The Essentials of Victim Advocacy

Course overview

The Essentials of Victim Advocacy is a nationally approved comprehensive training offered four times a year in the State of Ohio. Essentials is designed to offer trauma-informed knowledge and skills to individuals serving survivors of crime and other traumatic events in our communities. This comprehensive course will equip attendees to use the NOVA Model of Crisis Intervention, a trauma-informed approach, and additional learned skills to assistant individuals impacted by crime, victimization, or other traumatic events. Attendees will gain knowledge about the impact of trauma, the judicial system, victim rights, available resources, and much more. Essentials is offered fully virtually via Zoom in October and January, and fully in person in May and August at the Dr. Bob Denton Training Room at 137 South Main Street, Suite 300, Akron OH 44308.