Know Your Rights Information

• DHS Interactive Infographic on Protections for Immigrant Victims https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/dhs-protections-for-immigrant-victims
• Immigration Options for Victims of Crime -DHS Brochure http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/imm-options-victims-of-crimes
• Multilingual Materials for Victims and Advocates https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/multilingual-materials-by-language  
• Pathways to Immigration Relief for Students http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/screening-students-for-immigraiton-protections/

• Information on the Legal Rights Available to Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence in the United States and Facts about Immigrating on a Marriage-Based Visa http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/marriage-based-legal-rights
• Immigration Relief for Abused Children http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/uscis_sijs_brochure

Dynamics & Barriers for Immigrant & Refugee Survivors

• Dynamics of Domestic Violence Experienced by Immigrant Victims http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/cult-man-ch1-1-dynamicsdomesticviolence2016/
• Dynamics of Sexual Assault and the Implications for Immigrant Women http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch1-dynamics-sexual-assault-implications/
• Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault: The Important Role of SART Teams http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/sart-toolkit-section-6-1/

Legal Rights Overviews and Brochures

• Multilingual Materials for Victims and Advocates (1317) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/multilingual-materials-by-language

• World Language Identification Guide: I Speak (Raksha) (2419) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/language-id-card-raksha

• DHS Infographic: Protection for Immigrant Victims (January 12, 2017) (1688) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/dhs-shield-infographic
• Immigration Options for Victims of Crime – DHS Brochure (118) http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-g-dhs-immigration-options-english

• Information on the Legal Rights Available to Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence in the United States and Facts about Immigrating on a Marriage-Based Visa (318) http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/marriage-based-legal-rights
• Pathways to Immigration Relief for Students (June 20, 2014) (156) http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/screening-students-for-immigraiton-protections/

Trauma-Informed and Culturally Relevant Interview Tools for Work with Immigrant Survivors

• Advocate’s and Attorney’s Tool for Developing a Survivor’s Story: Trauma Informed Approach (April 24, 2023)
  https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/traum-qref-advocatestooldevelopingsurvivorstory-7-10-17
• Coercive Control in Families, the Impact on Children and Extreme Cruelty (October 16, 2020) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/coercive-control-extreme-cruelty + (1252)

• (April 24, 2023): Trauma-Informed – Structured Interview Questionnaires for Immigration Cases (SIQI) 
  https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/siqi-trauma-informed-tool
• (July 23, 2015): How to Prepare Your Case Through a Trauma-Informed Approach:  Tips on Using the Trauma Informed Structured Interview Questionnaires for Family Court Cases (SIQI) 
  https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/siqi-for-family-lawyers
• 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
• 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
• Trauma-Informed Help For Immigrant Survivors (Updated November 11, 2020) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/trauma-informed-help-for-immigrant-survivors
• Advocate’s and Attorney’s Tool for Developing a Survivor’s Story: Trauma Informed Approach (July 20, 2017) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/traum-qref-advocatestooldevelopingsurvivorstory-7-10-17
• How to Prepare Your Case Through a Trauma Informed Approach: Tips on Using the Trauma Informed Structured Interview Questionnaires for Family Court Cases (SIQI) (April 27, 2023) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/siqi-for-family-lawyers
  • Spanish https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/trauma-informado-spanish
  • Russian https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/siqi_russian_complete-9-2-15
  • Chinese https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/trauma-tool-chinese
• Grounding Tool (June 19, 2014) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/groundingtool
• Self Care Tool (June 20, 2014) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/self-care-tool
• Dynamics, Interviewing, Safety Planning, Collaboration and Best Practices 
  https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/dynamics-best-practices
• December 2011: Representing Domestic Violence Survivors who are Experiencing Trauma and Other Mental Health Challenges: A Handbook for Attorneys https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/attorneyhandbookfinaljan2012

Impact of Trauma on the Brain Development of Children

• 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
• Declaration of David B. Thronson Discussing Trauma and the Neurobiological Health and Well Being of Children (March 20, 2020) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/thronson-declaration-child-brain-science
• Vulnerable But Not Broken: Psychosocial Challenges and Resilience Pathways Among Unaccompanied Children From Central America (2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vulnerable-but-not-broken

• First Impressions: Exposure to Violence and a Child’s Developing Brain https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/significance-of-trauma-history-of-minorshttps://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/significance-of-trauma-history-of-minors
• (2018): Vulnerable But Not Broken: Psychosocial Challenges and Resilience Pathways Among Unaccompanied Children From Central America 
  https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/vulnerable-but-not-broken
• (March 29, 2018): Appendix E – Understanding the Significance of a Minor’s Trauma History in Family Court Rulings 
  https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/appendix-e-effects-of-trauma-on-minors
• BIA Decision In Re D.A. Discussing the Effects of Trauma on Children (May, 22, 2017) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/bia-decision-trauma-child-brain-development-2017
• BIA Amicus Brief on Recent Research Concerning the Neurobiological, Cognitive, and Psychological Development of Children and Adolescents (July 11, 2016) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/niwap-bia-amicus-child-brain-development