Trainings & Webinars
OVWA offers trainings via webinar. OVWA partners with advocates and their organizations in the state of Ohio and nationally to bring you quality trainings from the experts themselves. Click here to see and register for trainings from OVWA and other organizations!
Please note that certificates of completion for webinars will only be available to participants of the live webinar. Participants must complete 80% of the webinar to receive a certificate of completion. Certificates of completion will not be offered to individuals viewing archived webinars. To participate in our live webinars, please see the Event Calendar for more information.
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Webinars (Members Only)
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July 17, 2019 Webinar Wednesday: Legal Rights and Protections for Elderly Victims of Crime
Sept, 18 2019 Webinar Wednesday – Cultural Humility and Advocating for Crime Victims in the Latinx population
Oct. 9, 2019 Webinar Wednesday – Invisible Injuries: DV, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Strangulation
Nov 20, 2019 Webinar Wednesday – Domestic Violence In The South Asian Community
Jan. 8, 2020 Webinar Wednesday: Protection Orders in Ohio and the New Dating Violence Protection Order
Feb. 12, 2020 Webinar Wednesday: Mindfulness for Advocates and Allied Professionals
Mar. 11, 2020 Webinar Wednesday: Trauma 101 for Advocates
Mar. 20, 2020 Quarterly Membership Training: Serving Survivors with Disabilities: Organizational Accessibility
Apr. 8, 2020 Webinar Wednesday: Serving Victims of Vehicular Assault and Homicide
June 10, 2020 Webinar Wednesday: Confidentiality, Privacy and Record Keeping
June 16, 2020 Quarterly Membership Training: Safety for Providers: Principles and Techniques to Increase Your Safety at Work
Oct. 14, 2020 Webinar Wednesday: Serving Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf/Blind Survivors
Dec. 9, 2020 Webinar Wednesday: Post Conviction Victim Services
Feb. 10, 2021 Webinar Wednesday: Self-Care for Advocates
Mar. 10, 2021 Webinar Wednesday: Ohio Crime Victim Compensation Program
Mar. 19, 2021 Quarterly Member Training: Cybersafety for Victims/Survivors, Advocates, and Allied Professionals
April 19, 2021 Ohio Protection Order Updates
June 9, 2021 Webinar Wednesday: Mental Health 101 for Advocates
July 14, 2021 Webinar Wednesday: Advocacy with Victims/Survivors Experiencing Mental Illness
Aug. 11, 2021 Webinar Wednesday: Safety & De-escalation for Victims in the Criminal Justice System
Sept. 8, 2021 Webinar Wednesday: Introduction to the Social Resilience Model (SRM)
Oct. 28, 2021 Domestic Violence Awareness: What Can We Learn from the Lives Lost Last Year?
Nov.10, 2021 Webinar Wednesday: Advocacy for Child Victims in the Criminal Justice System
Jan.12, 2022 Webinar Wednesday: Understanding Campus Advocacy for Student Survivors
March 9, 2022 Webinar Wednesday: Expanding Services to Refugee Victims/Survivors
June 8, 2022 Webinar Wednesday: Elder Abuse: Hidden Victims, Hidden Crimes
July 13, 2022 Webinar Wednesday: Title IX and Advocating for Student Survivors
August 17, 2022 Webinar Wednesday: LGBTQ+ Cultural Humility for Providers
September 28, 2022 Webinar Wednesday: Addressing the Needs of Homicide Co-Victims in Ohio
October 12, 2022 Webinar Wednesday: Context is Everything: Reframing Common Misconceptions/Myths in DV Cases (See below)
November 9, 2022 Webinar Wednesday: Aftermath of Trauma Due to Substance Impaired Driving Crashes
February 8, 2023 Webinar Wednesday: Gratitude and Reframing our Work in Advocacy
March 15, 2023 Webinar Wednesday: Working with Interpreters – The Importance of Trained Interpreters
March 2, 2023 Quarterly Member Training: Advocacy for Juveniles, Best Practices and Considerations – Part 1
March 30, 2023 Quarterly Member Training: Advocacy for Juveniles, Best Practices and Considerations Part 2 – Advanced Advocacy Skills for Children Across Systems
April 12, 2023 Webinar Wednesday: Start by Believing: Working to Improve Negative Responses to Sexual Assault
May 10, 2023 Webinar Wednesday: Trauma Responsive Leadership
July 12, 2023 Webinar Wednesday: CASA: Court Appointed Special Advocates
August 9, 2023 Webinar Wednesday: Intersections Between Addiction, Trauma and Crime Victimization
September 7, 2023 Quarterly Membership Training: Working with Dysregulated and Dissociated Survivors: Advanced Skills for Advocates
September 13, 2023 Webinar Wednesday: Effective Advocacy for Stalking Survivors
October 25, 2023 Webinar Wednesday: Domestic Violence Awareness Month
November 8, 2023 Webinar Wednesday: Leadership Series – Motivation Matters
January 10, 2024 Webinar Wednesday: The Ohio Crisis Response Team
March 13, 2024 Webinar Wednesday: Canine Comfort in Victim Advocacy and Crisis Response
April 10, 2024 Webinar Wednesday: Competency, NGRI, and Ohio’s Forensic Evaluation Centers and Monitoring Program
Webinars for Members & Non-Members
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April 14, 2021 National Advocate Credentialing Program Information & Updates
May 10, 2021 Crime Victim Fund-amentals with Steve Derene
September 17, 2021 Ethics in Victim Advocacy
October 12, 2022 OVWA Webinar Wednesday – Context is Everything: Reframing Common Misconceptions/Myths
February 7, 2024 OVWA Webinar Wednesday – Laughing: Just for the Health of It