The New York State Office of Victim Services (OVS) is pleased to announce a new training course for legal advocates and allied professionals from OVS-funded organizations:
In partnership with NYU, NYLAG and Columbia University, Trauma Responsive Lawyering is an 8-session virtual training (Fridays, January 22 – March 12, 2021; Noon – 2pm EST ) led by mental health and legal experts who serve interpersonal violence (IPV) survivors and their families.
This program is open to legal advocates from OVS-funded organizations and sessions are geared toward both newer and more experienced legal professionals. Sessions are free of charge, and Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits, including diversity and inclusion credits, will be provided to those who meet eligible criteria.
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If you have any questions regarding this training, please contact Integra Feliciano at integra.feliciano@nyulangone.org.
This program is presented by The New York State Office of Victim Services in collaboration with Columbia University Department of Psychiatry and NYU Langone Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. CLE Sponsored by New York Legal Assistance Group.
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Please note that there has been an update to the course catalog. You can find the updated catalog here.
Reminder:
First Training: IPV effects on mental health and the need for trauma-informed services for IPV Friday, January 22nd @ 12 pm-2 pm EST
This introduction will focus on the emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and relational effects of IPV, and explain the rationale for trauma-informed services as well as discuss best recommendations for services that use this framework. This will be presented by Dr. Obianuju Berry.
All trainings will be held Fridays, January 22 – March 19, 2021 12 pm-2 pm EST
Note: You may register for the whole series, or just for individual trainings within the series. These trainings will also be eligible for Continuing Legal Education Credits.
For the TRL Series Catalog, Click Here.
To Register for Training(s), Click Here.
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Reminder:
Second Training: Neuroscience of Trauma Friday, January 29th@ 12pm-2pm EST
Traumatic stress exposure has been shown to have a clear impact on the body and brain. This workshop will address the neurobiology of the stress response, covering the impact of childhood trauma on the developing brain, and the impact of trauma on the body and brain. This will help legal advocates understand as well as explain symptomatology their clients may present with, including loss of memory and responses to trauma triggers. This will be presented by Dr. Denise Hien.
All trainings will be held Fridays, January 22 – March 19, 2021 12pm-2pm EST
Note: You may register for the whole series, or just for individual trainings within the series. These trainings will also be eligible for Continuing Legal Education Credits.
For the TRL Series Catalog, Click Here.
To Register for Training(s), Click Here.
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Reminder:
Third Training: Re-victimization Friday, February 5th@ 12pm-2pm EST
Survivors of violence have increased vulnerabilities for re-victimization and increase risk for mental health, physical health, social, occupational, and legal impacts for the same. Identifying these vulnerabilities will enable legal advocates to more fully respond to survivor’s needs, link them with supportive resources early on in their work with them, and understand a survivor’s reaction to re-victimization as it may appear throughout our work with them. This will be instructed Dr. Kate Walsh
All trainings will be held Fridays, January 22 – March 19, 2021 12pm-2pm EST
Note: You may register for the whole series, or just for individual trainings within the series. These trainings will also be eligible for Continuing Legal Education Credits.
For the TRL Series Catalog, Click Here.
To Register for Training(s), Click Here.
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Reminder:
Fourth Training: Grounding and Verbal De-escalation Tools
Friday, February 19th@ 12pm-2pm EST
Instructed by Dr. Farah Herbert, this session will provide skills on how to de-escalate clients who are displaying high levels of anxiety, stress, and hyper-arousal. This webinar provides practical tools and exercises that lawyers can use with clients and examples of how to use them.
All trainings will be held Fridays, January 22 – March 19, 2021 12pm-2pm EST
Note: You may register for the whole series, or just for individual trainings within the series. These trainings will also be eligible for Continuing Legal Education Credits.
For the TRL Series Catalog, Click Here.
To Register for Training(s), Click Here.
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Reminder:
Fifth Training: Safety Assessments
Friday, February 26th@ 12pm-2pm EST
Instructed by Dr. Elizabeth Fitelson, this session will apply information and skills gained in prior sessions to help advocates identify and respond to mental health crises and high-risk coping behaviors. This training is meant to focus on identification of and understanding the reasons behind symptoms and behavior, and will also address resources for clients.
All trainings will be held Fridays, January 22 – March 19, 2021 12pm-2pm EST
Note: You may register for the whole series, or just for individual trainings within the series. These trainings will also be eligible for Continuing Legal Education Credits.
For the TRL Series Catalog, Click Here.
To Register for Training(s), Click Here.
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Reminder:
Sixth Training: Legal Work with Marginalized Populations
Friday, March 5th@ 12pm-2pm EST
This training will be instructed by Margarita Guzman, Esq. For legal professionals, engaging marginalized populations is often a motivating purpose for attending law school. However, trauma-informed interviewing and skills for engaging these populations is not a common offering in legal education. In this session, attendees will reflect on client obstacles to successful engagement, participate in honest discussion about unintentional behaviors that may distance clients, discuss racism and its impact on the systems in which we and our clients have to engage, and identify strategies that can help improve interpersonal connections with clients, while maintaining healthful boundaries.
All trainings will be held Fridays, January 22 – March 19, 2021 12pm-2pm EST
Note: You may register for the whole series, or just for individual trainings within the series. These trainings will also be eligible for Continuing Legal Education Credits.
For the TRL Series Catalog, Click Here.
To Register for Training(s), Click Here.
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Reminder:
Seventh Training: Vicarious Trauma
Friday, March 12th@ 12pm-2pm EST
The instructors for this training will be Rosa Regincos, LCSW and Dr. Tamar Levy. Working with IPV can lead to personal and professional growth. Moreover, it gives legal professionals the rewarding opportunity to work with a resilient population capable of making enormous changes in their lives. However, learning about cruelty, humiliation, abandonment, vulnerability and pain, and the devastating impact that abuse has on individuals, families and societies is not free of challenges. The same way abuse affects the individuals who have experienced it, working with IPV survivors can deeply transform the lives of legal providers working with them. This presentation will focus on providers’ response to working with IPV survivors and individual and organizational strategies to prevent and address providers’ responses to working with traumatized clients, as well as burn-out
All trainings will be held Fridays, January 22 – March 19, 2021 12pm-2pm EST
Note: You may register for the whole series, or just for individual trainings within the series. These trainings will also be eligible for Continuing Legal Education Credits.
For the TRL Series Catalog, Click Here.
To Register for Training(s), Click Here.
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Reminder:
Eighth Training: Case Discussion of Trauma-Informed Legal Work
Friday, March 19th@ 12pm-2pm EST
This training is instructed by Sascha Griffin, PhD, She is a licensed clinical psychologist who has extensive experience working with trauma-exposed youth and adults, and currently works as the psychotherapist at the New York City Health + Hospitals Family Justice Center Mental Health Collaboration program at the Staten Island Family Justice Center. Dr. Griffin has provided direct clinical and supervisory services within acute care units, outpatient clinics, court-based clinics, residential treatment centers, and domestic violence shelters. She has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals that address the interrelationships between trauma exposure and mental health concerns. Dr. Griffin received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Additionally, this training is instructed by Elizabeth Fitelson, MD. She is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and the co-founder and Director of the Women's Program in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center. She completed her medical training and residency at Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital, as well as a fellowship in Public Psychiatry at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Her area of clinical expertise includes the evaluation and treatment of psychiatric disorders across the female life cycle, including perinatal psychopharmacological management, menstrual cycle, and perimenopause-related disorders, infertility, and pregnancy loss as well as trauma and the intersection of IPV and mental health. Dr. Fitelson co-directs the Columbia Psychiatry Domestic Violence Initiative, a collaboration with the Chapman-Perelman Foundation, the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, and NYC Health & Hospitals, providing psychiatric care to domestic violence survivors at New York City’s Family Justice Centers.
All trainings will be held Fridays, January 22 – March 19, 2021 12pm-2pm EST
Note: You may register for the whole series, or just for individual trainings within the series. These trainings will also be eligible for Continuing Legal Education Credits.
For the TRL Series Catalog, Click Here.
To Register for Training(s), Click Here.
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