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30 HOUR PRE-SERVICE ADVOCACY COURSE
Trainer Information
The 30 Hour
Pre-Service Advocacy Training must be completed before a staff member or
volunteer of a Crime Victim Service Center responds to a victim of crime. The
content of this course will focus on the fundamental skills of advocacy and
working with victims of crime, saving crime-specific advocacy tips and other
advanced topics for training during the advocate’s first year of service.
The course will include the following topics for advocates:
- Victimology/Empowerment
- Values
Clarification
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- Cultural
Competency
- Listening Skills
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- Crisis
Intervention
- Resources Legal
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- Justice Systems
- Secondary Trauma
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To register for
these classes, check class times, or to request additional information: Email
training@wccva.org.
There is a $25 (non-refundable) training fee to cover material
expenses and to reserve your seat at the training.
30 Hour Pre-Service Advocacy Course Schedule:
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CITY |
LOCATION |
REGISTER |
April 17-18, 2010
& April
24-25, 2010 |
Everett |
Providence Regional Medical Center
(Training room: Providence B) [Directions] |
PDF Form [Download] |
| June 14-17, 2010 |
East Wenatchee |
Wenatchee Police Department [Directions] |
PDF Form [Download] |
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Everett Training Accomodations:
WCCVA has a block of rooms for $99/night at the Holiday Inn Downtown
Everett, the closest accomodations to the training. Rooms include a hot buffet
breakfast and complimentary shuttle service to the hospital for the training.
This is a full service hotel with restaurant on site. There is also cafeteria
in the hospital that serves breakfast and lunch. Beverages will be served
throughout the day and there will be a mid-morning and mid-afternoon snack each
day.
Holiday Inn Downtown Everett
3105 Pine Street Everett, WA 98201
Hotel Front Desk: 425-339-2000
http://www.hieverett.com
Wenatchee Training Accomodations:
The Coast Wenatchee Center Hotel and Convention Center
201 N.
Wenatchee Avenue
Wenatchee, WA 98801
Telephone: 509-662-1234
www.wenatcheecenter.com
Select the links below for a comprehensive list of
hotels in the training area:
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6 HOUR ADVANCED/RECURRENT TRAINING COURSE
This
is a recurrent course for advanced advocates, or for those new advocates who
have completed the core training outlined above. This class covers two topic
areas and meets the annual classroom training requirements for both for new
advocates in their first year of service and tenured advocates as set forth in
the Standards Manual for the Crime Victim Service Centers published by the
Washington State Office of Crime Victims Advocacy.
The course will
include the following topics for advocates:
- Dealing with Families
of Homicide Victims
- Working with the
Victims and Survivors of DUI-Related Offenses
6-hour
Advanced/Recurrent Training Course Schedule and Accomodations TBD.
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