understand and navigate their options as well as ensure our organizations and communities are ready to respond.

This training will include:

• Exploration of the dynamics of sexual assault and provision of trauma-informed services;

• Discussion to enhance advocates’ knowledge of terminology;

• Recognizing different reactions to sexual assault as “normal responses to abnormal situations”;

• Developing skills for conducting community assessments that will lead to

strengthened services for sexual assault survivors; and

• Discussing and developing skills for survivor-based systems advocacy.

Attendees MUST complete the MCADSV online training The Basics of Advocacy Series: SV 101 prior to this in-person training. Each individual will need their own username to register for online training (not a shared agency username). If you have any questions about how to register for online training, please contact MCADSV.

Trainers:

Matthew Huffman, MCADSV Public Affairs Director, and

Virginia Mohammed, MCADSV Advocacy Coordination Specialist

Training location:

MCADSV Training Center

(registration will be limited to 40 participants)

Lunch and snacks will be provided.

A $5 contribution is requested for lunch each day.

Intended audience:

Professionals working with individuals who have experienced victimization, including domestic and/or sexual violence advocates, child abuse advocates, prosecutor-based advocates and other allied professionals working with victims.

This training is free for members and VOCA grantees. Members may register online at www.mocadsv.org. All others, please register by phone at (573) 634-4161. The training fee for all others is $45 per training day ($90 for two-day trainings).

This training has been approved for SASP, STOP and VOCA grantees.