BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 RDATE:20180311T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 RDATE:20181104T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180423 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180424 LOCATION:Lutheran Community Services NW SUMMARY:Washington State Victim Assistance Academy: Vancouver DESCRIPTION:Washington State Victim Assistance Academy (30 Hour Pre Servi ce Core Advocacy training) is designed to provide new advocates and allie d professionals with the foundational knowledge necessary to serve victim s of all crimes. There is no charge to attend and this training meets the requirements outlined by the Office of Crime Victims Advocacy. Attendee s are often those new to advocacy or new to their positions in an advocac y center and have been designed to specifically meet new advocates' needs although anyone is welcome to attend a core training. This training is intended to be taken in its entirety and modules build off of each other. Topics covered include: History of the crime victims' rights movement in the United States Victims' Rights Laws in the United States and in Wa shington Impact of crime on victims Navigating the Justice System Comm unication with Victims and Survivors Providing Direct Services Cultural and Spiritual Competence Ethics in Victim Services Developing Resilien ce Resources for Victim Advocates X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Washington State Victim Assistance Acad emy (30 Hour Pre Service Core Advocacy training) is designed to provide n ew advocates and allied professionals with the foundational knowledge nec essary to serve victims of all crimes. There is no charge to attend and t his training meets the requirements outlined by the Office of Crime Victi ms Advocacy.
Attendees are often those new to advocacy or new to their positions in an advocacy center and have been designed to specifica lly meet new advocates' needs although anyone is welcome to attend a core training.
This training is intended to be taken in its entirety and modules build off of each other.
Topics covered include
:
History of the crime victims' rights movement in the United Stat
es
Victims' Rights Laws in the United States and in Washington
Impact of crime on victims
Navigating the Justice System
Communication with Victims and Survivors
Providing Direct Servic
es
Cultural and Spiritual Competence
Ethics in Victim Servi
ces
Developing Resilience
Resources for Victim Advocates