Training Materials

If you are a victim advocate, attorney, judge, or another professional working with an immigrant victim and you would like to receive case-specific technical assistance on access to publicly

funded benefits and services that an immigrant crime victim or immigrant child would be eligible to receive in your state, please call NIWAP for technical assistance. (202) 274-4457 or email us at info@niwap.org. For more information on immigrant survivor’s legal rights visit NIWAP’s web library https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/

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 Webinars

• (October 30, 2013): “Trauma-Informed Care: Promoting Healing While Strengthening Survivors’ Immigration Cases” (Webinar) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/trauma-informed-care
• (March 19, 2014): “Trauma-Informed Care, Part 2: The Nuts and Bolts of Immigration Story Writing Intervention” (Webinar) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/trauma-informed-interviews-story-writing
• (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
• (Oct. 23, 2018): “Trauma-Informed Webinar Series: Trauma-Informed Legal Advocacy” (Webinar) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/times-up-oct-23
• All NIWAP Webinars https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/all-niwap-webinars

Trauma-Informed Assistance

• (January 1, 2013): Advocate’s and Attorney’s Tool for Developing a Survivor’s Story: Trauma Informed Approach https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/traum-qref-advocatestooldevelopingsurvivorstory-7-10-17
• 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/
• June 19, 2014: Grounding Tool https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/GroundingTool.pdf
• June 20, 2014: Self Care Tool https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/Self-Care-Tool.pdf
• (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-7-23-15
• (July 12, 2018): Trauma Informed – Structured Interview Questionnaires for Immigration Cases (SIQI) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/trauma-informed-interviews-story-writing

Impact of Trauma on the Brain Development of Children

• (March 20, 2020): Declaration of David B. Thronson Discussing Trauma and the Neurobiological Health and Well Being of Children https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/thronson-declaration-child-brain-science
• (July 11, 2016): BIA Amicus Brief on Recent Research Concerning the Neurobiological, Cognitive, and Psychological Development of Children and Adolescents https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/niwap-bia-amicus-child-brain-development
• May, 22, 2017: BIA Decision RE Trauma https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/BIA-Decision-RE-Trauma-May-22-2017.pdf
• (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/sijs-manual-table-of-contents