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Grounding and Verbal De-escalation: Tools and Practice for Providers

This webinar provides grounding and verbal de-escalation tools and techniques for service providers. Rosa Regincos and Mayumi Okuda discuss grounding, its guidelines, and mental, physical, and soothing ground techniques. This webinar provides exercises that service... Read More

Transforming the Way You Approach Intake

Transforming the Way You Approach Your Intake offers the perspective of the New Orleans Family Justice Center’s own transformation process and practical questions for immediate use with the poly-victimization tool during your intake. This discussion... Read More

“Do You Need a Paramedic?” The Role of Emergency Medical Services in Non-Fatal Strangulation Cases

There are many reasons why injured victims decline medical attention: fear of retaliation, to protect her abuser, lack of child care, involvement by children protection services, work obligations, financial limitations, more concern for immediate safety... Read More

Creating Pathways to Justice, Hope and Healing Through a Polyvictimization Framework

This webinar will provide an overview of the first year of this paradigm-shifting Initiative funded by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) in the U.S. Department of Justice. Polyvictimization has been identified as one... Read More

Hope Lives Here Impact of the Family Peace Center

Created by Erin Schubert, PhD, Director of Outcomes and Evaluation at the Sojourner Family Peace Center, and supported by the Zilber Family Foundation, this report compiles data from each partner agency quarterly and discusses staff... Read More