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Exemplary Leadership: Lessons Learned from History and Contemporary Times

This presentation, by Dr. Sanjiv Chopra, is an excerpt from ORR's 2022 Survivor of Torture Annual Community of Practice Symposium, “Leadership by Example: Re-energizing Yourself To Better Serve Your Community.” The symposium was convened virtually by The Center for Victims of Torture and The Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, supported by The Office of Refugee Resettlement on September 15, 2022.

The Presenter: Sanjiv Chopra, M.D., MACP, FRCP (London)
Sanjiv Chopra, MD, is Professor of Medicine and served as Faculty Dean for Continuing Medical Education at Harvard Medical School for 12 years.

The Great Resignation and its Impact on SOT Programs: A Way Forward

 

Description 

Survivor of torture treatment programs have been profoundly impacted by the effects of COVID-19 in many ways and most particularly in the area of staffing. This webinar delves deeply into the challenges of staff morale, staff retention, burnout of staff, and staff resignations faced by survivor of torture treatment programs.

The Great Resignation and its Impact on SOT programs: A Way Forward.

The National Capacity Building (NCB) Project at the Center for Victims of Torture is pleased to announce our upcoming Webinar, "The Great Resignation and its Impact on SOT programs: A Way Forward."

Webinar: Wednesday, 7/20/22 from 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST. Click here to register. 
(1:00 - 2:30 CT, Noon - 1:30 MT, 11:00 - 12:30 PT)

Certificates of attendance are available for participants who attend the session and complete the feedback survey.

Description: Survivor of torture treatment programs have been profoundly impacted by the effects of COVID-19 in many ways and most particularly in the area

National Capacity Building Project

Welcome to the 2019-2022 Guide to Services

Overview

The National Capacity Building (NCB) Project at the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) is pleased to announce our guide to services for FY19-22. We work in collaboration with the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT) to provide capacity building and training to organizations serving survivors of torture in the United States. As the technical assistance arm of the Office of Refugee Resettlement's Survivors of Torture Program (SOT), we will implement ORR’s TA goal of ensuring“that DS SOT grantees and ORR-funded organizations serving

Virtual Roundtable: Partnering to Strengthen the Behavioral Health Infrastructure and Capacity in Communities of Color

Virtual Roundtable: Partnering to Strengthen the Behavioral Health Infrastructure and Capacity in Communities of Color

Join SAMHSA's National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health (NNED) Virtual Roundtable on Tuesday, May 25 at 2 p.m.

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2021 Greetings from NCB

Dear Colleagues,

New Year’s Greetings! On behalf of the Center for Victims of Torture National Capacity Building Project, and our partner, the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, we would like to convey our warmest wishes to all of you and your programs for a more hopeful and productive year.

Since March of last year, Survivors of Torture programs across the United States have had to rapidly adapt and innovate in order to effectively reach especially vulnerable clients – asylum seekers, immigrants, refugees, survivors

2020 ORR Survivors of Torture Program Data Points Database: Review and Updates

Description:

This training is for ORR Services for Survivors of Torture grantees.  ORR has made some updates to the Refugee Arrivals Data System (RADS) Survivors of Torture (SOT) Program Data Points (PDP) Database. This mandatory training will review those changes and other SOT data reporting requirements including demographics (e.g., ethnicity, language, country of origin) and outcome indicators (e.g., separate outcomes for new and continuing clients). This webinar will also be an orientation for users new to the SOT program database.

Objectives:  

Staff of all disciplines are encouraged to

Tips on Working from Home

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(Updated 6/25/2020)

Working from home has advantages and disadvantages in the best of times. With the current social distancing that is being required of us to help flatten the curve of COVID-19 working from home can be isolating and challenging. Below are some tips on working from home that were recieved from our listserv and other resources. Feel free to add your tips for working from home in the comment section. We would love to here from you!

Fundraising for Torture Treatment

 

Description

Torture treatment programs face unique fundraising challenges and opportunities in these competitive times.  

In this webinar we will hear from two organizations - one a stand-alone program, and one that is embedded within a larger organization - about how torture treatment programs can meet challenges and take advantage of opportunities in the current fundraising climate. 

Topics will include:  what are the tools that can help you develop an effective fundraising program in your organization; what are the advantages and disadvantages of being a program embedded in a larger

Organizational development with torture rehabilitation programs: An applied perspective

Kristi Rendahl, assistant professor & director, Nonprofit Leadership Program, Minnesota State University, Mankato, and organizational development consultant, CVT; and Pamela Kriege Santoso, project manager, Partners in Trauma Healing (PATH) Project, CVT, have an article published in the journal Torture, titled “Organizational development with torture rehabilitation programs: An applied perspective.”

ORR Training Webinar for Survivors of Torture Program Data Points

Description:

This webinar is for ORR Services for Survivors of Torture grantees.  ORR has created a Survivors of Torture (SOT) Program Data Points (PDP) Database which is part of the ORR Refugee Arrivals Data System (RADS).  The PDP Database design is based on the PDP Form.  This webinar will provide user access training for SOT grantees.  Presenters will provide an overview of the database, review the format and reporting requirements, conduct an on-line demonstration including how to login and enter the data, and provide instructions on how to request user access.   

Objectives:  

Staff of all

The Science of Empathy, Empathic Reflection, and Empathic Regulation in Clinical Care

Scientific studies of the clinical impact of empathy have mushroomed over the past decade. The neurosciences have been linking the brain to social behaviors. For many, empathic listening to the trauma stories of torture survivors is seen as being at the heart of therapy. This webinar presents a brief overview of the history and science of empathy. The discovery of the biological basis of empathy "the mirror neurons” will be discussed.

Using the ORR Program Data Points to Increase the Effectiveness of Programs

Description:

This webinar is for ORR Services for Survivors of Torture grantees.  In this session we will explore ways to use the ORR SOT Program Data Points to improve the effectiveness of SOT programs. There will also be an opportunity for Q&A.

Objectives:  

Staff of all disciplines are encouraged to attend. After the MIW, you will be able to:

  1. review the annual data reporting requirement including the newly required outcome indicators
  2. highlight the various uses of the data points including clinical progress, program evaluation, research, and grant reporting, and
  3. provide an opportunity for a

"Collaboration, pilot program could expand the Center for Victims of Torture’s work in MN"

An article at the Minnesota House of Representatives’ Session Daily, “Collaboration, pilot program could expand the Center for Victims of Torture’s work in MN,” quotes CVT’s Peter Dross, director of external relations, and Alison Beckman, senior clinician for external relations, and describes

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