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Trauma-informed care

Collaboration Enhances Trauma-Informed Response to Sexual Assault Survivors

April 2019

The Houston Area Women’s Center’s & Houston Police Department’s experiences will provide attendees greater insight into how collaboration across community- and systems-based advocacy can enhance law enforcement’s response to sexual assault survivors.

This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on April 25, 2019.

Growing the Forensic Nursing Specialty

May 2019

This webinar highlights leaders in the forensic nursing movement and efforts of those actively trying to grow this critical specialty through scientific evidence and experience, to best serve vulnerable patients seeking help following trauma.

This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on May 21, 2019.

Virtual Workshop: Understanding Sexual Assault Trauma and Considerations for Conducting a Trauma-Informed Interview

This workshop explores approaches for engaging survivors of sexual assault from a trauma-informed, victim-centered perspective thus supporting recommendations #2 and #22 of the NIJ’s National Best Practices for Sexual Assault Kits: A Multidisciplinary Approach. A sexual assault survivor’s experience during the sexual assault forensic examination (SAFE) conducted by a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE), access to victim advocacy, and interaction with law enforcement can...