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