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RESOURCES ON VIOLENCE AND TRAUMAOriginally published in Community Connections, Fall 2003, the "Violence and Trauma" issue. If
you would like to suggest other online resources for inclusion
on this list, Child
Abuse Hotline To report elder abuse or abuse of a disabled adult, call the Office of Disability Assistance, 1-800-342-3009. They will tell you the correct number to call in your county. National Center on Elder Abuse provides research, fact sheets and advocacy to prevent elder abuse. They can be reached at: 1201 - 15th Street, Suite 350, Washington, D.C. 20005-2800. E-mail: NCEA@NASAU.org 39 tip sheets and articles under the headings: Returning Home from War, Coping with Disaster, Coping with Terrorism, Coping with War, 2001 Resources are provided by National Mental Health Association on www.nmha.org. Anger Management. Measure your anger and then print out the one-page anger management toolkit to use as needed at from New Hope/Anger Management, Inc. at: www.angermgmt.com/. Two free online trauma classes from the Child Trauma Academy of Houston, TX are available from www.childtrauma.org. Current classes are: 1) The Amazing Human Brain and Human Development and 2) Surviving Childhood: An Introduction to the Impact of Trauma. Fact sheets on domestic violence can be ordered from the American Bar Association at: www.abanet.org/domviol/home.html. Topics include: Discover Your Internet Activities, Cyberstalking Facts, Are You Being Abused?, and Domestic Violence: Safety Tips for You and Your Family. Victim service resources from An Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence Aid and Resource (Aardvarc) at www.aardvarc.org contains hotlines, fact sheets and reading list, plus survivor writing on the following topics: domestic violence, child abuse, stalking and same-sex issues. Aardvarc is a small group of volunteers who used to be victims’ advocates. They started the web site in 1996. Power in Planning: Self Determination Through Advance Psychiatric Directives available from Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law at: http://bazelon.org.gravitatehosting.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=kdy5IA1a7To%3d&tabid=104 "Seclusion and Restraint Practice Standards: A Review and Analysis, June 1, 1999." Elizabeth Steel, MSW. Available from NMHA at (800) 969-NMHA or view on line: http://www.ncstac.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=94%3Aseclusion-and-restraint-practice-standards-a-review-and-analysis&catid=34%3Amaterials&Itemid=1 For Veterans - The National Center for PTSD website contains links to nine articles related to recovering from stress, traumatic stress and PTSD for veterans and their families at http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/index.asp. Help for battered men on http://www.batteredmen.com/index.htm. This extremely comprehensive website is part of Mental Health Net and contains resources, facts & myths, books, pamphlets and current events. Also provides links to other sites. The site has articles on many related topics that are written by both men and women. The Bully Prevention Program (BPP) is a model program recommended by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence in Boulder, CO. For information about how the program works and its outcomes, contact Marlene Snyder, Ph.D., nobully@clemson.edu, or see http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/safeschools/bullying.html. Parenting tips on bullying from the Committee for Children website: http://www.cfchildren.org/programs/hot-topics/bully/. If your child is a target of bullying, how to support him or her. Also, guidelines for distinguishing aggression from play fighting. School safety. The New York State Center for School Safety (SCSS) at http://nyscenterforschoolsafety.org/ or (914) 255-8989, offers training and consultation in all aspects of school safety including student harassment, discipline, crisis management, and early warning signs of aggression and violence. National Sexual Violence Resource Center, 1-877-739-3895 (toll free, 24/7) provides information, resources and research. For male sexual assault survivors on the personal website of Chris Kreussling, a survivor, activist and advocate at: www.xris.com. Provides links to resources, a “speak out” section and fact sheets. Critical Incident Stress Management fact sheets, nationwide training schedule and requests for volunteer Critical Incident Debriefing Teams, nationwide, are handled through the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF). See their website: www.icisf.org. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), risk factors, guidelines, facts, self-help and treatment guidelines plus many related topics. An excellent section on how children respond to trauma and how to help them. Information can be found at the website for the National Center for PTSD: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/. |
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