May 6-8, 2025
3 Day In Person Training
Billings, MT
Billings Hotel & Convention Center
– Limited seating Available – ONLY 30 APPLICANTS WILL BE ACCEPTED
This training is for Montana Victim Advocates
NO REGISTRATION FEE
Application Deadline: March 14th
Training Facilitated by First Witness CAC Staff:
- Ashley Krois, Lead Family Advocate and Trainer
- Kristen Jones, Family Advocate & Trainer
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
- Caregiver resilience.
- Domestic violence/family violence/children’s exposure to domestic violence and poly-victimization
Lodging
Lodging Scholarships Available:
- Lodging Scholarship Application is included in training application
- Priority will be given to Victim Advocates working with CACs & MDTs
This Training Event Is Sponsored By The Children’s Alliance Of Montana.
This Project Is Supported By Award No. 15povc-24-Gg-00684-Assi Awarded By Theoffice For Victims Of Crime, Office Of Justice Programs, U.S. Department Of Justice Through The Montana Board Of Crime Control.
For more information, contact Dani Peterson at [email protected]