Training Materials

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

• (April 24, 2023): Trauma Informed – Structured Interview Questionnaires for Immigration Cases (SIQI) 
• (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) 
• (April 24, 2023): Advocate’s and Attorney’s Tool for Developing a Survivor’s Story: Trauma Informed Approach 
• Immigrant Power and Control Wheel – Forms of Domestic Violence That Immigrant Women Experience (April 13,1996)

 Webinars

• January 31, 2023: National Judicial Network Webinar – Protecting Against Vicarious Trauma: Tools and Strategies for Providers Working with Survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Trafficking (Includes materials connecting to research, resources and tools)
• *National Judicial Network Webinar – Readily Identifying and Effectively Responding to Stalking in Family Court: A Resource for Judicial Officers (March 7, 2023) (Includes materials connecting to research, resources and tools)
• (October 30, 2013): “Trauma-Informed Care: Promoting Healing While Strengthening Survivors’ Immigration Cases” (Webinar)
• (March 19, 2014): “Trauma-Informed Care, Part 2: The Nuts and Bolts of Immigration Story Writing Intervention” (Webinar) 
• (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) 
• (Oct. 23, 2018): “Trauma-Informed Webinar Series: Trauma-Informed Legal Advocacy” (Webinar) 
• All NIWAP Webinars https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/all-niwap-webinars

Trauma-Informed Assistance

• SAMSHA Concept of Trauma and Guidance for Trauma Informed Approach 
• December 2011: Representing Domestic Violence Survivors who are Experiencing Trauma and Other Mental Health Challenges: A Handbook for Attorneys
• June 19, 2014: Grounding Tool 
• June 20, 2014: Self Care Tool 

Impact of Trauma on the Brain Development of Children

• First Impressions: Exposure to Violence and a Child’s Developing Brain
• (2018): Vulnerable But Not Broken: Psychosocial Challenges and Resilience Pathways Among Unaccompanied Children From Central America 
• (March 29, 2018): Appendix E – Understanding the Significance of a Minor’s Trauma History in Family Court Rulings 
• (March 20, 2020): Declaration of David B. Thronson Discussing Trauma and the Neurobiological Health and Well Being of Children
• (July 11, 2016): BIA Amicus Brief on Recent Research Concerning the Neurobiological, Cognitive, and Psychological Development of Children and Adolescents 
• May, 22, 2017: BIA Decision RE Trauma