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Trauma

A Healing Journey for Alaska Natives: Multidisciplinary Responses to Victims of Violence

October 2016
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A Healing Journey for Alaska Natives

This video illustrates the multidisciplinary approach that brings together a range of professions to ensure timely, comprehensive, and victim-centered responses. Teams must be flexible and responsive to the range of short- and long-term needs of Alaska Native victims, including cultural, emotional, physical, and geographic needs.

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A Healing Journey for Alaska Natives: First Responders to Victims of Violence

October 2016
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A Healing Journey for Alaska Natives

This video focuses on community-driven responses to victims in Alaska villages. Although many challenges remain, well-coordinated responses that integrate tribal- and community-based approaches with other resources are changing outcomes for victims and communities.

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Alcohol-Facilitated Sexual Assault in Indian Country: Services and Support for Victims

December 2016
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Alcohol-Facilitated Sexual Assault in Indian Country

OVC and the Office on Violence Against Women collaborated to produce this four-video series, designed for criminal justice personnel, victim advocates, and allied professionals who work with victims of sexual assault in Indian Country. This public awareness video addresses various types of support for sexual assault victims in Indian Country. 

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A Healing Journey for Alaska Natives: Responding to Survivors of Violence

October 2016
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A Healing Journey for Alaska Natives

This video provides an overview of the multiple challenges victims face when pursuing safety and justice in Alaska, including geographic, climate, and jurisdictional realities. Traditional values, local customs, cultural practices, and trauma-informed care help victims to heal and serve to promote the well-being of communities.

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The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit

The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit (VTT) was developed on the premise that exposure to the traumatic experiences of other people—known as vicarious trauma—is an inevitable occupational challenge for the fields of victim services, emergency medical services, fire services, law enforcement, and other allied professionals; however, organizations can mitigate the potentially negative effects of trauma exposure by becoming vicarious trauma-informed.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Disaster Distress Helpline

The Disaster Distress Helpline is dedicated to providing year-round disaster crisis counseling. This toll free, multilingual, crisis support service is available 24/7 via telephone 800–985–5990 (for Spanish, press 2) and SMS (text 'TalkWithUs', or for Spanish, text 'Hablanos', to 66746) to residents in the U.S. and its territories who are experiencing emotional distress related to natural or man-made disasters.

Changing Minds

This national campaign seeks to raise awareness, teach skills, and inspire public action to address children's exposure to violence and trauma. Funded by the Office of Justice Justice and Delinquency Prevention, this campaign seeks to engage teachers, coaches, counselors, doctors, nurses, law enforcement officers, and other professionals and caregivers on proven ways to help heal the damage of childhood trauma.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network works to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States.

Traumatic Stress Institute

The Institute promotes excellence in trauma-informed services to organizations nationally and internationally who treat clients with histories of psychological trauma and attachment disruptions.

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies shares information about the effects of trauma, reducing traumatic stressors, and clinical strategies. Its website offers journals and related resources for the public, professionals, and the media.

Trauma Intervention Programs, Inc.

Trauma Intervention Programs, Inc. assists citizen volunteers who respond to traumatic incidents at the request of police, fire, and medical personnel.