MSCASA offers a variety of trainings and consulting services through, but not limited to, in-person and virtual trainings, webinars, and audio- conference calls. The intent of our trainings is to provide information and skill-building to support effective advocacy, programming, outreach, capacity building, strategic planning, and continued education.
Training is tailored according to the organization’s needs and its targeted audience varying from 30-minute workshops to multi-day trainings. MSCASA trainings are facilitated by its experienced staff and the Coalition’s network of experts located throughout the state and national sectors.
Trainings include, but are not limited to:
- 40-hour Adult SANE Training
- 40-hour Pediatric SANE Training
- 4-hour Emergent Care Training
- 6-hour Advanced Care Training
- Faith-based Training
- FORECAST Training
- Human Trafficking Training
- JDC PREA Trainings
- Law Enforcement Training
- Leadership Training
- MS Campus Training Series
- OVW Campus Victim Services Training
- OVW Campus Table Talk
- PREA Trainings
- Rape Prevention and Education Training
- Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative (SADI) Training
- Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Training
- Sexual Assault Services Programs (SASP) Training
- Stalking Training
- Strangulation Training
- Women of Color Training
- Women of Color Leadership Training
- Young Advocate Institute – South
MSCASA’s ability to train on a variety of sexual assault issues and related topics has allowed us to train a broad a range of service providers throughout the state. Our training applies to advocates, counselors, health care providers, grassroots, K-12, colleges, youth organizations, college and universities, military, educators, faith-based institutions, criminal justice, and the general public.
Training Information
The SANE course, supported by the US Department of Justice, is a 40-hour course for experienced registered nurses. Nurses who complete the course are able to perform the nursing/forensic episode of care for the sexual assault victim in the Emergency Department and other areas of the Medical Agency.
Nurses are also prepared to take the Certification Exam offered through the International Association of Forensic Nurses. This course has been available in Mississippi for 17 years and is a joint effort with the MS Department of Public Safety, Department of Health, and The Office of the Attorney General.
The model has been very successful as it frees the attending physician, provides a nurse with expertise, and moves patients through the episode of care in a more efficient way. In cases that go to court, the physician is also freed from testifying, and the nurse is specially trained to do so.
This extensive course includes a live model assessment lab and a mock trial. MSCASA does not charge tuition for the course, but the nurses can purchase CEUs (40 Contact Hours) for $50.00. We also offer a scholarship to cover travel-related expenses. For more information, contact Shalotta Sharp, Special Projects Coordinator at shalottasharp@aol.com.
SANE Course
Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault offers the SANE course 3 times per year at no cost in each region of the state: northern (fall), central (winter); and southern (summer). Please check our calendar for upcoming dates or email Shalotta Sharp at shalottasharp@aol.com.
The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) training is a forty-hour course that includes classroom lecture, group projects, a live model skills lab and a mock trial. This course fulfills the guidelines set forth by the International Association of Forensic Nurses, and meets the educational requirement for nurses applying to sit for the national certification exam. The University of MS School of Nursing provides academic oversight for the course and awards nursing CEUs. After taking the course, the nurse completes a clinical practicum at his/her practice sites. The training is also valuable to prosecutors, law enforcement officers, victim advocates and crime lab analysts.
Course Objectives
- Review the multidisciplinary team concept of response to sexual assault.
- Define forensic nursing, discuss its history, and list professional organizations involved in promoting forensic nursing.
- List the roles and responsibilities of the SANE.
- Discuss the dynamics of sexual assault; the myths, offender characteristics, and psychiatric sequelae.
- Demonstrate the sexual assault forensic examination including history, physical assessment, genital examination, physical evidence collection, forensic photography, and documentation.
- Review the process of evidence evaluation by the criminalist.
- Identify the aspects of nursing management for the emergency department episode of care including injury identification and management, issues of special populations, sexually transmitted management, issues of special populations, sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy prevention, and discharge care and referrals.
- Review the roles and responsibilities of the criminal justice system including the laws of Mississippi, the criminal justice process, prosecution strategies, defense strategies and SANE testimony techniques.
- Discuss SANE ethical issues such as the IAFN code of ethics, values, confidentiality, and consent.
- Review evaluation standards for SANE practice.
- Review the components of the clinical practicum: nursing skills, evidence collection, and the observation of criminal trials.
Primary Prevention
The primary prevention of sexual assault involves engaging communities to stop sexual violence before it occurs and building safe, healthy communities. Sexual violence prevention requires comprehensive, community-based initiatives that address the various systemic issues, attitudes, behaviors and norms that perpetuate sexual violence.
Prevention and Education training focuses on providing tools, information and guidance to rape crisis centers and other organizations and individuals who are interested in building communities that are free from sexual violence; and building their capacity to engage in efforts to prevent sexual violence.
Prevention Efforts
Through the CDC, the Rape Prevention Education (RPE) program at MSCASA develops comprehensive prevention strategies through a continuum of activities and trainings that address all levels of the social ecological model. Public health classifies prevention efforts into three levels:
- Primary prevention approaches aim to stop sexual violence before it occurs; preventing initial victimization and perpetration.
- Secondary prevention approaches are immediate responses to sexual violence to deal with short-term consequences.
- Tertiary prevention approaches are long-term responses to sexual violence that deal with lingering consequences.
RPE Training Topics
Training topics include, but are not limited to:
- Dynamics of Sexual Assault
- Rape Trauma Syndrome and PTSD
- Medical Aspects of Sexual Violence
- Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault
- Bystander Intervention
- Prevention and Youth
- Cultural Competency
- Women of Color and Underserved Communities
- Serving Victims of Sexual Violence
- Engaging Men
To request a training session, click here.
Through the Office on Violence Against Women program grant, MSCASA provides training throughout the state and nationally. This work is focused on building strong campus and community partnerships, with the goals of strengthening services for victims of sexual assault and promoting multifaceted prevention strategies and holistic survivor-centered responses within the campus community.
Audience
We utilize campus administrators, community advocates, and experts from various organizations and agencies to facilitate training and ensure that the education and learning is comprehensive and applicable to the varied structures of the colleges and universities.
MSCASA hosts periodic webinars, statewide trainings, and the SAC Taskforce to increase access to information. Upon request, training can be tailored accordingly to fit the campus need and audience, such as:
- Heath Services
- Counseling and Mental Health
- Women’s Centers and Advocates
- Residential Life
- Conduct or Judicial Boards or Hearing Officers
- Law Enforcement or Security Personnel
- Students
Campus Training Topics
Training topics include, but are not limited to:
- First Responder and Crisis Management
- Campus Sexual Assault Response Teams
- Understanding Sexual Violence
- How to Serve Victims of Sexual Violence
- Prevention and Education
- Review of Response Procedures and Policies
To request training, click here.
Additional Resource
Read about resources and information from the White House, “Not Alone Report” and receive additional information at www.notalone.gov
For resources on violence against women on campus, click on the links below of some our organization partners
- AEquitas-The Prosecutors Resource on Violence Against Women
- Alteristic
- Men Can Stop Rape
- National Network to End Domestic Violence
- National Sexual Violence Resource Center
- North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault
- Staking Resource Center
- The Clery Center for Security on Campus
- The California Coalition Against Sexual Assault
- The Office on Violence Against Women
- Victim Rights Law Center
The faith-based training series builds the capacity of leaders in faith communities to address the whole survivor from an emotional, mental and therapeutic focus from a spiritual aspect of healing in enhancing response to sexual assault and providing services to underserved communities.
Traditionally, people have turned to their pastor or faith leader for guidance and counsel regarding many issues in their lives.
One in three women and one in six men experience some form of contact sexual violence in their lifetime. It is likely that at some point a survivor will disclose an instance of sexual violence during the course of confession, marriage counseling, in a youth ministry group, or in Sunday school—so it is wise to have staff and leaders prepared.
Upcoming Training
Faith-based RELOADED
February 21-22, 2022 | February 28 – March 1, 2022
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Registration is REQUIRED!
Faith-based Training Topics
Faith-based training topics include, but are not limited to:
- Advocacy and Mobilization of Religious Institutions
- Dismantling the Misconceptions of Sexual Violence
- Navigating Philosophical Differences and Engaging Dialogue Within Faith Communities
- How Sexual Violence Impacts Spirituality
- Understanding and Respecting Religious and Cultural Influences
- Common Reactions to Trauma
- Role of Faith in the Healing Process
To request a training, click here.
MSCASA partners with the Mississippi Law Enforcement Training Centers and agencies, as well as military to provide in-service training opportunities to law enforcement investigators/officers statewide in order to expand or enhance their knowledge, skills and abilities on a broad variety of practices and procedures used in addressing sexual assault cases.
MSCASA provides a 32-hour, five-module training to enhance law enforcement efforts to respond to victims and investigate crimes of violence against women.
Training Modules
- FIRST MODULE: Medical Forensic Aspects of Sexual Assault (4 hours); and The Intersection of Technology and Sexual Violence (3 hours).
- SECOND MODULE: The History of Rape/Paraphilias (2 hours); Psychological Effects of Sexual Assault (2 hours); and Crisis Intervention in Sexual Assault (2 hours).
- THIRD MODULE: Anatomy/Physiology and Human Sexual Response (2 hours); The Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Collection (2 hours); and Interviewing and Documentation (2 hours).
- FOURTH MODULE: Bite marks/Strangulation (2 hours); Forensic Photography (2 hours); and Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault (2 hours).
- FIFTH MODULE: Special Populations in Sexual Assault (2 hours); Examination of the Pediatric Patient (2 hours); and Evidence Collection on Children (2 hours).
Training can also be developed or tailored specifically for any law enforcement or military group upon request. To inquire about law enforcement training or for more information, contact Shalotta Sharp, Special Projects Coordinator at shalottasharp@aol.com.