trauma

  • Paths to Healing in the Deaf Community

    Deaf Unity Paths to Healing in the Deaf Community is a way to give a voice to Deaf survivors of violence and share information on how to heal from the …
  • Returning and Healing Toolkit

    Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Recommendations for Rape Crisis Centers working with sexual violence survivors coming home from incarceration The Returning and Healing Toolkit is a roadmap to prepare mainstream …
  • Supporting Survivors who have Experienced Trauma Cope with COVID-19

    This unprecedented health crisis is challenging for most of us. For people who have experienced trauma it can be even more so. The isolation of the statewide Safer-at-Home orders and …
  • Tips for Helping Trauma Survivors During COVID-19

    During a public health crisis, the survivors you serve need your support even more. COVID-19 is an uncontrollable threat and is raising fear and anxiety. As advocates, you can help …
  • Language Access: The Lessons that COVID-19 has Reinforced

    The current COVID-19 crisis is not over yet; however, in a short time we have seen how gaps in the system for language access are exacerbated by a pandemic. Did …
  • Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth is Violence Prevention Social Media Kit

    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people experience higher rates of sexual assault and intimate partner violence than do non-LGBTQ+ adults. This disparity not only starts in childhood — …
  • Tip Sheet Series: Enhancing Support to Survivors by Using a Trauma-Informed Approach

    This three-part sheet series is designed to enhance support to crime survivors by providing practical tips advocates, attorneys, and judges can use to bring a trauma-informed approach to their work. …
  • Enhancing Access to Justice Through a Trauma Informed Approach

    This tip sheet provides detailed guidance for judges and court staff to make court rooms more trauma informed to help victims of crime participate in the court processes.
  • Serving Formerly Incarcerated Survivors of Sexual Assault: A Webinar for Advocates and Victim Service Providers

    Many survivors of sexual abuse {whether the abuse occurred before they became incarcerated or while they were serving time } return home after their incarceration, having never received any help …
  • Enhancing Victim Advocacy Through a Trauma Informed Approach

    This tip sheet provides detailed guidance for victim advocates to enhance their work with crime victims by becoming more trauma informed.