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Training
The ANDVSA Training Projects seeks to provide training and technical assistance to advocates providing community education and advocacy.
Brittany Luddington, ANDVSA’s new Training Project Director, is a national trainer addressing the intersection between domestic violence, sexual assault and substance use issues.
ANDVSA provides:
- Basic and advanced training for domestic violence and sexual assault advocates
- Specialized training on domestic violence, sexual assault and multiple abuse issues for advocates, community agencies and law enforcement.
To schedule an ANDVSA training call: 907-586-3650 or email bluddington@andvsa.org. Or check this web site for updates on the training schedule.
Real Tools: Responding to Multi-Abuse Trauma – A Tool Kit to Help Advocates and Community 
Partners Better Serve People With Multiple Issues
“Real Tools: Responding to Multi-Abuse Trauma – A Tool Kit to Help Advocates and Community Partners Better Serve People With Multiple Issues,” by Debi S. Edmund, M.A., LPC and Patricia J. Bland, M.A., CDP, is hot off the press. The project, which was supported by a grant from the Office of Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice, was a three year effort on the part of ANDVSA’s former Training Project Director Patti Bland and her co-author Debi Edmund. Copies will soon be distributed to member programs and individuals interested in ordering a copy can contact the Network for details. Click here to download a PDF copy of the manual. (Please be aware that this is a very large document and it may take a long time to download.)
Getting Safe and Sober: Real Tools You Can Use Manual
Getting Safe and Sober: Real Tools You Can Use is a nationally recognized training tool and support group manual. The manual is provided free of charge. Click on the link below to download a copy now.
2008 Getting Safe and Sober: Real Tools You can Use
“Real Tools” Manual Goes International!
ANDVSA’s “Getting Safe and Sober: Real Tools You Can Use” manual has made its way to New Zealand. An article in the Te Awatea Violence Research Centre’s newsletter, a program of the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, cites ANDVSA ‘s former Training Project Director Patti Bland and references Real Tools manual. Click here to read the interesting article.
Outing LGBTQ Intimate Partner Violence
The attached brochure outlines information about intimate partner violence in lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, trans-gender and questioning relationships. The brochure is in draft form pending approval by our funder however, it provides important information. Click here to download a copy of the brochure.
