During this national emergency, there are new challenges for organizations and advocates who serve survivors of domestic/sexual violence and trauma, as well as increased barriers for survivors themselves to access services. This webinar series provides support and training on topics ranging from leadership during crisis to telehealth safety and confidentiality, from navigating secondary trauma to maintaining our own resilience.
Training
Serving Survivors During COVID-19
Brief Overview
Webinar Information
Originally aired Monday, September 21, 2020
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CDT | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm MDT
10:00 am – 11:30 pm PDT | 9:00 am – 10:30 am AKDT | 7:00 am – 8:30 am HST
Adverse community events such as COVID-19 and experiences with trauma, structural oppression, and violence can impact advocates, our advocacy, and the overall wellbeing of our programs. This webinar explores organizational trauma and offers approaches for supporting staff by acknowledging these experiences and healing their impacts.
Cathy Cave
Senior Training Consultant
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health
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Originally aired Friday, June 10, 2020
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CDT | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm MDT
10:00 am – 11:30 pm PDT | 9:00 am – 10:30 am AKDT | 7:00 am – 8:30 am HST
Navigating change and crisis can contribute to stress and distress that impact the ways we communicate within our programs. This webinar will identify organizational qualities that strengthen communication, explore challenges that hinder effective communication, and offer strategies for improvement.
Cathy Cave
Senior Training Consultant
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health
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Originally aired Monday, June 1, 2020
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CDT | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm MDT
11:00 am – 12:00 pm PDT | 10:00 am – 11:00 am AKDT | 8:00 am – 9:00 am HST
We will discuss the relationship between working differently during this pandemic and the impacts of these experiences on our capacity to feel grounded and connected to others and ourselves.
The conversation will include exploration of how distress is showing up in our lives, ways we are coping with feeling overwhelmed, and cultural expectations related to working, parenting, and self-care. We will offer tools and resources for supporting well-being and resilience for people we serve in our programs and for ourselves.
Cathy Cave
Senior Training Consultant
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health
Susan Blumenfeld, MSW, LCSW
Director of Training and Technical Assistance
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, Mental Health
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Originally airedThursday, May 14, 2020
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT | 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CDT | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm MDT
12:00pm – 1:30 pm PDT | 11 am – 12:30 pm AKDT | 9:00 – 10:30 am HST
With all 50 states, nearly all territories, and many tribal nations reporting growing numbers of people impacted by COVID-19, we are all contending with escalating stressors, isolation, grief, and disconnection from regular sources of support and stability. The unique circumstances of this pandemic raise new kinds of challenges for mental health and substance use recovery. Additionally, those who live with an abusive person face increasing danger as they are isolated from school, work, and other sources of safety and support.
As advocates, counselors, and peer support specialists, we play a crucial role in navigating these increased risks to recovery, safety, and well-being. This webinar presents information on some of the increased risks and stressors in the current pandemic; offers strategies to support safety and well-being for survivors of domestic/sexual violence, staff, and ourselves; and resources to support these strategies.
Objectives:
- Become familiar with how the current pandemic can increase risk factors and decrease access to protective factors for people experiencing concerns related to mental health, substance use, as well as intimate partner and other family-based violence
- Identify strategies for supporting survivors, teammates, and ourselves
- Become familiar with local resources that can aid in responding to the current pandemic
Gabriela Zapata-Alma, LCSW, CADC
Director of Policy & Practice for Domestic Violence & Substance Use
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health
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