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- So this time we're bringing together

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all of the domestic violence, child maltreatment,

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sexual assault, suicidal ideation,

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intimate partner violence.

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We have four different scenarios

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that cover each of those topics.

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So the driving force of this

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^is to try to work smarter not harder,

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^be more efficient,

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^get all of the other helping agencies

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^that have similar training requirements

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or involved with victims of domestic violence

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or interpersonal violence together.

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And so that we can do all that training at one time,

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make it more impactful,

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more meaningful.

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We don't necessarily think of

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the initial response to situations like this

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and victimization as being part of the prevention

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but it is.

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When a victim has a good interaction

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and feels safe and feels

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that they are being helped

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and that somebody has their side

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it can be empowering for them.

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It can be healing.

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And they are more likely to reach out

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and use the services and agencies

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and then eventually leave the situation that they're in,

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recognize that they don't have to live like that.

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There's different parts of the brain that record

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traumatic events and it's the experiential part of the brain

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it's not that frontal lobe.

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The First Sergeant of the brain,

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the one that's able to say

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who, what, where, when, how.

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Unfortunately our brains don't work like that

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when they've been traumatized.

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So if we can train our first responders

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to show up prepared for that,

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more able to calm the victim,

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assess the situation,

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get them to a point where they feel safe,

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then that door,

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that little primal part of the brain

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can start opening up

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and more of the facts of what just happened

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can start coming out.

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And that also lets the healing process start.

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- As defenders we only get one side of it,

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^that initial response.

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^So we're taking the subject matter experts from

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^these outside agencies and

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helping us be better interviewers,

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so we can make those victims feel

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welcomed and have a better understanding

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of what they're feeling.