Womanspace
Counseling & Support services (4)
Individual Counseling
Support Groups
Court Advocacy
Legal Clinic
NJCASA
What is a New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Sexual Violence Definition
Sexual violence is ANY unwanted sexual contact.
Bystander intervention
What is recognizing a potentially harmful situation or interaction and choosing to respond in a way that could positively influence the outcome.
Womanspace serves
Men, Women, Children and teens-- current or previous survivors of DV or SA
Define Emergency services
Safe House
24/7 NJ state hotline
24/7 Mercer County hotline
24/7 text line for deaf and hard of hearing
24/7 chat through our website www.womanspace.org
NJCEDV
What is New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence
NJPDVA
What is the NJ Prevention of Domestic Violence Act
Consent
to give permission
SASPA
What is Sexual Assault Survivor Protection Act
DVVRT
What are Trained volunteers who meet with victims of DV at police stations at the time of an incident.
DCP&P
What is Division of Child Protection & Permanency
True or False:
People who are abusive in their intimate relationships are violence in all of their relationships
False
Media Literacy
What is a prevention strategy that teaches how to challenge messages and norms while creating new messages that reflect lived experiences & hopes for the future
1998
When did the DVVRT begin in Mercer County
SASSA
What are trained volunteers who accompany SA victims to the hospital to get evidence collected or to make a police report.
VAWA
What is Violence Against Women Act (1994)
Federal legislation that offers protections for ALL victims of DV, SV, & Stalking. Needs to be reauthorized every year, and is up for reauthorization this year.
What number of rapist will be incarcerated out of 1,000?
6
Victim blaming
When you blame a victim of a crime for the crime
Power & Control
What is the basis of DV & SV
Womanspace Mission Statement
What is Prevent Abuse, Protect Families & Change Lives through Empowerment & a Safety Net of Supportive Services
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing
Define Crisis Intervention
Believe
Do not judge
Normalize/Validate feelings
Assess safety
Empower them to make decisions
Provide psycho-education re:dynamics/impact of violence
Safe Dates
What is the main curriculum Womanspace uses
What is an evidenced based program designed to prevent the initiation of dating violence. Goals are to change adolescent norms on dating violence & gender roles.
2001
When did Womanspace begin providing SA services