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| **ABSTRACT**

This instructor’s manual supports the National Victim Assistance               Academy 2002 text. It includes sections outlining the nuts and bolts               of NVAA participation and instruction, principles of adult learning,               effective presentation techniques, and recommended training outlines               for each chapter topic in the NVAA text.

**CONTENTS**

**Introduction**PDF               (9.3 kb) or HTML

**Section 1. NVAA Nuts & Bolts**PDF               (62.7kb) or HTML              Reviews essential information about NVAA instruction and graduation.              Includes appendix materials needed to organize training workshops.

**Section 2. Adult Learning**PDF               (54.8kb) or HTML              Discusses training design and objectives as they relate to adult               learning styles. Identifies theories of intelligence and the differences               between child and adult learners.

**Section 3. Presentation**PDF               (191.7kb) or HTML              Recommends preparation strategies, reviews communication strengths               and weaknesses, and lists essential presentation tools.

**Section 4. NVAA Learning Activities**              Provides teaching outlines for 36 NVAA training topics. Outlines               include key              concepts, objectives, learning activities, resource lists, and worksheets/support               materials. Click below to view the outline for a specific topic.             

**Chapter 1. Scope of Crime/Historical               Review of the Victims’ Rights Discipline**PDF  (14.5kb) or ASCII (3.2kb) 

**Chapter 2. The Criminal Justice System               Continuum**PDF (22.4kb) or 			  ASCII (4.9kb) 

**Chapter 3.1. Specific Justice Systems               and Victims’ Rights, Juvenile Justice**PDF (12.5kb) or 			  ASCII (5.4kb) 

**Chapter 3.2. Specific Justice Systems               and Victims’ Rights, Federal Justice**PDF (15.6kb) or 			  ASCII (2.3kb) 

**Chapter 3.3. Specific Justice Systems               and Victims’ Rights, Military Justice**PDF (16.5kb) or  			  ASCII (3.1kb) 

**Chapter 3.4. Specific Justice Systems               and Victims’ Rights, Tribal Justice**PDF (18.4kb) or 			  ASCII (2.8kb) 

**Chapter 4. Restorative Justice/Community               Justice**PDF (18.4kb) or ASCII (4.9kb)

**Chapter 5.1. Financial Assistance               for Victims of Crime, Civil Remedies**PDF (18.9kb) or ASCII (2.9kb) 

**Chapter 5.2. Financial               Assistance for Victims of Crime, Restitution**PDF              (13.5kb) or  ASCII (2.7kb)

**Chapter 5.3. Financial Assistance               for Victims of Crime, Compensation**PDF (15.5kb) or    			   ASCII (3.2kb)

**Chapter 6.1. Mental Health Needs,               Trauma Assessment and Intervention**PDF (15.8kb) or			  ASCII (3.7kb)

**Chapter 6.2. Mental Health Needs,               Stress Management**PDF (15.7kb) or 			  ASCII (3.4kb) 

**Chapter 7. Substance Abuse and 			Victimization**PDF (17.6kb) or 			  ASCII (4.5kb)

**Chapter 8. Respecting Diversity: Responding               to Underserved Victims of Crime**PDF (15.1kb) or 			  ASCII (3.9kb)

**Chapter 9. Domestic Violence**PDF               (14.9kb) or ASCII (3.4kb)

**Chapter 10. Sexual Assault**PDF               (14.3kb) or  ASCII (4.1kb)

**Chapter 11. Child Victimization**PDF  (24.6kb) or 			 ASCII (9.1kb)

**Chapter 12. Homicide**PDF (18.8kb) or 			  ASCII (7.4kb)            

**Chapter 13. Drunk Driving**PDF               (12.9kb) or ASCII (3.0kb)

**Chapter 14. Victimization of the Elderly**PDF  (20.1kb) or 			  ASCII (6.2kb) 

**Chapter 15. Victimization of Individuals               with Disabilities**PDF (15.5kb) or 			   ASCII (2.9kb) 

**Chapter 16. Financial Crime**PDF               (20.3kb) or ASCII (6.1kb) 

**Chapter 17. Research and Evaluation**PDF (11.6kb) or 			  ASCII (2.3kb) 

**Chapter 18. The News Media’s               Coverage of Crime and Victimization**PDF              (23.5kb) or ASCII (10.1kb) 

**Chapter 19. Collaboration for Victims’               Rights and Services**PDF (13.9kb) or 			  ASCII (2.9kb) 

**Chapter 20. Professionalizing the Discipline               of Victim Services**PDF (15.1kb) or 			   ASCII (3.2kb) 

**Chapter 21. Innovative Technologies               and the Information Age**PDF  (13.9kb) 			  or ASCII (2.6kb)

**Chapter 22.1. Special Topics,               Hate and Bias Crime**PDF (18.8kb) or 			  ASCII (5.4kb) 

**Chapter 22.2. Special Topics,               Stalking**PDF (23.1kb) or 			  ASCII (11.4kb) 

**Chapter 22.3. Special Topics,               Victims of Gang Violence**PDF (17.6kb) or 			  ASCII (5.8kb) 

**Chapter 22.4. Special Topics,               Campus Crime and Victimization**PDF (14.3kb) or 			  ASCII (3.4kb) 

**Chapter 22.5. Special Topics, Workplace               Violence**PDF (22.6kb) or			   ASCII (7.0kb) 

**Chapter 22.6. Special Topics, Rural               Victims**PDF (16.9kb) or 			  ASCII (3.0kb)

**Chapter 22.7. Special Topics, International               Issues in Victim Assistance**PDF (14.0kb) or 			  ASCII (3.1kb) 

**Chapter 22.8. Special Topics, Funding               for Victim Services**PDF (20.7kb) or 			  ASCII (5.0kb) 

**Chapter 22.9. Special Topics, Terrorism               and Victim Assistance Issues**PDF (15.8kb) or 			  ASCII (3.3kb) |  | **Related OVC Links**
- National Victim 			  Assistance Academy 2002
- The Ultimate Educator: Achieving Maximum Adult Learning Through                 Training and Instruction
- Leadership in Victim Services 

**Cosponsoring                           Agencies**

Victims' Assistance Legal Organization                           (VALOR)

California State University-Fresno

National Crime Victims' Research and                           Treatment Center at the Medical University of South                           Carolina

University of New Haven

Washburn University

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| This project was supported by Grant             Number 95-MU-GX-K002(S-7) awarded by the Office for Victims of Crime,             Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The Assistant             Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, coordinates the activities             of the following program offices and bureaus: Bureau of Justice Assistance,             Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Institute of Justice, Office             of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Office for             Victims of Crime. Points of view in this document are those of the             authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or             policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. |
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