Many jobs in the victim services field include delivering workshops or trainings.
The Advanced Trainer Institute will provide you with facilitation skills and tips on how to deliver online training, engage learners with different learning styles, and present and facilitate with cultural responsiveness.
The Advanced Trainer Institute is designed for victim service providers who are delivering trainings and workshops or making presentations currently and would like to learn how to make them more impactful.
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This training will be delivered online, over the course of 6 weeks, beginning on October 9, 2023. Each week, except for the introductory week, will include a facilitated webinar. There are recommended readings and videos, as well as written assignments. You should expect to spend about an hour per week on the assignments, in addition to participating in the 75-minute webinar. CEUs will be awarded for those who complete all requirements. You will find the training schedule here.
This training is part of the NVAA Advanced Skills Institute, and, like all OVC TTAC trainings, there is no cost to participate.
Please note: Space is limited, so apply today to reserve your spot.
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Elaine Gibbes
Denver, Colorado
Elaine Gibbes is a local, state, and national consultant with more than 27 years of experience in the field of victim services. She has assisted communities in developing, implementing, and sustaining prevention, intervention, and treatment programming to address domestic and sexual violence and other victim services. Currently, she provides consulting services through the Alliance of Local Service Organizations for the Office on Violence Against Women’s STOP Violence Against Women Act Administrators and Consolidated Youth grantees. She also works with OVC to provide training and technical assistance for victim service providers. In this capacity, she provided content expertise for several VAT Online modules, developed the training content and delivered the NVAA Effective Management Series: Financial Management training, and developed the training content and delivered the pilot training Sustaining Your Program’s Capacity. She holds a master’s degree in Social Work with a focus on Management and Administration from the University of Denver, a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Davidson College, and is a licensed clinical social worker.
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Karla Reaves
Hampton, Virginia
Karla Crump Reaves is the director of the Victim Services Unit in the Hampton Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. As director, she coordinates and supervises pre- and post-trial aid to more than 2,000 victims and witnesses; oversees an annual budget of $500,000 and writes grants to secure funding; develops and conducts trainings and workshops for staff, volunteers, police personnel, and other agencies on current victims’ rights issues; formulates, writes, and implements new employee and volunteer orientation manuals; develops processes for advanced notification of judicial proceedings; writes cooperative agreements; and coordinates outreach efforts to promote National Crime Victims’ Rights Week and other awareness activities. Ms. Reaves was instrumental in introducing and developing Hampton’s Rapid Engagement and Support in the Event of Trauma Program, which seeks to ensure that families and businesses know about community programs and receive needed services. She is a Credentialed Advocate in Advanced Victim Advocacy and has received numerous awards, including the Margery Fry Award from the National Organization for Victim Assistance in 2017 and the Unsung Hero Award from the Office of the Virginia Attorney General in 2020. She taught college-level courses at Everest College on topics including victimology, sociology, life skills, and criminology. Ms. Reaves received her master’s degree in Public Administration and Public Personnel Management from Troy State University and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology/Pre-Social Work from Elizabeth City State University.
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*OVC TTAC instructors have no vested interest in any products, instruments, devices, or materials that may be used in this training.
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