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OVC program funding to assist and enhance the field of victim services
have resulted in useful, educational and informational materials.
Many of these materials are produced by the grantees themselves,
and are featured in this OVC area designated as Grantee Publications.
To order or inquire about these materials, please contact the organizations
directly.
Child Physical and Sexual Abuse: Guidelines for Treatment (Revised Report: April 2004)
Developed by the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the
Medical University of South Carolina and the Center for Sexual Assault and
Traumatic Stress at the Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington,
with funding by OVC, these new guidelines recommend specific mental health
treatment protocols—based on sound theory and clinical-anecdotal literature—to
improve the treatment of child physical and sexual abuse. This document is
available electronically from the National
Victims Research and Treatment Center Web site. PDF (430
kb)
Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence: Consensus Recommendations
For Child and Adolescent Health (September 2002)
This document (NCJ 197220) is designed to assist health care providers from
the pediatric and family health settings address adult domestic violence victimization
and childhood exposure to domestic violence through screening, assessment,
documentation, intervention, and referrals. This OVC grantee-developed document
is available electronically from the Family
Violence Prevention Fund's Web site. PDF (1
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Standards for Victim Assistance Programs
and Providers Standards Kit (May 2003)
This kit, compiled by the National Victim Assistance Standards Consortium, includes
program, competency, and ethical standards for victim assistance providers; a
compendium of promising practices in professional development; directories of
credentialing programs and related standards; and a list of professional development
resources. For printed copies, contact The
Center for Child & Family Studies.
| The opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed
in these publications are those of the authors and do not necessarily
represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department
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