Best Practices for Rural Collaboration

Audience: KCSDV member program advocates and staff, law enforcement, prosecutors, victim advocates, mental health professionals, child advocacy center staff, and other professionals who work with victims of domestic violence and sexual assault

** This training has been postponed ** 

If you have questions about the new date, please contact Annabelle Arndt.

Date & Time:

Friday, July 28, 2023
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lunch 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (on your own)

Materials will be provided.

Location: 

Great Bend Public Library
1409 Williams Street
Great Bend, KS 67530

Description:

This interactive, in-person training will provide best practice information on collaboration development and sustainability for rural communities, including Coordinated Community Response Teams (CCRTs) and Sexual Assault Response Teams (SARTs). We will examine the benefits of collaboration, including the importance of a diverse multidisciplinary team. Understanding best practices can improve a collaborative team’s response to survivors of sexual and domestic violence.

As a result of this training, participants will be better able to:

• Identify the dynamics of sexual and domestic violence, and trauma-informed practices for working with survivors.
• Describe special considerations and barriers when serving rural survivors.
• Describe the importance of collaboration.
• Identify and apply best practices for rural collaboration development, CCRs, and SARTs
• Identify resources for survivors of sexual and domestic violence

Presenters:

Shirley Fessler
Director of Outreach and Accessibility
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence

Annabelle Arndt
Rural Sexual Assault Project Coordinator
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence

Registration:

Registration Deadline: Friday, July 21, 2023

How to Register:
To register, create an account and login, then select the number of people you want to register and click “Register Now.” If you need assistance registering, contact trainingteam@kcsdv.org.

Accessibility:

We welcome people of all abilities. For questions about accessibility or to request an accommodation, please select your needs on the online registration form or contact trainingteam@kcsdv.org or call 785-232-9784. Requests should be made at least 14 business days prior to the training.

Lodging:

Government rate available at:

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Great Bend
3821 10th Street
Great Bend, KS 67530
620-603-6565
Website: www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/chanute/ppfks/hoteldetailwww.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/hutchinson/hutch/hoteldetail

Questions:

Training Questions: 
Annabelle Arndt
Rural Sexual Assault Project Coordinator
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence
aarndt@kcsdv.org
785-232-9784

Registration Questions:
Training Team
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence
trainingteam@kcsdv.org
785-232-9784

Sponsored by:

This project was supported by Grant No. 2017-WR-AX-0038 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.

Total Training Hours: 5

BSRB approval for 5 hours of Continued Education Units (CEU)