Free Educational Crisis Webinars for Those Impacted by Las Vegas Shooting

 

Over the next two weeks, the  National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA) Community  Crisis Response Team (CRT) Program is offering free educational crisis webinars for survivors, loved ones, and all community members affected by the recent Las Vegas shooting. 

 

Since the late 1980s, NOVA has trained over 12,000 crisis responders and deployed NOVA-trained crisis responders to both localized community tragedies and large scale mass casualties around the world, including the Oklahoma City bombing, 9-11 terrorist attack, Kobe, Japan earthquakes, and most recently the Pulse Nightclub massacre in Orlando.

 

In preparing to respond to the Las Vegas shooting, NOVA recognized that many victims, survivors, and family members are not residents of this tourist city and may not be receiving the support they need. Those affected include campus community members from across the nation. With this in mind, NOVA is offering free webinars for anyone impacted by this act of mass violence. Led by seasoned NOVA-trained crisis responders, these webinars will cover crisis reaction, long-term stress, and recovery issues in an effort to normalize the emotional and physical reactions many may experience in the aftermath of such a tragedy. In addition, NOVA will help direct webinar participants to their local victim assistance programs for ongoing support, provide counseling referrals if needed, and offer victim's compensation information. During  the webinars, NOVA will have a team of crisis responders online and available to provide private, one-on-one support.

 

For more information, access NOVA's message to survivors and others who were impacted by the Las Vegas shooting incident.

• Data from a 2015 survey on bullying indicates that nationwide, 20.2% of students in grades 9-12 reported being bullied on school property in the 12 months preceding the survey and that 15.5% of students had been electronically bullied through e-mail, chat rooms, instant messaging, websites, or texting.
• Research from the University of Washington on cyberbullying, depression, and problem alcohol use found that college-age females are just as likely to suffer the negative effects of cyberbullying as younger adolescents. Results indicated that 27% of participants had experienced cyberbullying as a bully, victim, or bully/victim in college.
• A 2014 national survey examining the prevalence of workplace bullying found that over one-quarter of adult Americans (27%) said they had directly experienced abusive conduct at work. 

 

• Building Capacity to Reduce Bullying: Workshop Summary brief from the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council
• Bullying Laws Across America web page from the Cyberbullying Research Center
• "Cyberbullying and College Students: What Can Be Done?" article from Psychiatric Times
• "Cyberbullying in College: Frequency, Characteristics, and Practical Implications" article from SAGE Publications, Inc.
• Student Reports of Bullying and Cyber-Bullying: Results From the 2013 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey report from the National Center for Education Statistics
• Preparing and Responding to Cyberbullying: Tips for Law Enforcement guide from the International Association of Chiefs of Police

• October 18, 2017 at 2:00 PM ET
• November 15, 2017 at 2:00 PM ET
• December 20, 2017 at 2:00 PM ET

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