works with Adolescents Who Have Sexually Abused with David Prescott
School violence
Deana's Fund: Acting to Prevent Violence
This organization develops and produces comprehensive educational theater programs on relationship violence for grades K-12, colleges, workplaces, and communities.
Sexual violence
Among other things, NEARI Press provides programming and resources for highly at-risk children and youth and the professionals who work with them. In their archived webinars they have four titles worth checking out:
Introduction to Best Practices for Working with Sexually Abusive Youth with Steven Bengis
Changing Face of Pornography and It's Impact on Treatment with Cordelia Anderson and David Prescott
Successful Foundations: Promoting Safety, Family Empowerment, Health and Well Being after Sexual Harm by Youth with Joann Schladale
Best Practice on the Front Lines: What Works with Adolescents Who Have Sexually Abused with David Prescott
Preventing Sexual Violence: An Educational Toolkit for Health Care Professionals
"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."
Youth Sexual Violence Prevention, Interviews with Patricia Cook-Craig and Mitru Ciarlante
In these 2 podcasts, the author and advocate consultant of the VAWnet Applied Research Paper titled Youth Sexual Violence Prevention share their thoughts on the research, trends, and recommendations discussed in the document.
Podcast 1: Mitru Ciarlante, Principal at ACT for Change: Advocacy, Consultation, Training and advocate consultant for the paper. [11:55]
Podcast 2: Patricia Cook-Craig, MSSW, PhD, Associate Professor at the College of Social Work University of Kentucky and author of the paper. [12:55]
Substance abuse
"In this interview with David A. Wolfe, Ph.D., ABPP, Prevention Connection's David Lee explores the research and work behind Dr. Wolfe's recent article, A School-Based Program to Prevent Adolescent Dating Violence: A Cluster Randomized Trial. The article was to determine whether an interactive curriculum that integrates dating violence prevention with lessons on healthy relationships, sexual health, and substance use reduces physical dating violence (PDV)."
Teen dating violence
Dating Matters: Understanding Teen Dating Violence Prevention
This 60-minute, interactive training is designed to help educators, youth-serving organizations, and others working with teens understand the risk factors and warning signs associated with teen dating violence. Also highlights the importance of promoting healthy relationships.
(93 mins) Jackson Katz, anti-sexist male activist, talks about the need for more men to became involved in the work to end violence against women.
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(76 mins) Dr. Clea McNeely, from the Center for the Study of Youth and Political Violence in the Department of Public Health at the University of Tennessee, breaks down the teen years as they relate to the prevention of teen dating violence.
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(38 mins) Brian O'Connor, Director of Communications at Futures Without Violence, discusses some best practices for teen dating violence prevention.
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(44 mins) Elizabeth Reed, Assistant Professor in the Department of Prevention & Community Health at George Washington University, talks about losing the gender in gender-based violence.
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(66 mins) In this panel presentation, facilitated by Kathy Moore from the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence and CALCASA's Chad Sniffen, panelists discuss building intergenerational partnerships for preventing teen dating violence.
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Interview with Arlene Weisz and Beverly Black
"In this interview with Arlene Weisz and Beverly Black, authors of Programs to Reduce Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Assault: Perspectives on What Works (2009), Prevention Connection's David Lee explores the research behind the book and the prevention programming basics that the book describes."
"In this interview with David A. Wolfe, Ph.D., ABPP, Prevention Connection's David Lee explores the research and work behind Dr. Wolfe's recent article, A School-Based Program to Prevent Adolescent Dating Violence: A Cluster Randomized Trial. The article was to determine whether an interactive curriculum that integrates dating violence prevention with lessons on healthy relationships, sexual health, and substance use reduces physical dating violence (PDV)."
This website is the result of a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of teen dating violence. PAVE (Preventing Abuse and Violence Through Education) the Way Project is designed to promote healthy relationships and empower teens to take a stand against dating violence. PAVE the Way Project serves to teach youth the importance of dating violence awareness and healthy relationships through the use of educational materials. The project’s website includes tips for teens who may find themselves, or a friend, in an unhealthy relationship.
Respect WORKS!: A Comprehensive Teen Dating Violence Prevention Model Podcast
In this podcast, Prevent Connect‘s David Lee interviews Marjorie Gilberg from Break the Cycle and Sue Thomas from Hazelden Foundation. They discuss “Respect WORKS!,” the new four-part comprehensive model for teen dating violence prevention.
Four elements:
-Teen Dating Violence policies with Model School Policy Toolkit
-Educate youth with the curriculum Safe Dates
-Reinforce the learning with the DVD [Ending Violence]
-Activate youth leadership with Speak. Act. Change
Teen Power and Control Wheel (pdf)
This power and control wheel is a slight variation of the traditional wheel to include the unique experiences of dating violence experienced by young people.
"With digital communication a central part of teens’ lives, the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) launched a new national public service advertising (PSA) campaign to help teens recognize digital dating abuse and take steps to prevent it. It is designed to start a conversation among teens about how controlling behavior and harassment from a boyfriend or girlfriend, online or via cell phone, can turn into abuse."