Training Tools

This workbook is comprised of two activity modules to help think through designing an IDA with funding from the Assets for Independence program that meets the particular needs of the community.

Nonprofits today are being pressed to demonstrate the effectiveness of their program activities by initiating and completing outcome-oriented evaluation of projects. This guide was developed to provide practical assistance to nonprofits engaged in this process.

Advocates are guided by certain principles in our support of survivors. This publication includes some Principles of Advocacy that are intended to provide a basis for a consistent advocacy response when working with Native women. It addresses issues of sovereignty, confidentiality, traditional healing ways, and includes an advocacy checklist and advocate resources.

This paper provides an overview of training programs and tools for improving services for victims of domestic violence. The tools described in this paper include: 1) the Domestic Violence and Survivor Assessment tool, which helps health care providers and abused women identify issues and feelings and thereby guide counseling; 2) the critical pathways to intimate partner violence, which includes the assessment of physical health, mental health, social assessment and treatment for domestic violence victims; and 3) the Delphi Instrument for hospital-based domestic violence programs, which assess the quality and performance of hospitals' response to domestic violence.

This document is intended as a guide for mental health providers on screening and assessment for domestic violence among clients seen in their practice settings. Questions can be easily incorporated into existing intake forms and assessment procedures. See also Responding to Domestic Violence: Sample Forms for Mental Health Providers.

This guide aims to serve as a user-friendly tool for human rights education and a multi-coloured umbrella covering a number of basic human rights areas. It offers practical advice to teachers and other educators who want to foster human rights awareness and action among primary and secondary school children, including suggestions for developing learning activities.

The HUD Public Housing Occupancy Guidebook is a reference tool for public housing staff. There is not a specific chapter about sexual violence, but it does include information about nondiscrimination and civil rights.

This curriculum provides over 30 classroom sessions to help young people build healthy multi-cultural communities and prevent violence.

A three-session support group curriculum for abused Christian women. Developed by the Domestic Violence Awareness Task Force of the Office of Peace and Justice, Catholic Diocese of Richmond, VA.

This resource guide describes a five-phased process of community mobilization, using five key strategies and participatory activities. The goal is to help organizations develop and implement a domestic violence project in their communities. Included here are full color examples of communication materials, a comprehensive community activism course, and planning, monitoring, and documentation tools.

This educational resource manual on domestic violence advocacy for persons with disabilities was developed to enhance the skills of community based domestic violence advocates.

Created by and for Latino youth, this film features four stories that explore such themes as abusive relationships, gender roles, communication, peer pressure and teen pregnancy. Youth driven discussion about healthy relationships is woven throughout the stories.