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Training Opportunities for Your Group or Organization
Bill Jenkins is available
to speak to your group or organization.
Bill Jenkins is now a consultant with the Office Of
Victims of Crime's Training and Technical Assistance Center (TTAC).
Organizations presenting training for those involved in victim assistance may
request a grant covering expenses for TTAC Consultants.
Contact www.ovcttac.org
for more information.
TTAC can also help you find consultants and speakers in
many areas of expertise for your programming.
Program Topics Available -
General Interest
Keynote addresses on victim and survivor-related issues
and victim rights
Inspirational messages for church, community, and youth
groups on surviving trauma and tragedy
The following prepared 1 1/2 to 3 hour long workshops and
trainings are available.
 | A Victim's Perspective On Death
Notifications (Developed originally for the Virginia Institute of
Forensic Science and Medicine) An invaluable look
at how victims receive a death notification, how they typically respond, how
to minimize the trauma, and instruction on accepted and recommended practices
in doing death notifications. Our most requested workshop.
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| Homicide's Aftermath:
Long-Term Needs of Victims and Families (First presented to the
National Organization of Victim Assistance conference) |
A frank and honest look at the long-term needs of
victims and families following a homicide. Lots of invaluable
information here for victim advocates, clergy, and long-term caregivers.
| What to Do When the Police Leave:
Immediate Needs of Families Following a Traumatic Loss (Developed
originally for the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine) |
Based on the first and vital chapter of Jenkins' book,
this workshop looks at the immediate needs of families following traumatic
loss. It is an essential workshop for those working with families in the
period immediately following a death notification: hospital caregivers, mental
health professionals, victim advocates, chaplains and clergy, and law
enforcement.
| Long-Term Grief: Living the
Marathon |
A program designed for victims and their families
dealing with the natural progressions of the grief process and the changes
that take place in our grief and in us as we move beyond our loss.
| Death Notification Training
for Police, Funeral Directors, and Emergency Medical Personnel |
Concise, informative, and honest death notification
training for those in law enforcement and related fields. Doing death
notifications is one of the most neglected yet most important topics in
the field today. The goal is for death notifications to be done with
sensitivity and minimal trauma to the family -- Victim sensitive death
notifications.
| Investing in the Future:
The Importance of Early Intervention to Prevent Crime (Developed
using materials provided by Fight Crime: Invest in Kids) |
For civic groups and legislators, statistics show that
crime can be effectively reduced with early intervention and applying
resources to constructive activities for the young rather than waiting to
prosecute and incarcerate them as adult criminals. This presentation
deals with the advantages of working with youth intervention programs as an
alternative to building more prisons to warehouse adult offenders.
| What Defense Attorneys Should
Know About Homicide Victims (First presented to the Indiana
Public Defenders Council) |
Defense attorneys are often at a loss as to how to be
sensitive to the victim's family in the courtroom. At times the trauma
on the victim's family is unintentionally increased by the defense during the
course of a trial. What is the duty of the defense attorney to the
family? How can the defense minimize the trauma to the family during the
course of the trial? These and other difficult questions are addressed
in this important presentation.
| Publishing Our Stories:
Writing and Publishing in the Wake of Loss |
Many victims turn to writing after traumatization and
many want to publish a book, yet many professional avenues are closed to them. What is possible? What is
publishable? What is therapeutic? Speaking as a successful
self-published author, Bill Jenkins shares the importance of writing, and the
potential for publication when one has a story to tell.
| Other program topics may be
developed by request |
All programs include:
| PowerPoint presentation with visuals and coordinated
lecture or discussion format |
| Book signing by the author for books purchased by
participants. |
| All workshops include extensive handouts and resources
for future reference. |
| Workshop outlines and objectives are available for
sponsoring organization to apply for continuing education credits. |
Programs are suitable for:
| Police Officer Training/Police Academies |
| EMT's and Emergency Responders |
| Funeral Home directors and staff |
| Victim Advocates |
| Victims of traumatic loss and their families |
| Schools, churches, youth, and community groups |
Arrangements and Terms
Travel to and from venue by reasonable means from Chicago,
IL
Overnight lodging, if necessary
Honoraria and fees are negotiable. For larger organizations, an honorarium may be waived if a quantity of book
sales can be guaranteed
A Sample of Groups Served
| National Organization of Victim Assistance Conference
(since 2000)
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| Parents of Murdered Children national and local
conferences |
| Million Mom March |
| Coalition to Stop Gun Violence |
| Minnesota Center for Crime Victim Services |
| North Carolina Crime Victims Network |
| Indiana Public Defenders Council |
| Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation |
| Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine |
| Virginians Against Handgun Violence |
| The Compassionate Friends |
| Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services |
| Governor's Speakers Bureau - Virginia |
| Brook's Funeral Home - South Boston, VA |
| Fight Crime: Invest in Kids |
| Survivors of Homicide, CT |
| South Carolina Victim Assistance Network |
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Contact Information -
Bill Jenkins
C/O WBJ Press
315 Lockwood Ave.
Northfield, IL 60093
Phone: (847) - 331-2703
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