Training Institute

Suicide continues to be a vast public health concern in our communities. However, it is preventable and it requires that everyone in our communities do our part. This includes knowing the basics about how to identify and talk to someone who may be contemplating suicide and how to connect them with help. This training is designed to help individuals recognize the warning signs of suicide in others and in themselves, effectively engage with a person in distress by speaking up and listening, and how to connect the person with professional help.

Sexual abuse and exploitation of children threaten the victims’ of their childhood and can irrevocably interfere with the emotional and physical well-being of an individual. Ensuring that all children thrive and grow without being impacted by sexual trauma or exploitation is a societal issue. Having a better understanding of the realities of child sex trafficking will not only help keep the children and families in our communities safe, but will help be an effective advocate for victims and survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. This training will help identify risk factors and indicators of commercial sexual exploitation of children in our communities.

Sexual exploitation and trafficking is happening in our communities. Knowing and understanding the risk indicators can increase our ability to decrease or eliminate human trafficking. The goal of this comprehensive training is to enhance the knowledge and understanding of how sexual exploitation and human trafficking influences and impacts individuals and vulnerable populations in our communities.

Elder abuse is any intentional act, or failure to act, by a caregiver or another person in a relationship that causes or creates a risk of harm to an older adult. It is important to identify the risks for this vulnerable population, in order to keep communities safe from harm. This training is helpful to understand the different types of abuse that this population may endure by reviewing indicators and risk factors for abuse in the elderly population.

In order to fully help individuals heal from trauma, we have to understand what’s happening in the traumatized brain. During this course learners will receive a brief overview of the neurobiology of trauma along with the cognitive and physiological symptoms that a person may endure who have experienced a traumatic event(s). Knowing what happens to the brain, will give us a better understanding of how to therapeutically intervene with a survivor of abuse or assault.

Get to know our agency! NOVA is the comprehensive victim service agency that serves Bucks County. This presentation is meant to give our partners in the community an overview of the services NOVA provides and the impact NOVA has on preventing violence and victimization in our society. Support Victims. Stop Violence.

This training is meant to be a 101 or introduction to problematic sexual behavior in youth. In this training, individuals will learn the continuum of sexual behaviors, risk factors of problematic sexual behavior, protective factors of problematic sexual behavior, myths about sexual behaviors in youth, and basic supervision and prevention strategies. In addition to learning about sexual behavior in youth, this training will provide the basic toolkit on how to respond to problematic sexual behavior in youth and how to refer a youth to evidence-based treatment. 

This program will help build skills for caregivers and community members to cultivate respectful, kind and courageous children. When we create families and communities with a strong foundation of kindness and empathy, we can create a more inclusive world. Caregivers will better understand their role in building that foundation.

While technology is ever changing, this presentation provides families and community members information on building the foundations for staying safe online. Online boundaries and respectful decision making among families promotes a digital space that is positive in nature to create important social connections.

This interactive workshop helps parents learn about healthy sexual development, how to talk to their kids about sexual abuse, and how to keep them safe. The Smart Parents program helps adult caregivers tackle tough conversations with their children, along with empowerment and support.

Young people are at a particularly higher risk of being involved in unhealthy relationships. By equipping vulnerable youth with skills and knowledge for healthy interactions with others, this can lead to a more positive lifestyle. This training will help prevent young adults from future victimization and offer safe and appropriate interventions for survivors of sexual assault.