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      VEGA (Violence, Evidence, Guidance, Action)

      Family Violence Education Resources for healthcare and social service providers in Canada


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      Evidence-based guidance and a comprehensive learning pathway

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      EDUCATIONAL SCENARIOS - CHILD MALTREATMENT

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      Media-rich learning resources including how-to videos, educational scenarios, infographics and more

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      EDUCATIONAL SCENARIOS - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE


    VEGA's Family Violence Education Resources/Ressources éducatives sur la violence familiale de VEGA


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    This website is an online resource for healthcare and social service providers, including students and those in practice. The overall aim is to assist providers in recognizing and responding safely to family violence. Family violence is complex, as are effective provider responses.

    While VEGA educational resources can be reviewed individually, we strongly recommend that they are used in the context of a learning environment (e.g., continuing professional development) or in the context of ongoing supervision/consultation with someone who has expertise in the area of family violence. Engaging with this material with a teacher, supervisor or facilitator can assist in the comprehension and processing of difficult content; it can also help students and providers who are new to this area better understand nuances that are less easy to convey didactically (e.g., the difference between considering and suspecting maltreatment). 

    Access to VEGA's Family Violence Education Resources requires registration.  To register, please visit the VEGA Project Homepage.

    Introduction

    About VEGA's Resources

    About VEGA's Resources

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    “Why VEGA?” Video

    “Why VEGA?” Video

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    The items in this section introduce you to the website content and the VEGA Project. Please start with “About VEGA’s Resources,” which gives brief information about the education resources and VEGA’s recommended learning pathway.

    1. Know About Family Violence in Canada

    Know About Family Violence in Canada

    Know About Family Violence in Canada

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    This Module provides information about family violence—child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, and children’s exposure to intimate partner violence—including definitions, prevalence, risk and protective factors, and common social, emotional and physical health impacts.

    2. Learn About Creating Safety

    Creating Safety

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    This Module addresses how providers can create safe interactions and environments through trauma- and violence-informed care, including patient/client physical, emotional and cultural safety.

    3. Learn About Recognizing and Responding Safely to:

    Child Maltreatment

    Child Maltreatment

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    Intimate Partner Violence

    Intimate Partner Violence

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    These Modules cover how to recognize and respond safely to family violence. Each Module includes a care pathway, scripts, “how-to” videos, reflection questions and  interactive educational scenarios. Included is a module that provides an opportunity to listen to the voices of those with lived experiences of family violence.

    Handbook & Additional Resources

    Handbook

    Handbook

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    The Handbook summarizes the main content on recognizing and responding safely to family violence. It includes all of the Handbook sections together in one place: Child Maltreatment, Intimate Partner Violence and Children’s Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence.



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