Risk and Protective Factors Overview
This chart maps out risk and protective factors and social determinants of health along various points in the social ecological model.
Help for the Helpers: Vicarious Trauma, Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Self-care
In this course, we will learn how to recognize when doing the work is starting to take a toll, how to get help, and useful individual and workplace practices for caring for ourselves and each other in this work.
Intersectionality, Privilege, and Allyship
In this course, you will learn about the intersectionality principle, privilege and allyship, a brief history of the sexual and domestic violence movement, and more.
Being An Advocate
In this course, we will explore the advocate’s role and define the guiding principles of advocacy: being intersectional, survivor-centered, trauma-informed.
Creating a Shared Understanding of Domestic Violence
In this course, you’ll learn more about what domestic violence means in an intimate relationship, how prevalent it is, and how to recognize risks, so that we can meet survivors where they are with consistent terminology, information, and services.
Creating a Shared Understanding of Sexual Violence
In this course, you’ll learn more about what sexual violence means, how prevalent it is, and how it impacts survivors, so that we can meet survivors where they are with consistent terminology, information, and services.
Concrete Resources for Survivors
In this course, you will learn about creating a safety plan with survivors, identifying risks the survivor may face, and connecting survivors with other resources in Michigan and nationally.
Children and Trauma
In this course, we will discuss the prevalence and effects of sexual abuse & domestic violence on children, perpetrator tactics, how children experience and express their trauma, how to support non-offending caregivers, and how to promote the resiliency and healing of children.
Breaking Barriers: Working with African American Sexual Assault Survivors
This training was developed and presented by the SASHA (Sexual Assault Services for Holistic Healing and Awareness) Center in Detroit, MI and focuses on working with African American survivors of sexual assault.
Sexual Violence and Suicide Risk among LGBTQ+ Young People
This understandable research brief highlights findings that LGBTQ+ young people report higher rates of sexual violence than the general population. Nearly two in five LGBTQ+ young people (39%) reported that they had ever been forced to do “sexual things” that they did not want to do.