Supporting Youth Mental Health
“This webinar features panelists from Sandy Hook Promise sharing ideas for how educators might discuss mental health with students. Tips and additional resources are also provided.”
Changing the Way We Think About Childhood Adversity
“On this episode, NSVRC’s Laura Palumbo and Sally J. Laskey talk with Dr. Julie Sweetland, Senior Advisor at the FrameWorks Institute, about her 2021 report, Reframing Childhood Adversity: Promoting Upstream Approaches, and how it connects with our research on messages about preventing sexual harassment, abuse, and assault.”
Psychologists are reimagining how society supports children
“Children and adolescents are growing up in a whirlwind of digital overload, climate anxiety, economic uncertainty, and social instability. In response, psychologists are leading a paradigm shift toward a preventive, whole-child approach that can better support the mental well-being of today’s youth.”
What About Me? Finding Your Path Forward When Your Brother or Sister is Missing: 2nd Edition
The guide offers advice, guidance, and gentle suggestions on how to navigate various considerations such as family dynamics, working with law enforcement and media, mental health, and more.
Emergency Contraception (EC): A Guide for Sexual and Domestic Violence Advocates
This factsheet discusses what EC is, options available in the US, how EC pills work, effectiveness, safety and side effects, how advocates can help, and accessibility.
Intimate relationships
This resource compilation talks about how sex can be an important part of a relationship, healthy communication and boundaries, warning signs of sexual abuse, and includes links to other helpful, relevant articles.
Bridging the Gaps: Needs Assessment to Strengthen Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault
“This trauma-informed needs assessment surveyed 645 participants nationwide to identify emerging issues and promising practices in sexual assault response and prevention, training and support needs, and service demands for sexual assault survivors.”
How We Can Prevent and Treat Sexual Violence that Targets Transgender and Gender-Expansive Incarcerated People
NSVRC talks with Just Detention International about the ways sexual violence impacts transgender and gender-expansive people during incarceration.
AI Didn’t Invent Sexual Abuse — It Just Made It Easier
“They can impersonate trusted individuals, fabricate convincing personas, and operate continuously without meaningful human oversight… It is tech-enabled sexual abuse—and it’s accelerating faster than our ability to stop it.”
The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2023/2024 Sexual Violence Data Brief
Findings from the report show that 45.1% of women and 16.9% of men in the United States experience some form of contact sexual violence in their lifetime.