BC Association of Specialized Victim Assistance and Counselling Programs

In response to ongoing requests from frontline workers for materials on these topics, the Association has created this comprehensive toolkit. You can download each section here. Those of you who received a hard copy at the 2007 Annual Training Forum, please share it with your agency. Programs who did not attend the Forum will receive a copy in the mail. Some hard copies available for $30 including shipping; contact our office.

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• Introduction
• Section 1: Framework and Values Guiding Interventions
• Section 2: Resources for Working with Mental Health and Substance Use Problems
• Section 3: Tools and Interventions
• Section 4: Specialized Knowledge
• Section 5: History and Contribution of the Sectors
• Section 6: Appendices

Note: The organization Here to Help has created a series of resources on mental health and substance use in other languages: Arabic, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Farsi/Dari, French, Korean, Spanish, Russian, Punjabi, Vietnamese. You can access them here: http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/other-languages

Safe Choices is pleased to announce that we have made our Healthy Relationships and Service Provider Curriculum available for purchase on an honorarium basis. To order or for further information contact Susan Armstrong, Safe Choices Coordinator, at armstrong (at) endingviolence.org or 604-633-2506 ext. 12.
The Healthy Relationships Curriculum includes five workshop outlines as well as instructor notes and handouts. Workshops focus on communication and relational skills for queer women in same sex/gender relationships and ways of addressing relationship abuse. The Service Provider Curriculum includes information about dynamics within abusive same gender relationships and ways of providing support, barriers to access to service and strategies for making services accessible. The curriculum is predominately focused on supporting queer women in same gender relationships.

By Maggie Ziegler and Maureen McEvoy for the BCASVACP. Best practices guidelines for feminist trauma intervention and program management. Funding provided by Ministry of Community Services and National Policy Centre for Victim Issues.

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A Practical Guide for Rural and Isolated Communities.

CCWS's most popular resource with over 1000 copies distributed across Canada--includes practical tips for building partnerships as well as a section of excercises and handouts that can be copied and used by community groups.

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Based on "Legal Processes for Battered Women" by Legal Services Society (LSS). Produced in partnership with BC/Yukon Society of Transition Houses with funding from the Ministry of Community Services and LSS.

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During and after disasters, violence against women increases and it is more difficult for women to obtain help. This workbook helps agencies develop an emergency response plan.

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