Browsing by Author "Southern Regional Children's Advocacy Center"
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
Results Per Page
Sort Options
Item The STS Blueprint: A Guide to Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress in Children’s Advocacy Centers(Southern Regional Children's Advocacy Center, 2024) Southern Regional Children's Advocacy CenterCAC professionals are regularly exposed to child trauma as part of their work, and this exposure can lead to Secondary Traumatic Stress, which can have negative impacts on CAC professionals and organizations if left unaddressed. The STS Blueprint: A Guide to Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress in Children’s Advocacy Centers was designed to help CACs develop an organizational plan to address secondary traumatic stress (STS) among CAC staff. The STS Blueprint outlines the need for a tool like this and describes the importance of an organizational health approach. It covers six domains, including: Domain 1: Resilience-Building Staff, Health, and Wellness Domain 2: Creating and Sustaining a Safe and Supportive Culture Domain 3: STS-Informed Policies and Procedures Domain 4: STS-Informed Leadership and Supervision Domain 5: STS-Informed Training Domain 6: Organizational Evaluation and MonitoringItem Toolkit for Re-emerging Child Advocacy Centers(Southern Regional Children's Advocacy Center, 2020) Southern Regional Children's Advocacy CenterThe purpose of this toolkit is to provide guidance and sample documents regarding how Child Advocacy Centers can re-emerge and provide services while protecting the health of their staff, clients, MDT partners, board members, and visitors. These recommendations are based upon guidelines outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA).