Uniting Children's Advocacy Centers
One Voice, One Child, One Big Difference

A Training for Montana Victim Advocates

This training meets the Initial Training Requirements in the Victim Advocacy Standard in the 2023 Revised Standards for CAC Accreditation by the National Children’s Alliance (NCA)

3 DAY IN PERSON TRAINING
March 28-30, 2023

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Billings, Montana

APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 10th

About This Training

  • MUST APPLY TO ATTEND – ONLY 30 APPLICANTS WILL BE ACCEPTED
  • NO REGISTRATION FEE
  • LODGING PAID BY CHILDREN’S ALLIANCE OF MONTANA
  • Priority will be given to Victim Advocates working with CACs & MDTs

Training Topics

  • Dynamics of child abuse
  • Trauma-informed services
  • Crisis assessment and intervention
  • Risk assessment and safety planning
  • Professional ethics and boundaries
  • Understanding the coordinated multidisciplinary response
  • Understanding, explaining, and affording of victim’s legal rights
  • Court education, support, and accompaniment
  • Knowledge of available community and legal resources, referral methods & assistance with access to treatment and other services
  • Cultural responsiveness and addressing implicit bias in service delivery
  • Caregiver resilience
  • Domestic violence/family violence/children’s exposure to domestic violence and polyvictimization

Training Facilitated By

First Witness CAC Training Staff:

Ally Washenesky

Advocacy & Prevention Program Coordinator

Ryan Prouty

Family Advocate & Trainer

This training event is sponsored by the Children’s Alliance of Montana and the MCSART Program of the Montana Department of Justice Special Services Bureau.

Questions? Contact Dani Peterson at training@childrensalliancemt.org