Trauma Informed Assistance

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• Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (IVAT) Conference, San Diego, California (August 18-20, 2025)

• July 29, 2015: New Orleans, LA “Community of Responders: A Holistic Approach to Immigrant Survivors of Abuse”

• July 8, 2016: Washington, DC “Barriers to Accessing Services: Trauma Informed Approach to Serving Survivors of Domestic Abuse”

• Know Your Rights Information, Dynamics, and Trauma-Informed Practices

• March 19, 2014: “Trauma-Informed Care, Part 2: The Nuts and Bolts of Immigration Story Writing Intervention” (Webinar)

• Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence: Enhancing Victim Safety: Legal Protections for Immigrant Survivors (September 18, 2025)

• May 21 & May 22, 2025 – Pennslyvania Legal Aid Network (PLAN) – VOCA Grantee Training 

• May 26, 2015: Washington, DC “Helping Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: Options and Challenges in Seeking Relief”

• Missouri Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence (May 9, 2025) – Understanding Immigration Law, VAWA Protections and Impacts of Current Policies on Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

• National Judicial Network Peer-to-Peer Forum – Let’s Put Science First: Assessing Predatory Helpfulness and Coercive Control to More Accurately Understand Domestic Abuse and Sex Trafficking (April 4, 2023)

• National Judicial Network Peer-to-Peer Forum (February 1st, 2022): New DHS Immigration and Victim Protection Policies

• National Judicial Network Peer-to-Peer Forum: Trauma-Responsive Advocacy for CSEC Youth, the Model Rules, and Better Dependency Outcomes (November 1, 2022)