training and support to the individual around the disability and the domestic violence and sexual assault programs do what they need to do in relation to sexual assault or domestic violence. So our journey began then. Let me punt this to Jan and let her share about what she has done. >> JAN DERRY: Okay. My journey started in 2005 when I was the first Center for independent Living to actually respond to a survey that the West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services put out regarding what we do, what our policies are, are we educated in the field. No other center in the state responded to that survey. So they reached out to me. And that began our relationship. And we started working under a developmental disabilities grant to study what the training needs were for individuals who worked in the disability field, whether it was from group homes, whether it was working at psychiatric centers, whether it was in day programs, shelter workshops. And we got a sense that there was an extreme need for training in this field. And so I started cooperating with the West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services, and we obtained one of those grants that Roberta just referenced on the OBW grants on making welcoming and inclusive response systems for individuals who were subjected to or survived sexual violence. Through that project, we created a training curriculum called the West Virginia SAFE Project, where we created training modules to work with sexual assault responders as well as disability providers to do a crosstraining toolkit so that we were all on the same page. We started out by learning about languages, people first language, and what's the language for sexual violence coalitions and the domestic violence coalitions. And our relationship has continued such that my center is now on I have staff on three sexual assault response teams. And although we don't necessarily serve as advocates during the sexual response itself, we provide technical assistance to all the nurses, response teams, to learn to provide effective, inclusive, and welcoming services for individuals with disabilities. So I've been doing this since about 2005 and joined the task force in 2006. >> ROBERTA SICK: So there's been a number of steps taken within independent living to address sexual assault, rape, and other forms of violence. We do know that when we began this work back in 1997 and then even as we formed the task force, now the subcommittee in 2006, we really did not
training and support to the individual around the disability and the domestic violence and sexual assault programs do what they need to do in relation to sexual assault or domestic violence. So our journey began then. Let me punt this to Jan and let her share about what she has done. >> JAN DERRY: Okay. My journey started in 2005 when I was the first Center for independent Living to actually respond to a survey that the West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services put out regarding what we do, what our policies are, are we educated in the field. No other center in the state responded to that survey. So they reached out to me. And that began our relationship. And we started working under a developmental disabilities grant to study what the training needs were for individuals who worked in the disability field, whether it was from group homes, whether it was working at psychiatric centers, whether it was in day programs, shelter workshops. And we got a sense that there was an extreme need for training in this field. And so I started cooperating with the West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services, and we obtained one of those grants that Roberta just referenced on the OBW grants on making welcoming and inclusive response systems for individuals who were subjected to or survived sexual violence. Through that project, we created a training curriculum called the West Virginia SAFE Project, where we created training modules to work with sexual assault responders as well as disability providers to do a crosstraining toolkit so that we were all on the same page. We started out by learning about languages, people first language, and what's the language for sexual violence coalitions and the domestic violence coalitions. And our relationship has continued such that my center is now on I have staff on three sexual assault response teams. And although we don't necessarily serve as advocates during the sexual response itself, we provide technical assistance to all the nurses, response teams, to learn to provide effective, inclusive, and welcoming services for individuals with disabilities. So I've been doing this since about 2005 and joined the task force in 2006. >> ROBERTA SICK: So there's been a number of steps taken within independent living to address sexual assault, rape, and other forms of violence. We do know that when we began this work back in 1997 and then even as we formed the task force, now the subcommittee in 2006, we really did not
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