Training Materials

Dynamics of Domestic and Sexual Violence

Power and Control

• Blended Power and Control Wheel https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/blendedpcwheel
• Lifetime Spiral of Gender Abuse https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/lifetime-spiral-gender-abuse
• Immigrant Power and Control Wheel – Forms of Domestic Violence That Immigrant Women Experience (April 13,1996) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/power-control-wheel-eng-niwap
• DHS Gender Based Violence Brochure (English) (October 2022) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs_genderbasedviolence

Dynamics Overviews and Research Findings

• CH 01.1 Dynamics of Domestic Violence Experienced by Immigrant Victims (2016) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/cult-man-ch1-1-dynamicsdomesticviolence2016
• CH 01: Dynamics of Sexual Assault and the Implications for Immigrant Women (2014) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch1-dynamics-sexual-assault-implications
• Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault: The Important Role of SART Teams (July 8, 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/sart-toolkit-section-6-1
• Transforming Lives: How the VAWA Self-Petition and the U Visa Change the Lives of Victims and Their Children After Work Authorization and Legal Immigration Status (June 8, 2021) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/executive-summary-final (Executive Summary) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/niwap-transforming-lives-abstract-conclusions  (Abstract, summary, conclusions)
• Expert Testimony Concerning Battering (September, 2000) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/testimony-battering-experienced-imm-victims

Coercive Control

• Coercive Control in Families, the Impact on Children and Extreme Cruelty (Presentation by Evan Stark)(October 16, 2020) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/coercive-control-extreme-cruelty
• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Revised Chapter Four: Families and Children Model Code on Domestic Violence (December 30, 2022) (Discussing the importance of identifying and using coercive control as a factor in domestic violence custody determinations) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/coercive-control-extreme-cruelty

Stalking

• Understanding Stalking for Immigrants https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/understanding-stalking-for-immigrants-english
• SPARC Judicial Officer Bench Card: Stalking (July 5, 2022) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/sparc-judicial-bench-card-for-stalking
• SPARC Judicial Officer Guide: Responding to Stalking (July 5, 2022) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/sparc-judicial-guide-for-stalking
• Judicial Officer Checklist for Common Behaviors Associated with Stalking (March 2, 2023) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/stalking-checklist
• SPARC: Stalking and Technology-Infographic (2023) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/stalking-tech-infographic

Impact of Trauma

• SAMSHA Concept of Trauma and Guidance for Trauma Informed Approach https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/samsha-concept-of-trauma-and-guidance-for-trauma-informed-approach
• February 24, 2014: “Helping Survivors in Crisis: Hands On Training for Advocates and Attorneys on Trauma-Informed Work with Immigrant Women Who Are Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault” (Webinar) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/hands-on-trauma-crisis-training
• Trauma Informed – Structured Interview Questionnaires for Immigration Cases (SIQI)(April 27, 2023) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/siqi-trauma-informed-tool
• Representing Domestic Violence Survivors who are Experiencing Trauma and Other Mental Health Challenges: A Handbook for Attorneys (2011) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/attorneyhandbookfinaljan2012

Vicarious Trauma

• National Judicial Network Webinar – Protecting Against Vicarious Trauma: Tools and Strategies for Providers Working with Survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Trafficking (January 31, 2023) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/njn-webinar-vicarious-trauma-jan-31-2023
• Mindfulness Training for Judges: Mind Wandering and the Development of Cognitive Resilience (2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/mindfulness-for-judges-cognitive-resilience
• Federal Judicial Center, Mindfulness and Judging (2016) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/mindfulness-and-judging

Impact of Domestic Violence on Children

• Attorney General’s Office of California, Exposure to Violence and a Child’s Developing Brain https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/first-impressions-exposure-to-violence-and-a-childs-developing-brain/
• Judges’ Journal 2014 Domestic Violence – Impact on Children – Neuroscience https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/judges-journal-2014-children-neuroscience
• Understanding the Significance of a Minor’s Trauma History in Family Court Rulings (May 18, 2021) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/understanding-effects-of-trauma-on-minors
• Board of Immigration Appeals Decision on Regarding Children, Brain Development and Trauma (May 22, 2017) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/bia-decision-trauma-child-brain-development-2017

Comparing Forms of Immigration Relief for Victims

• DHS – Interactive Infographic U.S. Immigration Benefits for Noncitizen Crime Victims (English)(November 2021) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-shield-infographic
• Comparing Forms of Immigration Relief for Immigrant Victims of Crime (2015) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-relief-forms-comparison
• Comparing VAWA Haitian Refugee Immigrant Fairness Act of 1998 (“VAWA HRIFA), VAWA Cuban Adjustment Act and VAWA Self-Petitioning Chart (January 28, 2021) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-hrifa-cubans-self-petition-chart-4-28-20
• Comparing Inadmissibility Waivers Available to Immigrant Victims in VAWA Self-Petitioning, U Visa, T Visa and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Cases (December 26, 2022) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/inadmissibility-chart-vawa-t-u-sijs
• Family Court Bench Card on Immigration Rights of Battered Spouses, Children, and Immigrant Crime Victims (2013) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/judg-tkit-bchcrdvictimsimmrights10-11-13

Immigration Law Definition of Domestic Violence

• Battering or Extreme Cruelty: Drawing Examples from Civil Protection Order and Family Law Cases (September 12, 2015) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/extreme-cruelty-examples-protection-order-2

Good Faith Marriage

• Good Faith Marriage in VAWA Self-Petitioning Cases (2013) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/good-faith-marriage-vawa

VAWA Self-Petitioning Flow Charts

• Introduction to VAWA Self-Petitioning Flow Charts: Adults, Children, Elders (2019) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-self-petitioning-intro-and-flow-charts-pdf
• July 28, 2021: VAWA Unit Vermont Service Center Training https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/vawa-unit-vsc

VAWA Self-Petitioner, U and T Visa and Battered Spouse Waiver  Legislative History

• Legislative History of VAWA (94,00,05), T and U-Visas, Battered Spouse Waiver, and VAWA Confidentiality (January 5, 2023) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-t-u-leg-history 

U and T Visas

• U Visa Certification and T Visa Declaration Toolkit for Federal, State and Local Judges, Commissioners, Magistrates and Other Judicial Officers (June 17, 2021) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/judges-u-and-t-certification-toolkit-2
• U visa Certification and T Visa Declaration Toolkit for Law Enforcement Agencies and Prosecutors (June 15, 2021) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-t-visa-toolkit-law-enforcement-prosecutor
• U Visa Helpfulness Checklist (October 21, 2019) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-helpfulness-checklist
• U Visa Regulations -Substantial Harm Factors in U visa Cases (January 7, 2015) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-substantial-harm
• U Visa Quick Reference Guide for Judges (October 14, 2020) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-quick-reference-guide-for-judges
• T Visa Quick Reference for Law Enforcement & Prosecutors (March 24, 2021) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/t-visa-quick-refernece-for-law-enforcement-prosecutors
• T Visa Application Flowchart (June 12, 2021) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/t-visa-application-flowchart
• U Visa Application Victim Flow Chart for Judges (October 14, 2020) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-flowchart_judges
• T-Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide (October 20,2021) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/t-visa-law-enforcement-resource-guide
• U Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide (February 28, 2022) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/u-visa-certification-resource-guide-2022
• Katherine Kaufka Walts, Child Labor Trafficking in the United States: A Hidden Crime (2017) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/child-labor-trafficking-in-the-united-states_-a-hidden-crime

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status

• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Bench Book: A National Guide to Best Practices for Judges and Courts (March 31, 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/sijs-bench-book-complete
• Answers to Questions from State Court Judges on the 2022 Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) Regulations (April 4, 2023) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/sijs-q-and-a

VAWA Confidentiality

• USCIS Policy Update: VAWA Confidentiality and Safe Address for Survivor-Based Petitions (April 11, 2023) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-confidentiality-policy-update-safe-address
• VAWA Confidentiality Statutes, Legislative History and Implementing Policy (Updated April 4, 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-confidentiality-statutes-leg-history
• Three Prongs of VAWA Confidentiality
  • Link: http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/conf-vawa-bro-3prongsofconfidentiality/
• DHS Broadcast Message on New 384 Class of Admission Code Alerting Personnel of a Victim Protected by VAWA Confidentiality Protections
  • Link: http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-broadcast-class-admission-code/
• VAWA Confidentiality Interlineated Statute (March 31, 2018)
  • Link: http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-confidentiality-interliniated/

Quick Reference Guide for Judges: VAWA Confidentiality and Discovery Related Case Law (October 25, 2022) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vawa-confidentiality-discovery-cases-judicial